I dreamt I stood in a school one day and watched two sculptors there. The clay they used was a young child's mind and they fashioned it with care.
One was a teacher - the tools she used were books and music and art. The other, a parent, with guiding hand and a gentle, loving heart.
Week after week the teacher toiled with a touch that was deft and sure. While the parent labored by his side and polished and smoothed it pure.
And when last their task was done, they were proud of what they had wrought. For the things they had molded into the child could neither be sold nor bought.
And each agreed that he would have failed if he had worked alone. For behind the teacher stood the school, and behind the school the home.

Text: All Together by Scott Foresman
There are five units. Within these units we study: Communities, Geography, Early American History, Holidays, Economy - Needs & Wants, Ecology.

Students are assessed on size, shape, spacing and slant of their handwriting.
Grades are determined from both in class work such as daily journals and the handwriting practice book.

Students are assessed weekly. Practice tests are given on Wednesday. Spelling homework papers will be given 2-3 nights a week. Words need to be reviewed nightly.
Website resource:
www.spellingcity.com/johnmills1/

Weblinks are listed under subject areas.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt High Frequency Words:

Journeys Book 1 - Sight Words
Journeys Book 2 - Sight Words
Journeys Book 3 - Sight Words
Journeys Book 4 - Sight Words
Journeys Book 5 - Sight Words
Journeys Book 6 - Sight Words

Dolch List:
www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm

Fry's List:

Frys Word List - First 100 words.ppt
Frys Word List - Second 100 words.ppt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journey's is our reading series. We will be reading six textbooks this year. Students will be bringing home 4 "mini-books" each week. These books incorporate all the high frequency sight words for the week.
Students need to practice these at home nightly. Please save them and re-read them.

Trailblazers - A TIMS Curruiculum from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
* There are 19 Units.
* Discovery approach learning through the processes of Problem Solving, Communication, Reasoning, and Connections.

Units:
The Fives Senses
Growing and Changing
Taking Care of Your Health
Grouping Objects
Moving and Working
The Earth
Weather
Plants
Animals
Where Plants and Animals Live
Butterflies

Students are given the opportunity to take home my author backpacks and our class mascot Brown Bear. Instructions are included in the backpack. Please return these to school in a timely manner as other students are anxiously awaiting their turns.
If you do not want your child to participate in bringing these home, please send a note.

Monday - Music with Ms. Iovinelli
Tuesday - Technology with Mrs. Berkery
Wednesday - Gym with Coach Tsagalis and
Ms. Rodriguez
Thursday -Art with Mr. Siegel
Friday - Gym with Coach Tsagalis and
Ms. Rodriguez
Library with Mrs. Catalano

** Please remember to wear gym shoes on
Wednesdays and Fridays.
** Library books are due on Friday. If you do not return a book, you will not be able to take out a new book.

Principal - Mr. Herbert
Assistant Principal - Mrs. Kutrubis
Office Secretaries - Mrs. Hewak, Mrs. Wurtz
ELL/Bilingual - Mrs. Drozd, Mr. Hernandez
Speech - Ms. Evans
Social Work - Ms. Faldani
Special Education - Ms. Owen
Instructional Aides - Mrs. Jankowski, Mrs. Hanses
Reading Specialist - Mrs. Dahmer
Reading Support - Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Farina, Mrs. Piggott

Project Fit America - Benny the Bull

John Mills
Mrs. Slobodecki