http://pamjohnson.gullettgeckos.com Gullett Elementary School Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:17:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This Week's News: Our base story this week is called "Five Little Ducks". Our phonics focus is reviewing Cc, Dd, Ll, Kk, and Oo. We will also be working on comprehension. In math, our study will be 3 dimensional shapes. In Social Studies, we will talk about leaders ... http://pamjohnson.gullettgeckos.com/2010/03/01/weekly-news-31/ This Week's News: Our base story this week is called "Fiesta", and our focus is the letter Ll.  We will be working on predicting and main character.  Our math study is on fractions, and we will begin with halves and wholes.  In science we will be reviewing fish and snails.  We ... http://pamjohnson.gullettgeckos.com/2010/02/08/weekly-news-28/ This Week's News: Our base story this week is a Big Book called "Flower Garden". Our focus letter is Cc, and we will be working on predicting. In writing we will work on a "Four Frame story" and hope to put these up in the windows to share. ... http://pamjohnson.gullettgeckos.com/2010/01/26/weekly-news-125/ This Week's News: Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were joyous and fun-filled. We begin the new year studying winter and snow in science. Our base story is called "Shoes for Miss Alice", and our focus will be Gg and asking questions. In math we will ... http://pamjohnson.gullettgeckos.com/2010/01/06/weekly-news-15/ This Week's News: Our base story for this week is "Maxi the Taxi Dog". The focus letter is Hh and we will be talking about characters. In math, we continue with measurement and Science/Social Studies is still working on Winter Holiday Traditions. In writing this week we will ... http://pamjohnson.gullettgeckos.com/2009/12/16/weekly-news-1214/ This Week’s News: Our base story is "Where's the Fly?" which is a wonderful follow up story for our Social Studies unit on maps. We will be reviewing phonics skills this week. Our math focus will be finishing up numerals 6-10 and comparison with measurement. In Social Studies, ... http://pamjohnson.gullettgeckos.com/2009/12/07/weekly-news-1207/ This Week’s News: I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We come back to a wonderful base story, "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse". Our focus letter is Pp and we will be talking about cause and effect. In science, we will finish our "Ladybugs" study and begin "Holiday Traditions" ... http://pamjohnson.gullettgeckos.com/2009/12/01/weekly-news-1130/ This Week’s News: Our base story for this week is "Time To Sleep", and our focus letter/sound is Nn. We will also be working on being a polite listener, verbs in sentences, and "recall and re-tell". In science, we begin our study of ladybugs and will have live ladybugs ... http://pamjohnson.gullettgeckos.com/2009/11/11/weekly-news-1110/ Parents - The Gullett carnival, "Globetrotting with the Geckos", is only a few weeks away. There will be world musicians, international food, an exotic petting zoo, a giant climbing wall, a box maze, putt putt golf, fortune tellers, games of skill, henna artists, origami lessons, the infamous cake walk, Chinese ... http://pamjohnson.gullettgeckos.com/2009/10/28/gullett-carnival/ This Week’s News: We are looking forward to a fun-filled week of learning! Our base story this week is a Big Book about farm animals called "No, No, Titus!". Our focus letter and sound is Aa, and we are also talking about nouns, singular, and plural. In Math ... http://pamjohnson.gullettgeckos.com/2009/10/26/weekly-news-1026/