MAGNET SCHOOL INFORMATION

I received information today about the Magnet Program Deadlines. I know several of my students are planning to apply for Middle School Magnet Programs, so I am posting the important dates and deadlines here. If you have questions, please call the Magnet Office. Hope this helps! :)

Duval County Public Schools
Magnet Programs
2009 – IMPORTANT DATES


Pre-printed Magnet Application & Magnet Reference Guide
To be mailed to students’ homes beginning January 2, 2009


Magnet Information Sessions
Looking for information about magnet programs, and a chance to ask questions? You’ll hear a presentation by a magnet representative and have an opportunity to ask questions.

Thursdays
January 8, 15, 22, 29 & February 5, 12, 19
DCPS Administration Building
Cline Auditorium • 6:30 – 8:30 pm


Magnet Mania & More
Showcase of all magnet programs and other school choice options that give parents and students the chance to speak with school representatives and collect information.
Saturday
January 10, 2009
Jacksonville Fair Grounds
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.


Magnet District-Wide Open House
No appointments are necessary; just visit the schools of your choice during these times.
Wednesday
January 28, 2009
9am till 10am • 11am till noon • 1pm till 2pm


Magnet Application Drop Off
Magnet staff will be available on this Saturday to accept applications or answer questions.
Saturday
February 21, 2009
DCPS Administration Building – In the Lobby
8am till noon


Application Deadline
Duval County Public Schools Administration Building
1701 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32207
For more Magnet and School Choice information visit our web sites
www.magnetprograms.com or www.duvalchoice.com
Applications must be received in the Magnet Programs Office by 4:30 p.m.
Friday
February 27, 2009 • 4:30pm

TRANSPORTATION CHANGES

Just a quick reminder!
With the hustle and bustle of the upcoming holidays, please send in a written note (in the agenda is fine) if your child will be leaving early or if their mode of transportaion will change. This will allow your child's teacher to gather any work that they may miss, or will help us to remind your child in case they forget during dismissal.

Thanks for all of your continued support!

What should I do over Thanksgiving?

All students need to continue working on Florida Achieves. All students who return on Dec. 1st with no open assessments will receive a treat.

The Movie Poster must be completed by Monday, December 1st and BOOKLOGS in the back of the agendas shold be updated.

HOME READING LOGS ARE DUE DECEMBER 1st.

Vocabulary words should be studied over the break. We will have our Vocabulary Test on Friday, Dec. 5th. Students were given their sheets today!

THE RESULTS ARE IN!

Congrats to Dominic and Macy!

Dominic won the election in class and will now represent us as our CLASS PRESIDENT!

Macy will be working as our Vice-President and will join Dominic in making this year the best one ever.

It was a great race and all the candidates did an excellent job campaiging!

November Book Response

On December 1st, we will have our November Book Log check. Students received a red notice in their agendas on November 20th, explaining the Movie Poster Response that is required. Each student must have their book log in their agenda updated with the books they have read for the month. Lately, our emphasis has been on conventions, ensuring that punctuation, capitalization, and spelling have been attended to. The same will apply to the book log in the back of the agenda. All students who have their NOVEMBER book log page SIGNED BY A PARENT will get to move up on the UPBOARD!!!

The directions need to be followed on the top of the movie poster. Don't forget to write the title and author of your book at the top of the page where is says READING ASSIGNMENT.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Spelling Words for the YEAR!

The link is to a spelling game for this week. Refer back to this posting if you forget your spelling words, leave your agenda at school, or forget to write them down. Every Monday, when it is a spelling week, you should record them in your agenda.

The link is:
http://www.spellingconnectionsonline.com/game1.php

It is set up for this week, but if you click at the top and change the unit to the unit we are working on each week, you will have your words. The unit can be found on the bottom of your homework assignments for Spelling. We are on unit 15 this week.

Hope this helps!!!! :)

Spelling help!

http://quizlet.com/set/537826/

Check out the spelling game for practice. These are some of the words you guys missed on the last spelling test!

Be "IN THE KNOW" with what is going on at Sheffield

Please visit our school website frequently to be up to date with what is going on here at school. Pawprints have not been coming home this year, because we have gone "GREEN." This week, though, you will see the pawprint coming home with your child containing information about our current fundraiser (which is extremely YUMMY).

http://www.duvalschools.org/sheffield/

Vocab Quiz

Lesson 6 vocabulary quiz will be on Monday.

REPORT CARDS

Report Cards come home Friday, November 14th.

HOME READING LOGS

Home Reading Logs need to be completed nightly. These are used to monitor what students are reading and ensuring that they understand the material they are reading. Often I am getting back papers that have capital letters missing at the beginning of sentences, in the titles, and for proper nouns. Also, I am seeing an abundance of misspelled words. If a word is on the page or in something you just read, it should not be spelled incorrectly. Many times, logs are coming back to school and the summary is either way to brief, or not able to be understood. Students must read over their entries each night and then a parent should sign it.
Parents, please do NOT sign the child's log if they need to make corrections. Help them with what is incorrect and then sign. This helps out more than you know.
Beginning on Monday, when logs are turned in, Home Reading Logs will be graded by a rubric.
The criteria is listed below.

1. Summary is complete and makes sense.
2. Pages were logged in corectly and time spent reading was recorded.
3. Capitalization and spelling were right MOST of the time.
4. Handwriting was neat and easy to read.
5. Titles were written clearly and correctly.

Lions, and Tigers, and Bears...Oh MY!

On November 7th, Sheffield 5th graders visited the Jacksonville Zoo. It was tons of fun and everyone had a great time trying to find the answers to the scavenger hunt. Also, who new that there were so many nouns at the Zoo. A day out of the classroom was sure needed and very much enjoyed!

Vocabulary Champion of the Week!

Take a look at our vocab champion! Logan gave her some stiff competition, but Jasmine pulled away with the victory. Congrats Jasmine!

Funny Times! Funny Times!

Spencer showing that he will pay close attention!

Arman with attitude!

Daniel showing that he is shooting for the stars this year!

Teaching the Class!

Ever wanted to teach the class? All you have to do is pay close attention to what we are going over and prove to Mrs. Lammi that you have what it takes! Afterall, look at Khayla, she taught the class during our Jumpstarts and did a fantastic job! The next student teacher may be you!

NATIONAL TOP SPINNING DAY

That's right! We celebrated National Top Spinning Day. If you were ever feeling down in the dumps or a tad bit gloomy, the only thing you would have to do is grab a top and spin! Trust us! It made us feel great! Look at how we celebrated National Top Day!

Dress Up Like A Character Day

We had a great day for our book response for the month of October. Tiger Woods came to class, John McCain stopped by, and several others! We even had a reporter come from The Florida Times-Union and she wrote a story about us. We definitely learned that Reading can be fun, but it is what you make of it!!!!!

Dictionary Day 2008

Dictionary Day was a hit this year. We learned about the parts of dictionary entries and tons of new vocabulary words. Check out our pictures to see how awesome our day was!

CHECK THE PAPER SATURDAY!!!

Mrs. Lammi's Homeroom class was visited my Heather Lovejoy of the Florida Times-Union. An article about Dress Up Like A Character Day will be featured in Saturday's newspaper in the "My Northside Sun" section. All the students that dressed up will have their pictures posted on the school website and on this blog soon! Parents, be ready to save these pictures from the blogsite to your own computer! They are great!

Here is the link! http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/110108/ner_350121696.shtml

COPIES

If any other parents are able to make copies for our class at their office, please let me know. I appreciate you all and thank you for all the things you do for our class. It is indeed appreciated!

Congratulations Shelby!

Shelby has been nominated as the Mike Peterson's Just Read It STAR OF THE MONTH!

Shelby has shown tremendous growth in reading! She is putting forth tons of effort and is becoming a reading rockstar! Be sure to tell Shelby "Congrats!" Who knows, she may be selected as a finalists this month and be invited down to the stadium to meet MIKE PETERSON!!!!

Good Luck Shelby! We all have our fingers crossed for you!



UPDATED!!!!
Shelby will represent Louis Sheffield Elementary for the Mike Peterson's Just Read It campaign!

Sample Response

The following is an example of a summary written from the point of view of a character in a book. This is required when students dress up as a character for their October Book of the Month Response.

Please include the following on your paper when writing your summary:

1. Your name
2. The title and author of your book
3. A detailed summary of the book from the characters point of view.

Example:

My Teacher for President by: Kay Winters

Summary written by: Mrs. Lammi

This delightful book is about the the time when one of my dear students wrote a letter about me to the local news station explaining why, I, Mrs. Robbins, should be the President. Little Oliver explained several different reasons why I should be the President. He compared the duties of a world leader to that of an educator. I was astonished to see so many connections of the roles and responsibilities that each of these careers share. It was an honor to have Oliver write this about me. I am so pleased to see how much he learned about the president's job from all of the discussions we had in class due to the upcoming election. At the end of this book, Oliver ends his letter by requesting that the news station allow me to stay until the end of the year, if I should be elected.

This summary is told from the point of view of Mrs. Robbins, the teacher in the story.

RED RIBBON WEEK Oct. 27-Oct. 31

BE VERY CREATIVE!!!!

During Red Ribbon Week is a time for students to show that they are DRUG-FREE and pledge that they always will be!
To participate in our fun activities planned for the entire school, here is the schedule.

Monday (27th) Wear ALL RED Day
Tuesday (28th) Crazy Hair-do Day (This is also the day that you may
dress up as a character for your book response)
Wednesday (29th) Crazy Hat Day
Thursday (30th) Funky Sock Day (The crazier, the better)
This "funky" does not mean stinky!!!
Friday (31st) Favorite Sports Apparel Day (Dig out your hats, shirts, pants, socks, and shoes)

October Book Response

OPTION 1: BOOK REPORT RESPONSE
Book report form: Fiction 2 is the name of the link that you will need to click on when you go to :
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/reading/book_report_forms/

This is the option that you can do for your October Response if you do not want to dress up like a character or person from a book you have read for the month of October.

If you choose to use the book report form, you will need be very detailed, have great handwriting, and make sure that your senetnces are clear and precise.

OPTION 2: DRESS UP LIKE A CHARACTER
Think of a character from a book that you have read this month and dress up as that character on Tuesday, October 28th. You will need to come to school dressed up and will not have time to go and change clothes so it needs to be something that you would be comfortable in ALL DAY! When you dress up as a character or a person you read about, you will need to write a summary of the book as if that character or person is telling about the book. Rememeber to use senetences using "I" since you will be pretending you are that person or character.

DUE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28th.

Helpful websites to study and practice for our Language Test

Types of sentences help- http://www.quia.com/jfc/333549.html

Simple Subject/Simple Predicate- http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activities.common.ActivityPlayer?AP_rand=569776888&AP_activityType=10&AP_urlId=36764&AP_continuePlay=true&id=36764

Compound Sentences-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/activities/sentences.shtml

Conjunctions-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/activities/lang_structure.shtml

Conjunctions-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/conjunctions/index.shtml