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Greetings form Mrs. England's Second graders at Lake Ridge Elementary! Hello everyone! We are really excited about participating in this project and getting to know other children around Texas. Our school is new this year, and we are looking forward to this project becoming a tradition for us that will last for many years. So that you will know a little bit about us, there are seventeen students in our class. We have eight girls and nine boys. Our school day begins at eight o'clock and and ends at 3:15. We get fifteen minutes of recess, and were very sad when we heard that other schools got as much as an hour! Please tell our principal bout that. We would LOVE to have longer recesses. The neatest thing about our school is the view from our classroom window. You can see Lake Joe Pool and sometimes all the way into Arlington. It is really a pretty sight. We look forward to getting to know you all better. Your friends from Cedar Hill Angela England Lake Ridge Elementary Second Grade March 31, 2003 Texas Connect http://www.irvingisd.net/txconnect Dear Texas Connect Participants, My name is Cheryl McKnight. I am not a classroom teacher however; I will be working with several classes in Cedar Hill ISD as they participate in the Texas Connect Spring Project. When I learned about the Texas Connect Project I knew that it would be a terrific opportunity to integrate technology into our curriculum. Thanks Irving ISD for making this opportunity possible. Sincerely, Cheryl McKnight Instructional Technology Specialist
Good morning! We are excited about this project! We are from Mrs. Scogin's 4th grade class! We attend J.O. Davis Elementary in Irving! There are 22 students in our class. There are 8 girls and 14 boys! Our school day begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m. We have recess for 15 minutes after math in the mornings. We look forward to finding out more information about everyone! Have a great day! Sincerely, Mrs. Scogin and students Hello everyone, We are in Mrs. Wassenmiller's 4th grade Math and Language Arts class at Waterford Oaks Elementary in Cedar Hill. There are 14 students in our Language Arts class and 16 students in our Math class. Our day begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 3:15 p.m. We have 30 minutes a day for recess. We are looking forward to working with you on this project! Sincerely, Mrs. Wassenmiller's 4th Grade Hi everyone, My name is Mrs. Linda Goss and I have a second grade class at Lake Ridge Elementary in Cedar Hill ISD. We have 17 students in our class.9 boys and 8 girls. We are the Lake Ridge tornados. Our colors are navy blue and white. We are a brand new school. Our school sits high on a hill overlooking Lake Joe Pool. We are very excited about taking part in the Texas connect project! We look forward to working with all of you!! Linda Goss Lake Ridge Elementary Second Grade Hello everyone! I am a 2nd grade teacher at High Pointe Elementary in Cedar Hill. I teach a class of 19 students. We begin each day at 8:00AM with a journal entry and our word of the week. We end each day at 3:15PM by cleaning up the room and double checking our folders for behavior points and homework. We have recess for 15 minutes everyday. We are very excited to be doing this project and we look forward to working with all of you. Dulari Mehta Hello, My name is Ms Denise Montgomery I am a fourth grade teacher at High Pointe Elementary in Cedar Hill TX. I have a morning core that consists of 19 students and a afternoon core with 18 students. I teach math, science, and writing. It is a pleasure to be part of this program. Talk to you soon! April 14, 2003 Dear Texas Connect Participants: We are in Mrs. Chavez’s 6th grade Math class. This class is GT (Gifted & Talented) so we do 8th grade pre-Algebra work. There are 31 students in our class, with 17 boys and 14 girls. Mrs. Chavez is a good teacher even though she gives us homework every night. She teaches 2 levels of math, and she used to teach Language Arts. Our school is called West Intermediate School. It is in Cedar Hill, Texas. Cedar Hill is in Dallas County. We are located just south of Dallas. We are the highest point in our region so we have many TV and radio towers in our city. Our mascot is the Wildcats, and our school colors are red and white. We have a really good band. We win lots of first divisions at competition. Every other Friday we have Candy Friday. We get Cat Paws for good behavior, and they draw for prizes every Friday. In the last drawing they are giving away a mountain bike and an X-Box. We have a party called Wing Dings every six weeks for honor roll. Our school starts at 8:00 and ends at 3:30. We have 8 classes every day. We do not get a recess. We do not have to wear uniforms. Our school has 4 main hallways, and they are patrolled by Mr. Brooks, our Disciplinarian. Our school has 5th and 6th grades. We have 3 lunches. The first one starts at 11:30. The second is at 12:00, and the third is at 12:30. Our high school mascot is the Longhorns. Sincerely, Mrs. Chavez’s Class West Intermediate School Cedar Hill, Texas Good morning from Mrs. Bess' 4th grade Math& Science classes. First period has 17 students: 9 boys and 8 girlsand second period has 20 students: 10 boys and 10 girls. Our day begins at 8:00 with DEAR time ( Drop Everything And Read). Our day consists of three periods: Homeroom from 8:00-9:30 which is Composition time, Period 1 Math or Reading from 9:30-11:00 and Period 2 Math or Reading from 11:00-1:30. Lunch starts at 12 and everyone is finished by 12:40. We have about 15-20 minutes of recess per day unless it is your homeroom classes Library day. We has Specials( P.E./Music/Computers) from 2-2:50 everyday. We rotate through our specials classes so we have P.E. every other day. Finally, our day ends at 3:15. We look forward to working on this project with all of you. Sallie Bess Highlands Elementary Mrs. Bothe’s 2nd grade class greets you all with a great big “HOWDY” from Bray Elementary, Cedar Hill, Texas!, We are really looking forward to learning and sharing information with other Texans participating in this Ho Down called The Texas Connect project! We arrive at school at 8:00 and go home at 3:15. We have snack time in our rooms at 11:00, recess from 11:00 to 11:15 and our teacher lets us earn 10 extra minutes of recess if we have a great morning. We always do. We go to lunch at 11:45 until 12:15. There are 7 girls and 10 boys in our class. We are the Bobcats, the mighty, mighty Bobcats, and we wear red and black. We love to read. We have an Accelerated Reading (AR) program that is lots of fun. We read books, take computer tests, earn points and get cool prizes. We also get to use laptops that arrive on a rolling cart. We can earn play money for hard work and good citizenship. On Fridays we spend it at our auction. We have hundreds of pets in our classroom that we feed our wet organic food trash to. They are earthworms that we raise in our worm farm! They love banana peels the best and they hate onions! We are very proud of our Flag that flies outside our school telling the world that we are an Exemplary school. We are proud of all the Bray kids but we take our hats off to our 4th graders! Until we meet again, Happy Trails To You! Mrs. Bothe’ and students Jean Bothe Second Grade Bray Elementary Hi everyone! We are from J. O. Davis Elementary in Irving, Texas. We are Miss Rowell's 5th grade Giftted & Talented class. Our school mascot is the bruin (bear) and our colors are red & black. There are 6 blithe girls and 11 boisterous boys for Language Arts & Social Studies. For Math & Science we are joined by 3 enthusiastic girls and 5 ingenious boys. The tardy bell rings at 8 and school gets out at 3. We go to recess around 11:45 each day for about 15 to 20 minutes. We have specials (P.E., Art, & music) from 8:10 to 9:05. We don't go with our homerooom, but with groups that are made up of all 5th graders. We have 2 special things at our school. We have Cubettes, which is an award-winning cheerleading team. We also have a live broadcast for our morning announcements. KBRN, Channel 10 is produced and directed by our 5th graders. We look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Miss Rowell's Class Greetings Texas Connect Schools! We are the Waterford Oaks' All Stars from Ms. Miller's Third Grade class. Waterford Oaks is part of the Cedar Hill ISD, which is about 20 miles south of Dallas. Our school mascot is a star. Our motto is "Reach for the Stars"; and our school colors are royal blue and yellow. Each grade level chooses a sport to represent their grade level. Third grade is baseball. We use the sports as part of our academics and behavior program. If we don't do well, we get a strike. If we do well, we get a home run. At the end of each six weeks, we have a homerun club, where we get rewarded with free time and prizes. In our class we have 18 students, 10 boys and 8 girls. Our school day begins at 8:00 and ends at 3:15. On Tuesday and Thursday, we have tutoring to sharpen our math and reading skills. Specials, which includes P. E., music, library, and computer, is from 9:15-10:05. Lunch is from 12:00-12:30 and a 20 minute recess after. In our room we have a pet fish. We call him "Fish" or "Sushi" because Ms. Miller keeps killing the fish and we never know how long it will last. We have done many fun projects this year such as bag animal research projects, biography bottle people, and computer publishing. We are looking forward to connecting with you throughout the rest of this year. Please check out our pictures in the attachment. We enjoyed reading your letters and seeing your pictures. Until the Next Time, James, D'Vonte, Katie, Latavia, Legacy, Jamie, Drey, Darren, Tailore, Stephanie, Irene, Clint, Barry, Raul, Karyn, Jerome, Keymon, and Brianna Rebecca Miller Waterford Oaks Hello Everyone,
Our school officially begins at 8:00 am, but the students come into our classrooms at 7:30, because they eat breakfast in our classroom. Lunch is 30 minutes (11:29-11:59), and we try to get recess for 15-20 minutes, but are not daily. School is over at 3:00pm. Some students stay in After-School programs, such as Soccer, Computer, Cooking, etc. We are very excited about this project. We hope to learn more about other schools, their students, and our state, TEXAS. Thanks. Zayda Miranda-Makany Braeburn Elementary Dear TX Connect Participants, Greetings from Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Schmidt’s fourth grade class at J. L. Boren Elementary in Mansfield, Texas. Mansfield is south of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Boren’s mascot is a bear. We are a double class of 38 students with 2 teachers. We are also a cluster class with 11 ACCEL students (this is our Gifted and Talented Program). We have 22 boys and 16 girls in our class. Our school day begins at 8:00am and ends at 3:15pm. We have 30 minutes for recess each day. We look forward to hearing about the other schools and grade levels. Your Boren Bear friends, Mrs. Turner & Mrs. Schmidt’s Class March 27, 2003 Texas Connect Participants www.irvingisd.net/txconnect Dear Texas Connect Participants, We are in Ms. Das’ 4th grade math class. There are 6 boys and 7 girls. Tuesday we had a ceremony to celebrate our high scores on the TAAS test. We are an EXEMPLARY campus in Cedar Hill, Texas. Our teacher, Ms. Das, makes learning fun! We play games to learn our math facts, we do lots of hands-on learning, and we get to use the laptops in our classroom to help us learn. Bray is a special school. On Tuesday the mayor came to our school and dedicated our art room to one of our parents, Ginger Reid. It was declared “Ginger Reid Day” in Cedar Hill. Miss Ginger started our art room in 1988 and it is run by PTA volunteers and dollars. We have a carnival at our school each year. Be careful if you come so that you don’t get put in “jail”. We think that our school is the best school in world. Sincerely, Ms. Das' 4th Grade Hello Texas Connect Friends, We are Mrs. Purchase-Koen’s 4th Grade class from the exemplary Lockhart Elementary School in Houston, Texas. In our classroom we have 21 students (11 boys and 10 girls). Our school mascot is the Lions and our colors are green and white. Do you know where Reliant Stadium home of the Houston Texans is? Yep! It is right here in Houston about 5 minutes from our school. Our school starts at 8:00 a.m. and at 8:15 we switch for reading and go to different classes based on our reading levels. We use a reading program called Success For All (SFA) which requires us to do that. At 11:45-12:10 we have lunch and at 1:00 we go to ancillary. We have P.E., Computer Lab, Math Lab, Music, or Science Lab. We get out of school at 3:00 p.m. However, we stay until 4:00 or 5:00 for after school tutorial programs. The time depends on what program you are in. We are trying to master TAKS so we stay longer to brush up on our skills. We look forward to working with you, Mrs. Purchase-Koen’s 4th graders Lockhart Elementary School April 3, 2003 Dear Friends, We’re from Houston, Texas. Our school’s name is Piney Point Elementary. We are in third grade. We have 7 girls and 7 boys in our class. School starts at 7:45 and ends at 3:00. We can have breakfast at school from 7:00 to 7:30 and our lunch starts at 11:58. We do something called Accelerated Reader, otherwise known as AR. It is when you read a book and take a test. We have Saturday School. It is when you come to school on Saturdays but you don’t need to wear your school uniform. Our classroom number is T-19. On Fridays we don’t get homework. We get progress reports every 9 weeks. What is your class like? Sincerely, Ms. Bryan’s 3rd grade class April 4, 2003 Dear Texas Friends, We are from Houston, Texas. We are 5th graders from Piney Point Elementary. Our teacher is Ms. Bolden. Next year we are going to Paul Revere Middle School (but not all of us). We have Safety Patrols in our school. Students in 4th or 5th grade can do that. They help people cross safely in traffic, put up our flags, help kids get out of cars when they arrive at school, and open doors for teachers in the mornings. Our school is _________ years old. We have great teachers and a great principal. On our TAAS test last year we had 94% passing. That was so cool. And if we pass the next one, our principal, Ms. Sailors will take us to AstroWorld. We always have a blast! From Ms. Bolden’s Class April 3, 2003 Dear Schools in Texas,
This is Piney Point Elementary School in Houston, Texas. We are going to talk about our class. We have 13 kids in our class. In class we do reading, math, spelling, language arts, and science. Our favorite activity is recess. The boys play football and the girls play tag. When it rains we play inside. We play computer games, board games, and draw. In Math we do Mad Minutes. Today we did the practice snapshot math test. We’re looking forward to reading your letters, too. Sincerely, Mr. Cassata’s 3rd Grade Class April 3, 2003 Dear Texas Friends, We are from Houston, Texas. Here in our 5th grade class our teacher helps us stay focused on our work. She teaches us lots of subjects and lessons of not hurting other peoples’ feelings. At Piney Point Elementary we come in at 7:00 am and leave at 3:00 pm, but on Fridays we come out at 1:45 pm. The day we love the most is report card day because we get our report cards and leave at 12:30. One of the 22 students in our class won the English/Spanish Spelling Bee. Our class has the most choir students out the whole 5th grade. Our class almost always gets to go to what we call the panther paw party. The panther paw party is a celebration for classes that get the most panther paws for the month. You get panther paws for being quiet in the halls and doing other good things. Our class is the best thing to happen to us. Your Texas Friends April 3, 2003 Dear Texas Friends, We are 5th Graders in Houston, Texas. We want to tell you some special things about our school, Piney Point Elementary. In our school we have P.E. where we do exercise, Music to practice singing and play the instruments, Art to draw and create our own creations, Computer where we practice our keyboarding, and Science to talk about living and non-living things and do scientific experiments. Where we like to spend most of our time is in P.E. and Computer. In our classroom we have tests to prove what we have learned. On Monday we have Reading, Wednesday Math and on Friday we do both Reading and Math. Most of our classmates like Math because we like to solve the problems. In our classroom we have letters that spell R.E.S.T. If the teacher erases a letter it is five minutes less of our recess. We only go out on Thursdays and Fridays. We think that is what is very special about our school. Thank you, Mr. Gutierrez’s 5th Grade April 3, 2003 Hello, How are you doing? We are going to tell you some things about Piney Point Elementary. Our school is in Houston, Texas and we are in Ms. Gonzales’ 4th grade class. Some kids in our class are in Safety Patrol. To be in Safety Patrol you have to be in the 4th or 5th grade and have good behavior. The patrols tell other kids not to run because they might fall or trip over the cement. We have two big parks. We have a huge cafeteria. We have contests like the Math Bowl in the library. We have a new look to the library, too. We have P.E. outside and pullout classes for learning dances and getting ready for track meets. We have a 2 mile track and a huge soccer field. We have a science lab where we do experiments. In the science lab we have lots of animals that we can watch and sometimes touch. We have a snapping turtle, mealworms, snails, water snails, guppies, beetles, earthworms, and centipedes We go to our Title I computer lab to know our reading and math grades. Sometimes we get Scholar Dollars or books. Scholar Dollars are green and we get them when we do something good. Then we go to the school Scholar Dollar Store and buy stuff that we want with our Scholar Dollars. We have a YMCA program where kids stay and play after school. We have an Accelerated Reader program where we take tests on books that we read. People who get all A’s and E’s on their report cards are called Sailors’ Scholars. Then we have Honor Roll where you need all A’s and can have 2 B’s. That’s all for today. Your friends, Ms. Gonzales’ 4th grade class April 4, 2003 Hi, Texas Friends! We are from the school of Piney Point Elementary in Houston, Texas. We like our school because it is so fun. We learn something every day. Right now we are doing an experiment in science for Science Fair. Some people are doing experiments with plants, some with bones, some with finger prints, and other interesting things. We have a Computer Class and sometimes PE. We like our Computer Class because we learn so much. Every Friday we get out at 1:45pm. What do you do at your school? Ms. Grimaldo’s 4th Graders April 3, 2003 Hi! We are a 5th grade class at Piney Point Elementary School in Houston, Texas. Our class has 31 kids. Our mascot is a panther. Our school even has a panther at the zoo! School starts at 7:45. We get out at 2:45 to 3:00. The special thing about our class is that we are the biggest class in our school! Most of all, the teachers say we are the “Big Dogs”, meaning we are roll models for the other kids. The Most Important thing is we were the first school to be on TV for passing the TAAS test. From Ms. A’s 5th Grade Class Hello Texas Connect Friends, We are Mrs. Purchase-Koen’s 4th Grade class from the exemplary Lockhart Elementary School in Houston, Texas. In our classroom we have 21 students (11 boys and 10 girls). Our school mascot is the Lions and our colors are green and white. Do you know where Reliant Stadium home of the Houston Texans is? Yep! It is right here in Houston about 5 minutes from our school. Our school starts at 8:00 a.m. and at 8:15 we switch for reading and go to different classes based on our reading levels. We use a reading program called Success For All (SFA) which requires us to do that. At 11:45-12:10 we have lunch and at 1:00 we go to ancillary. We have P.E., Computer Lab, Math Lab, Music, or Science Lab. We get out of school at 3:00 p.m. However, we stay until 4:00 or 5:00 for after school tutorial programs. The time depends on what program you are in. We are trying to master TAKS so we stay longer to brush up on our skills. We look forward to working with you, Mrs. Purchase-Koen’s 4th graders Lockhart Elementary School Hello Everyone, My name is Mrs. Donna Teaff (Taff). Our school is Bransom Elementary. We are the Bransom Bobcats. Our school colors are royal blue and gold. Bransom is one of 7 elementary schools in Burleson. Burleson is about 20 minutes south of Ft. Worth right down I35. I am teaching a “Looping” class. This year I am teaching first grade and next year I will be teaching the same students second grade. I have 19 students at this time. I have 12 boys and 7 girls. We have lunch at 12:05 -12:35. After that we have recess for 30 minutes. Our school officially begins at 8:00 am. (That’s when they are considered tardy.) The students come into our classrooms at 7:50. School is over at 3:05. This is a brand new school. It opened this past August. It is a beautiful school. The inside is done in primary colors. It is very inviting to walk into. There are 2 long halls. On each side of the hall is a K,1,2,3,4,5 classroom. This is a vertical team. We have 4 vertical teams. We have about 450 students here at Bransom Elementary School. Our school is considered a naturalist school. Each class has a small garden. Right now we still have fall flowers in our garden. Hopefully we will be able to plant some spring flowers soon. We are waiting on the weather. The students do the planting, watering and the weeding. Usually the teachers wear shorts and a faculty shirt on Fridays to work in their gardens. Thanks, Mrs. Donna K. Teaff Intel Master Teacher Hello Texas Connect Participants, My name is Gloria Contreras, Socorro ISD, El Paso, Texas. I teach 5th Grade-Social Studies & Integration of Technology to 75 students daily, I'm the Homeroom Teacher for 25 students for Language Arts (reading & writing). Our day begins at 7:45 am. and ends at 3:15 pm. We have P.E. for 45 minutes daily, from 8:50 am. to 9:35 am. We're excited to be included in this project. Adios from El Paso, Texas *********************************************************************** Gloria Contreras, M.Ed. Hello from Mrs. Holl's 3rd grade class in Allen, Texas. We start our day off with the morning announcements at 7:55. They are put on the TV for the whole school to see. We all go home at 2:55. Our class has had 3 pets this year! Our first pet was Millie the hamster. Sadly she died right before Christmas. Then one of the boys brought Mrs. Holl another hamster. We kept her until last Friday. Holly was kind of mean and we couldn't hold her at all. Now we have Dice! She is real sweet like Millie so now we can actually touch our class pet. In our class we have 11 boys and 9 girls. We all passed the Reading TAKS test and we are now getting ready for the Math TAKS. We look forward to working more with you all on this project! Kelly Holl and Class 3rd Grade Teacher Norton Elementary Allen ISD Good afternoon fellow participants, Howdy, from Mrs. Schroeder's 4th grade Language Arts/Reading class. My homeroom consists of 16 students; 8 boys and 8 girls. My second class has 16 students, also; 9 boys and 7 girls. Our morning begins at 8:00 and ends each afternoon at 3:00. We have recess at 10:00, lunch from 12:25 - 1:55 and P.E. from 1:00 - 1:55. At 2:00 we have tutorials. Each of our four fourth graders may receive one-on-one tutoring from any teacher they choose. It's a nice and relaxing way to end the day. Annaville Elementary houses Pre-K through 5th grade with a total of approximately 430 students. Our campus has received Exemplary status the past three years and are extremely proud of that fact! We are excited to be involved in this project and look forward to hearing from each class! Eve Schroeder, Annaville Elementary Hello, My name is Fred Slone. I am the Campus Educational Technologist at Briarmeadow Charter School in Houston Texas. I will be doing the project with a class of 4th grade students. There are 21 students, 6 are girls, 15 are boys. The school colors are blue and yellow and the mascot is the mustang. We are a new school, this is our second year in operation. The students have approx. 20 minutes of recess each day. Our day officially begins at 7:50 each morning and ends at 2:45 each afternoon. There are several activities available for early arrivals and students who need to stay a little later. Let me know if you have additional questions at this point. :) Good morning Texas Connect Participants, We send you warm, sunshine greetings from the sparkling city by the bay, Corpus Christi, Texas. Our morning begins at 7:30 when students begin arriving to read silently in the classroom or work on computers. My classroom is 4th grade Language Arts and I teach two classes consisting of 2 hours each. Our students make the morning announcements at 8:00 each morning. They lead the school in the pledge, read the school menu and announce birthdays. My first class is considered my homeroom, 7 girls and 10 boys, so they stay in Language Arts for the first two hours. My second class, 6 girls and 8 boys, begins after recess and ends at lunch. Recess is at 10:10 and that is when my homeroom moves to Math for an hour and then to Social Studies/Science for an hour. Lunch is from 12:30 to 1:00 and P. E./Music is from 1:00 to 2:00 . The last period of the day is for tutorials. Students may move to any classroom where they need additional help. Our day ends at 3:00. In Language Arts we use Reading Writing Workshop so we move around the classroom in work- stations. Each 4th grade classroom has a class pet, Scoobey Doo and Spirit belong to my classes. They go home at night with a student. The student writes in a journal and reads the class pet adventures to our class the next day. We have heard some wild stories. Our school is the oldest building in the Calallen Independent School District. Annaville Elementary, consists of Pre-K to 5th grade and we are proud of our Exemplary Rating and Distinguished School status. Looking forward to hearing from all of you. This Texas Connection will certainly end our year with a bang, right before we head to the beach. Mrs. Rose Ann Smith’4th grade Language Arts Class Annaville Elementary Calallen I. S. D. Corpus Christi, Texas Greetings from J.C. Sanderson Elementary Hello, fellow Texas Connect friends! We are happy to be a part of this program. We are fourth grade students of the Northeast District's Teacher of the Year, the honorable Miss Jones. There are 14 beautiful, magnificent girls and 8 handsome, good-looking boys. Our Houston based school, J. C. Sanderson, has the school colors of kelly green and pearl white. The mascot is the mighty bumble bee. Our school day begins at 7:45 a.m. and ends at 2:45 p.m. At the beginning of the day we write in our journals. Three days a week we have after-school tutorials to prepare for the TAKS test. This includes Saturday!!! Throughout the day we work hard and do not have time for recess. We will work hard now and play later!! We are required to wear a school uniform and on Friday's we wear our Sanderson spirit t-shirt and blue jeans. Also, on Friday around 2:00p.m. our cool counselor sells snow cones, pickles, candy, and other delicious goodies. In our classroom, we have a Student Council, president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer (but we have no money), Sgt.. at arms, and mail clerk. Most of the members of the class have a daily job, which makes our class our own. In addition to our exciting classroom of learning we are lucky to have DANCE, COMPUTER, P.E., MUSIC, LIBRARY, ART, and SPEECH classes. They are out of this world!!! We go to these classes from 11:00 to 11:45 a.m. Afterwards, we proceed to lunch from 11:50 to 12:20. Our favorite menu item is the burrito and our worst menu item are the sloppy joes and mixed vegetables (they are hard as cement and taste like a cow that has been dead for 3 days). These are some of the exciting things that we do in our school and our class. Thank you for reading about our daily life in our Exemplary school. Sincerely, Miss Jones' Students oh... and Miss Jones, too. April 1, 2003 Dear Texas Connect Classes, We are in Mrs. Hurst’s 2nd grade class at Forest Trail Elementary. Most of us have “looped up” with Mrs. Hurst from first grade to second grade. Forest Trail is in the Eanes Independent School District. Our school mascot is a Falcon and our school color is Maroon. We have kindergarten-fifth grade classes. Our school is a Blue Ribbon School and has Exemplary School Status. Forest Trail is in Austin, Texas the capitol of our state! In Austin right now you can see lots of Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrushes. Our weather has been crazy because it is cool at night but warm during the day. Right now it is sunny and is going to be around 78 degrees. The rodeo is in town. The University of Texas is in the Final Four for basketball! We have 18 students in our class; we have 9 boys and 9 girls. We have a class pet named Snoozer. Snoozer is a dwarf hamster. When he is in his exercise ball he likes to roll out of the classroom and down the hall! Our second grade classes are collecting money for the Make a Wish Foundation. You can also visit us at our website- http://www.eanes.k12.tx.us/fte/Judy%20HP/1stGrade/index.htm Our morning starts at 8:15 and we go straight to “specials,” our specials are-music, art and PE. When we get back to the room we have Language Arts for about 2 hours. Then we have snack time and go to Math after that. We have 30 minutes for lunch and 15 minutes of recess. When we get back to our classroom we have “DEAR” time and then we have learning center time. After our center time we have either Science or Social Studies and we go home at 3:10. Our teacher was Miss Austin Texas last year! HAPPY APRIL FOOLS! Hello from one of the Oldest Towns in Texas, Our school is located in San Augustine, the cradle of Texas. Our current enrollment is 391 in grades Pre-K-4. Our school colors are red, black and white and our mascot is the wolf. Our campus is known as the "Wolfpups". Our day starts at 8:00 and ends at 3:23. Early buses, pickups and walkers get to leave at 3:10. My name is Tommie Thomas and I teach our school's gifted and talented program, also known as SAGE (San Augustine Gifted Education]. On Mondays and Fridays, I do enrichment classes for Kindergarten and First Grade. The remainder of the week, I pull identified students in grades 2, 3, and 4 for a full day of G/T class. Students come to me at 8:30 and go back to their home rooms at 2:40. Lunch is with our grade levels. Second and Third graders enjoy a thirty minute recess right after lunch. Fourth grade gets a twenty minute recess at the end of the day. Tuesday, I have fourth grade--three girls and two boys. Wednesday, I have third grade--nine girls and four boys. Thursday, I have second grade--four girls and six boys. This year, we are doing research on Texas and early Texas life. We have enjoyed reading the Laura Ingalls Wilder chapter books. We also take walking field trips around our town to the many historical sites and have traveled to nearby Nacogdoches to visit a pioneer village, Milllard's Crossing, and to see other historical landmarks. We are making family history books that reflect the genealogical history of our families. Many of us have early Texas roots! Last fall, we did a photography project where we entered the photo contest in our town's Sassafras Festival Our pictures illustrated many of the historical sites in San Augustine. We are excited about participating in this project and are looking forward to learning about other school and students! Dear Texas Connect Partners, Welcome from Mr. Lytner's fourth grade class at Elliott Elementary School in Irving, Texas! Our mascot is the eagle, and our school colors are blue and white. We have 22 students in our class - 13 girls and 9 boys (the girls like the fact that they've outnumbered the boys all year long!). Our day begins at 8:00 am, and ends at 3:00 pm. We have specials classes every day (PE, art, or music), with TWO specials classes on Tuesday (art and PE), and every other Friday (extra music and PE). We have lunch from 12:15 - 12:45, and up to 15 minutes for recess after lunch. Our school recognizes students with good behavior and good organization habits. We call these students self managers. We have five in our class. They wear special ID badges and sometimes have special parties. We've gone on two neat field trips this year - one to a place called Native Lands (with lots of outdoor exhibits), and the other to the Science museum in Fort Worth. We got to see an IMAX movie there too! We love living in Irving! We are so close to many cool places in this city between Dallas and Fort Worth (Six Flags Over Texas/Hurricane Harbor, Irving Mall, The Ballpark in Arlington - go Rangers, and the Science Museums and zoos in both Dallas and Fort Worth, to name a few). We have been enjoying hearing from so many of you this week, and look forward to sharing more in the coming weeks. Sincerely, Kayla, Angela, Lillian, Steven, Brook, Stacey, Olivia, Nicholas, Suheylee, Michelle, Shane, Jincy, Jesus, Kylie, Morgan, Erika, Jordan, Annie, Draylin, Jared, Kylee, Chance, and Mr. Lytner Hey, what's up! We are Ms. Smith's 4th grade class from Manor Elementary School in Manor, Texas. We are located 15 miles east of Austin. There are 16 students in our class, 7 boys and 9 girls. Our school motto is "We're On The Rise!" Our day begins at 7:55 with our morning announcements read by our 5th grade students. We have Reading/Language Arts for 2 hours each day. We are currently reading an exciting novel by Armstrong Sperry - Call It Courage. We are also working hard to continue our success on the TAKS Test. Good luck to all of you! Math begins at 9:45-11:30 am. We switch to a different teacher for Math. Lunch is at 11:30-12:00 followed by 15 minutes of recess. We have Social Studies and Science on alternate days from 12:30-1:15. PE, Music, and Art are 45 minutes on alternate days also. From 2:00-2:30 we have tutorials. We end our day at 2:40. We are having a two week Penny Drive for our Help Support Team. This Team takes care of families in need in our community. if we raise $800.00, all the teachers will dye their hair red, white, and blue. Ha! Ha! It's spring and the bluebonnets are everywhere, including in our classroom. Our teacher has taught us how to make bluebonnets out of plastic soda rings and wooden skews. You would really enjoy this project. We are looking forward to participating in this Texas Connect project with all of you! Sincerely, Ms. Smith's 4th grade class Manor Elementary April 7, 2003 Dear Texas Connect Students, Hi! How are you? We are the students in Mr. Robertson's class. We also have an assistant teacher named Mrs. Kosik. This is a multiage class made up of 10 third graders and 13 fourth graders. We're at Pelham Elementary School, in Pelham, New Hampshire. There are 38 classes in our school and about 850 students. Our school is brand new this year. It is much bigger than our old school. There are 12 boys and 11 girls in our class. We have tables instead of desks. Tennis balls were put on the legs of our chairs so they won't screech on the floor or scratch the floor. We have lots of fun books to read in our room and we have a word wall, too. There are 4 laptops and 3 computers in the room. Our school also has a technology lab that we get to use sometimes. If you arrive after 8:50 AM you're late. We have a half hour recess right after our half hour lunch. Lunch and recess happen between 11:30 and 12:30 every day. We get ready to go home at 2:55 and get dismissed at 3:05. We go to school for 180 days a year. We still have snow. Last Friday we had a snow day. We'll be getting out of school on June 19, 2003 because we have three snow days to make-up. Right now we are studying volcanoes. We think Mr. Robertson is a great teacher. We are looking forward to finding out more about all of you.
Sincerely, Mr. Robertson's Multiage Dear Friends, We are in Mrs. Springer’s class at Robert N. Wilentz School in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. We are in the first grade. Our school day starts at 8:30 and ends at 3:00. Lunch is 45 minutes long, we play about 20 minutes after we are done eating. Many of us go to clubs until 4:00. We have 11 girls and 10 boys in our class. Our school is 3 years old and it looks very nice. We see that the weather in Texas is warmer than here in New Jersey. We can’t wear our shorts yet. We just had 6 more inches of snow on April 7th! Our school is just a few miles from New York City. We are called the “School by the Bay” because we are right on the waterfront next to the Raritan Bay. You can see Staten Island, New York right across the bay. We are called the Dolphins and our school colors are blue and white. We have many children in our school. We have 8 first grades. We are happy to have new friends like you from Texas!
Your friends, Mrs. Springer’s Class April 3, 2003 Dear Texas Friends, We are 4th graders from Mrs. Holmes class and our school is Piney Point Elementary in Houston, Texas. We start school at 7:45 am and go home at 2:50. We have 1 teacher, 11 girls, and 10 boys. We start ancillary at 9:10 through 9:55. On Monday we have Computer, Tuesday we have Science Lab, Wednesday we have P.E., Thursday we have Music, and Friday we have Art. Sometimes we have Saturday School because on April 29-30 we have the TAKS Test. The ones that get all A’s and all E’s on report cards will get a pencil, a diploma, a sticker, and a cap. We hope you enjoyed reading about us and we are looking forward to reading your letters. Have a wonderful day! Your Texas Friends, Mrs. Holmes’ Fourth Graders April 3, 2003 Dear Texas Friends, We are 4th graders from Mrs. Holmes class and our school is Piney Point Elementary in Houston, Texas. We start school at 7:45 am and go home at 2:50. We have 1 teacher, 11 girls, and 10 boys. We start ancillary at 9:10 through 9:55. On Monday we have Computer, Tuesday we have Science Lab, Wednesday we have P.E., Thursday we have Music, and Friday we have Art. Sometimes we have Saturday School because on April 29-30 we have the TAKS Test. The ones that get all A’s and all E’s on report cards will get a pencil, a diploma, a sticker, and a cap. We hope you enjoyed reading about us and we are looking forward to reading your letters. Have a wonderful day! Your Texas Friends, Mrs. Holmes’ Fourth Graders April 3, 2003 Dear Texas Friends, If you come to Piney Point Elementary in Houston, Texas, you will love it because it is big and the teachers are friendly! The Ancillary classes are wonderful, especially P.E. because you get to do exercise, run the track, and practice soccer. We are in Ms. Keaton’s class. Ms. Elsen teaches us, too. We do a lot of things like projects. We studied the Iditarod, a race in Alaska. That is a race with dogs and people in a sled. It is risky but they do it. Sometimes we see TV in our classroom while we eat lunch Ms. Keaton’s 3rd Graders April 3, 2003 Dear Friends, We are a 3rd Grade Class and we are from Piney Point Elementary School in Houston, Texas. Our class is studying math and reading for the TAKS test. Another thing is our teacher, Mr. LaRotta, is very funny. Also, Ms. Tucker, our librarian, lets us use the new wireless laptop computers. We can go to the library websites and find information and play some math and word games. We read about the news, too. Mr. LaRotta’s 3rd Grade April 3, 2003 Hello from Houston, Texas! We are Ms. Mallona’s 3rd Grade Class from Piney Point Elementary. In our school they open the doors at 7:00 o’clock. We come that early if we want to have breakfast. We have to wait in the line to get our breakfast cards. When we finish eating breakfast we go to the hard top to wait for our teacher to come. We have to be in our seats at 7:45. The first thing we do in class is our journals. Then we do Reading and English. Then we go to special classes like Music and P.E. We learn Math and practice Handwriting after lunch. We have learned a lot this year about fractions, multiplication, and division. What we like the most is recess. At the end of the day we get our backpacks and go to our houses. Your friends, Ms. Mallona’s 3rd Grade April 3, 2003 Hello from Houston, Texas! We are Ms. Mallona’s 3rd Grade Class from Piney Point Elementary. In our school they open the doors at 7:00 o’clock. We come that early if we want to have breakfast. We have to wait in the line to get our breakfast cards. When we finish eating breakfast we go to the hard top to wait for our teacher to come. We have to be in our seats at 7:45. The first thing we do in class is our journals. Then we do Reading and English. Then we go to special classes like Music and P.E. We learn Math and practice Handwriting after lunch. We have learned a lot this year about fractions, multiplication, and division. What we like the most is recess. At the end of the day we get our backpacks and go to our houses. Your friends, Ms. Mallona’s 3rd Grade April 3, 2003 Hi, We are Ms. Outlaw’s 4th grade class from Piney Point Elementary in Houston, Texas. Our school begins on August 20th and it ends May 30th. It starts at 7:45 and ends 3:00. We have a Science Lab and two Computer Labs in our school. We have Monday Madness Clubs for doing things like Knitting, Bilingual Spelling, Sports, Fitness Festival, and we do performances and have a choir. We have a program called Accelerated Reader where you take tests on books you read and get prizes. We have a lot of contests like helping poor people by bringing pennies and the class that has the most pennies has a movie and popcorn party. We have special occasions like Texan Day where people dress up like cowboys and cowgirls. We do that when the rodeo comes to our city. We also celebrate Cinco de Mayo and have a big carnival with food and mariachi music. We have panther paws which the classes earn by being good and quiet. If you have 2 panther paws for a day your class goes to recess. The assistant principal gathers every class’s panther paws every month. Then if you have the most you get a party. And that’s what Piney Point is all about. Ms. Outlaw’s 4th Graders April 3, 2003 Hi, Texas Connect Friends,
Do you know why Piney Point Elementary School is the best? Any ideas? I guess I will tell you. Piney Point is the best school because we get early dismissal on Fridays. Another reason is that we learn everything we need and the teachers help us learn. Our teacher is the best mathematics teacher. We learn a lot in Math, Reading, Social Studies, and Science. The best time of day is when we go to recess. The boys play soccer and the girls jump rope. When it’s raining we play computer games, checkers, and some other board games. We look forward to reading your letters Sincerely, Mr. Mosquera’s 4th grade class April 4, 2003 Dear Kids, Our school is Piney Point Elementary in Houston, Texas and it is very big. We have about 1000 students here. We have a big class, too, and we learn a lot of things. Our teacher is showing us how to do compositions in Spanish and in English. We are going to do a science project for Science Fair. We have fish, turtles, bugs, and worms. We have a big cafeteria. Our library has a lot of books. Our Assistant Principal is very tall. And we have a big park. Your friends, Ms. Palacin’s 3rd Grade Class April 3, 2003 Hello! Our school is in Houston, Texas and our school name is Piney Point Elementary. Our class has the highest points in Accelerated Reader. We are good in Math and Spelling. We love recess and we are funny sometimes. We have students in our one class from many countries. The countries are India, Cambodia, Honduras, Angola, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United States, Mexico, and Philippines. That’s nine countries for the seventeen students in our class. We all get along pretty well. And we have the best class ever.Ms. Welch’s ESL 3rd Grade April 3, 2003 Dear Friends, We are 3rd graders at Piney Point Elementary School in Houston, Texas. We go to school starting at 7:00 am. When we get there, we go to eat breakfast and then we go to the classroom. Our favorite ancillary class is Computer because after we do keyboarding we can play games. When the ancillary time is over, we go to class and we do language arts and we write. We like recess a lot because we play with our friends. When we finish playing Ms. Mallona comes to us for ESL lessons so we can learn English. Then we study Math and other things with our teacher, Mr. Rendon. Later we go home at 3:00. We would like to learn more about your class. Sincerely, Mr. Rendon’s 3rd Grade Class
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