Next Week's "Holidays"

March 4- National Grammar Day- GET READY!!!!!
March 5- Learn What Your Name Means Day (This is the day to recognize the uniqueness of your own name. Does your name match who you are and what you like to do? Go on the Internet with a parent and find out the meaning of your name.) Tell us about it in class.
March 6- Nametag Day (We will do a creative project- There will be a prize!)

Author's Viewpoint and Author's Purpose help!

If you are having trouble with these two topics or would just like some extra practice, click on these links. There are practice activites and power point shows.

Go on this link and under where it says Free Presentations in PowerPoint format, click Author's Purpose. This will take you to a file that you can open and practice! Good Luck!
http://languagearts.pppst.com/readingcomprehension.html

This site has practice quizez that you can take and see how awesome you are with these topics! (Try to print them off when they tell you the score and bring them in.)
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps35glews1a2.htm

Here are also some questions you should think about when you are reading to help with author's purpose and author's viewpoint.

1. What opinions or belief statements are evident in the article?
2. Why do you think the author has this particular opinion or point of view?
3. What background information about the author does the reader have that may help understand the writer’s point of view? (Point of reference)

4. Would another author have a different point of view depending on his/her background experiences?
5. What pictures does the author paint for a reader?
6. What evidence did the author include to support their opinions?
7. What facts were missing?
8. What words and phrases did the author use to present the information? (Students collect samples of the language an author uses to identify the context in which ideas are presented.)
9. Why did the author write this selection? Identifying the author’s purpose helps students recognize possible viewpoints, especially in persuasive writing.

FCAT SCHEDULE

Parents,
Below you will find the FCAT testing schedule. Please make sure your child is in school and on time during the testing period. It would be greatly appreciated if all appointments and/or trips be postponed until after testing.

Tuesday, March 11th:
Math Session I - 80 minutes

Wednesday, March 12th:
Math Session II - 80 minutes

Thursday, March 13th:
Reading Session I - 60 minutes
Reading Session II - 60 minutes

Monday, March 17th:
Science Session I - 60 minutes

Tuesday, March 18th:
Science Session II - 60 minutes

Wednesday, March 19th:
NRT Reading - 80 minutes
NRT Math - 70 minutes

HARD WORK PAYS OFF!

Congratulations to Zoya! She will be attending a "Meet and Greet" with Mike Peterson of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Zoya's name was submitted due to her hard work and continual use of strategies in her work. This has helped Zoya improve her reading and I, as well as her classmates are extremely proud of her. We look forward to her visit with Mike Peterson and can't wait to hear about the experience. Congratulations Zoya!

Attendance

THE FCAT IS ALMOST HERE. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AT SCHOOL EVERYDAY AND ON TIME. THE GREAT TEST IS ONLY 16 DAYS AWAY!!! WE ARE SO READY!

Parents,
Please make all appointments outside of school hours or at least after 2:45. This is a crucial time and your child needs to be here! Your child may miss something that was said in class that could be the key to the high scores on FCAT! We had over 25 absences in our classes just last month! I appreciate your help!

Ms. Herrera

Kobie's adventures!

If you haven't heard by now, Kobie has had the experience of a lifetime. He was able to ride back into port with his dad aboard an actual Navy ship. The picture below shows one of the activities Kobie was able to do. See Kobie for more interesting stories about his journey!!!

100th Day of School

Students at Sheffield Elementary celebrated the 100th day of school with 100 exercises! Here are some pics from our workout!

National Gum Drop Day!!!!

Friday, February 15th was National Gum Drop Day. Ms. Herrera's classes celebrated by wearing bright colors and eating gum drops in class!!!!

(pictures coming soon)

Red- Cinnamon
Green- Wintergreen
Yellow-
Orange-
Purple-
White-

Mae Jemison Test on Tuesday

Students,
Make sure you are familiar with the answers to these questions...


What contributions to Science did Mae Jemison make?


What events happened in Mae's life that pushed her to be successful?


What are some of Mae's accomplishments and how did they mold her life?

Vocabulary fun with a little recess too!

Here are some pictures from our vocabulary game today. Good job to all my little froggies!

Help! Control those conventions!

Remember when you post comments or items on the blogspot that they must meet the convention standard! I shouldn't see the letter "u" standing for the word "you!" I know you guys are smart cookies!

Check your spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and make sure it makes sense!!!!!!

Virtual Class Meetings

Click here to view issues that have been posted in the comment section by your Class Presidents. All students are allowed to comment on ways to help, but remember your message must be clear. Think of positive ways to change our concerns into celebrations! The Class Presidents will keep in touch with Ms. Herrera to let her know the status of what issues have come up and positive ways to solve them! Good luck!

Congratulations to our newly elected CLASS PRESIDENTS!

Congratulations to Joseph, Ms. Herrera's Class President!

Be on the lookout for new ideas coming from Joseph and his Vice-President Serina!!!!!

Congratulations to Lindsay, Ms. Elmore's Class President!!!!

Be on the lookout for new strategies and activities from Lindsay and her Vice-President Kiana.

Valentine's List

Paper copies of the Class List will NOT be given out this year. For a list of our class, see below!

Quinton
Arlie
Victoria

Zachary

Michael

Brandon

Chane
Victoria

Kaitlyn
Kiana
Kobie

Jordan
Omara
Serina
Melinda
Joseph
Dominique
Zoya

Horace

Nichler

and Ms. Herrera too!

Main Idea help

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcpit3.htm

Try these sites!

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/BrianMrsBell4.htm

Portfolio Club

Remember that the Portfolio Club starts Monday. All students who received a yellow form should be in Ms. Herrera's Class on Monday at 7:50 A.M!

CLASS PRESIDENT

Don't forget to make your flyers and posters for your campaign. Monday will be your day to inform and persuade. Make sure you determine why exactly you should be our Class President. Why should people pick you? What do you plan to do to help the class?

Good luck to you all. I am anxious to see what you all come up with.