12/18/13

Don't forget Friday is a half day of school, with dismissal at 12:40 on that day. The kids can enjoy a dress of choice day.  In the morning we will be having a movie and small celebration, trying to keep it simple, but fun!

Dec. 21-Jan. 5 Winter Break...Enjoy!

Jan. 6 Welcome Back!

The week of Jan. 6th the kids will be taking their mid-year MAPS testing.  

Happy Holidays!!

12/16/13

What a great day at Young AmeriTowne!!

A few events to remember this week:

Tuesday:  3rd-5th grade Winter Concert, students need to meet in homeroom at 5:45 p.m.

Friday:  Early dismissal day for students.  Dismissal time is 12:40 p.m.

Thank you again for your partnership so far this year.  What a great group of kids!

Happy holidays!  

12/6/13

We have finished our first week of Young AmeriTowne and the students have learned so much!  Next week the students will be voting for mayor and judge, assessing their own skill, applying and interviewing for jobs in the Towne shops.  They will participate in job training and a staff meeting with the other employees in their shop.  We will become expert check and deposit writers as well as having the skill to balance of checkbook (wouldn't want to overdraft at AmeriTowne.)  

Please remember to let Mr. Ross know whether your student will be attending the 3-5 grade music program.

Look for an email from Michelle Layman regarding our holiday movie party.

Brrr!  Talk about cold!-Please help you kiddos remember to bring appropriate cold weather clothing.

A few important dates in remember:

Dec. 12th: PTO paid dress of choice day:  Wear your favorite Bronco clothing!

Dec. 13th book reports are due

Dec. 16th field trip to Ameritowne

Dec. 17th  3-5 grade music program

Dec. 20th:  dress of choice day and dismissal at 12:40

Dec. 21-Jan. 5th:  Winter Break

12/3/13

Welcome back after break! 
 My family had a wonderful Thanksgiving with relatives as well as the first time for my ittie bitties ice skating at the Rink at the Rock.

I hope your week was filled with love and togetherness.

We are busy at work preparing for our Young AmeriTowne field trip.  The kids are enjoying learning about the U.S. economic process and free enterprise, supply and demand, all about banking, checking accounts, savings accounts and philanthropy.  

Please check the calendar for due dates.  

Friday is an Elementary Testing day, 5th grade attend school from 8:10-11:00

Important Dates:

Dec. 2-6 Scholastic Book Fair
Dec. 6 Elementary Testing Day
Dec. 9 Governing Board Meeting 6pm
Dec. 10-12 Holiday Shop For Students
Dec. 12 PTO Paid Dress of Choice
Dec. 12 Band, Choir, Orchestra Concert 6pm

11/22/13

Happy Thanksgiving!

We we return from break we will be starting our Young AmeriTowne curriculum in preparation for our day (field trip) to Young AmeriTowne.  If your child has not turned in field trip permission slip and money, please plan to do so on Monday.  If your child needs a new field trip please see previous post (you can print from the link).

Monday after break we finish up our Pilgrim Simulation Game.  What fun it has been for the kids to pretend to be Pilgrims and journey to the New World!  

Enjoy your break!  

Important upcoming dates:
Nov. 25-29 Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 2 PTO Meeting 4pm
Dec. 2 Domino's Pizza Night
Dec. 2-6 Scholastic Book Fair
Dec. 6 Elementary Testing Day
Dec. 9 Governing Board Meeting 6pm
Dec. 10-12 Holiday Shop For Students

Field Trip permission form

AmeriTowne field trip permission form

11/1/13

Wow!       What a great day yesterday! 

Thank you all for your help to make the Halloween party a success. 

The kids looked great in their costumes!

Upcoming ...

*Gratitude: Thankfulness for the gift of life and the gifts in life is our core virtue this month.  With Thanksgiving approaching this seems a wonderful virtue to focus on. 

*Dates to remember:
11/4/13  Corner of Love Assembly (Charity)
11/6/13 Character Assembly
11/8/13 Paid Dress of Choice (Charity)
11/11/13 Veteran's Day Celebration
11/14/13 Spirit Day -Patriotic Day
11/15/13 End of 1st trimester 
11/15/13 No School (Teacher Work Day)
11/18/13 End of trimester Assembly

*As we begin November, the students have been working on main idea and details in language arts as well as nouns. 

 The students finished their writing about "Nominating their favorite pet", these are displayed in the hallway.  They are finishing up their "Life of a Leaf" writing.  In the "Life of a leaf they are incorporating science vocabulary words.  

Our Living Systems science unit is complete, however there will be some extensions in science with Mrs. Martinelli.  In social studies the students have started their Explorers unit.  We are looking at early explorers that will lead us up to our Pilgrims unit.  

10/10/13

Hi all,

A few reminders:

Our Core Virtue this month is diligence.  The students and I have been discussing diligence and perseverance.   We have been discussing why this trait is so important in 5th grade and in life.  

If you have further questions about Battle of the Books see Mrs. Runyan, runyank@academycharter.org or Ms. Zimmerman, zimmermans@academycharter.org

Don't forget the Book Report is due October 29, 2013. See the Book Report tab on the website for information.

The week after break we will be finishing out Living Systems Unit in Science and moving to Explorers in Social Studies.


Have a wonderful Fall Break!  


Important Dates:

Oct. 10 - Flu Clinic 7:30-9:00am
Oct. 11 - Paid Dress Of Choice Day
Oct. 14-18 Fall Break
Oct. 21 - Governing Board Meeting
Oct. 23 - 7th Grade Outdoor Ed Day
Oct. 23 - PTO Meeting 5-6pm
OCt. 24 - Freddy's Spirit Night
Oct. 25 - Dress of Choice Day
Oct. 25 - 8th Grade Outdoor Ed Day
Oct. 30-31 Vision and Hearing Screening

10/4/13

Thank you!

Thank you for your partnership this year.  It was great to chat at conferences and make some goals with you and your kiddos!

Some items to take note of:

Our Core Virtue this month is: diligence.  

The Battle of the the Books reading competition will be beginning very soon! If you are interested, please stop by the parent informational meeting thisMonday, October 7th at 4:00 in room 101 (Mrs. Runyan's room).  There are some exciting new changes to the program and we look forward to sharing those with you! Hope to see you all there! 

Don't forget to check out the Book Reports tab for information on the book report.  Also if you are still having trouble finding a book check out the Recommended books tab.

This week student finished up Unit 1 in L.A.  We will be back to our normal homework schedule next week. 

In Science we have been looking at living systems in humans and this week we began learning about living systems in plants.

In Friday folders you will find the 5th grade ski pass information.  This is a great opportunity to ski for free when you are in 5th grade.

Important Dates:

Oct. 7 - Fall Parent Survey
Oct. 7 - Read To Me Assembly
Oct. 7 - Domino's Pizza Spirit Night
Oct. 9 - Community Service Meeting 4-5
Oct. 10 - Flu Clinic 7:30-9:00am

Colorado Avalanche had their first game, team is 1-0.  GO AVS!!!

Enjoy the ***SNOW***!!

9/26/13

Happy Friday!!

Just a reminder that the ACS 20th Anniversary is on Monday.

Please join us for the celebration.

Have a wonderful weekend!

9/20/13

Wow!  Isn't the fall weather nice!

A few items coming up;

Run 4 Funds Community Night tonight--starts at 6pm

9/26/13-- Dress of Choice Day

9/27/13--No school...(I think I heard the kids say "YAY!")

9/30/13--ACS 20th Annicersary Celebration, please feel free to join us.

Also look next week to see the October Book Report on the website.  We will start explaining today and get information to your kiddos beginning of next week.

Thank you for your help with Run 4 Funds and your partnership this year.

Enjoy the weekend!

9/13/13

Happy Friday the 13th!

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day!  Wow, this weather has been crazy. 

This has been a busy week for your kiddos.  

We have been continuing to work on reading strategies, vocabulary and spelling in Language Arts.  Please remind your students to be looking at their spelling and practice packets Wednesday and Thursday to study for the test on Friday.  

We have finished up our Geography unit and have begun working on Living Systems in science.  This week we looked at the overview of the different systems in the body and starting looking at cells.

Have a great weekend!

Here are a couple upcoming dates: Sept. 19 - Chick-fil-a Spirit Night
Sept. 20 - Run 4 Funds Community Night

9/4/13

Reading, reading and more reading.
Please remember to have your kiddo read 20 minutes each night as part of their homework.   This reading can be individual or family reading.

9/3/13

        
Run 4 Funds and more...
 What a day!  Run 4 Funds was a blast!  5th and 6th grade raced together.  At one point our class was in 1st place!  

On average the kids ran 35-40 laps, around 2 miles....wow!

Thank for all the support of the Run 4 Funds!

       Envelopes with the collected money are due Monday, September 9th.

         Also this week we have MAPS testing.  The kiddos will take 4 tests, reading, language usage, math and science.  I will be sharing these results with you at conferences.  

       Hope your long Labor Day weekend was filled with family, fun and food...like mine was!  

8/27/13

Important Dates to Note...
August 30, is a Dress of Choice Day

September 2 is Labor Day--NO School

Run For Funds:  We will be running on Tuesday, September 3, so be sure to bring running clothes to change into for this event.

8/23/13

Important Stuff...
Don't forget that Monday is an Elementary Testing Day
*Dress of choice clothes
*8:15-11:00
*Bring: water bottle, snack and silent reading book

Have a fabulous weekend!

8/15/13

Important Dates Coming Up
Hi all, 

Wow! What a great start to our school year!  Here are a few reminders:

We are a nut-free classroom, meaning no nuts including peanuts for snack in the classroom.

The Assignment Due Dates calendar will have, just as it reads, assignment due dates, including homework. You will also find the specials rotation.  You will see a day number, our order in days is:

1: Music, 2: P.E., 3. Computers, 4: Spanish, 5: Science Lab and 6: Art.

Monday, August 26, is Elementary testing day.  Fifth grade tests from 8:15-11:00. Students should bring a snack, silent reading book, and they're welcome to wear dress down clothing. 

August 30, is a Dress of Choice Day

Run For Funds:  We will be running on Tuesday, September 3, so be sure to bring running clothes to change into for this event.

8/14/13

Back to School Night

Parents,

It was wonderful to meet some of you at back to school night. This year is going to be a wonderful year!

If you were not able to make it to back to school night, I have added the back to school power point to my webpage. If you have any questions, please ask.  In your child's Friday folder I will also be sending home a blue questionnaire.  Please fill out the questionnaire and return it to me.  It will help me get to know your child. I will also be sending home the handout from back to school night.

Please feel free to email me at lindburgt@academycharter.org with any questions or concerns.  

Again, let me know if you are interested in volunteering.  I am still in need of a classroom coordinator.

Also:  

***Here is the information for the online math book

http://www.academycharter.org/math%20and%20science.html

The user name is "student" and the password is "acsschool".

***Please make sure your student has brought in their headphones.  If you have questions about what type of headphones please ask Mrs. Besler.

***Lastly the August elementary testing day is August 26th.

Thank you, 

Mrs. Lindburg

8/9/13

Welcome to 5th Grade

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingnese." E. Sitwell

The 2013-2014 school year is going to be a great year!  My name is Tara Lindburg and this school year will be my 8th year at ACS.  I love teaching at ACS!  

I am married to a wonderful man, Chad, and we have two children; Annika and Soren. Annika will be in Kindergarten and Soren will be in preschool this year.  I also have three greyhounds named Laika, Vezina & Agent Oso.  In my free time, I volunteer with Colorado Greyhound Adoption, serving in many roles,  Mentor and Foster team are a couple.   I also enjoy reading and scrap-booking.  I am an Avs fan and am pretty excited about Patrick Roy being the new coach!

This year is going to be an exciting year of learning for the 5th graders!  

Please email me at lindburgt@academycharter.org with questions, concerns or exciting news going on in your student's life.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Tara Lindburg

7/16/13

ACS Registration and On-line Express Check in
Hi all !  
Hopefully your summer is going great!
Don't forget that Express Check-In starts July 16th.

Other dates to put on your calendar:
July 16-Aug. 13, 2013: Express Check in
Aug. 1 & 2: Registration  (8:00a-12:00p)
Aug. 12: Back to school night (6:00-7:00p)
Aug. 14: First Day of School