Author Visit

Tomorrow, October 28th, author Larry Dane Brimner will be visiting our school. He will be signing books from 11:30-12:00 and after school from 3:30-4:00. It's not too late to purchase his books. They will be sold tomorrow from 11:30-1:30 and after school from 3:30-4:00.

Parents: Scholastic Book Order Online

Online Ordering Information
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: HJV2B

Dear Parents,

Now it’s easier than ever to find the perfect books for your child—shop our NEW online Book Clubs Web site. Choose from a much-wider selection of books than in the printed flyer. Plus, you can send your orders directly to me online and use your credit card to pay.

Best of all, we earn a FREE book for the classroom library every time a parent places an order online.

It’s so simple! Here’s how it works:
SIGN UP at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, register by clicking click the “Don’t have a user name or password?” link. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This unique code ensures that your order is sent to me.


SELECT the books you’d like to order—choose from thousands of titles—many more than in our monthly flyers.


SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child’s books will be delivered directly to my classroom.
Ordering online is fast, easy, and secure.

Of course, you can still order using the form from the printed flyer. But why not see for yourself how convenient it is to order online?


Thank you,


Mr. Sutter

Chapman Hill

Thank you for making school attendance a priority. Many students have been at school everyday and on time this year. We are currently working on a writing assessment. This assessment cannot have any parent, teacher, or student help. We have also been looking at several multiplication strategies to match various situations. We have a very smart class.

Important Note: Friday, Oct. 29th, we will have a class harvest party for 30 minutes. Our party will be from 2:00-2:30. No costumes are permitted at school. After Halloween, students are allowed 2 pieces of candy maximum in their lunch. Thank you for your support.

Toxic Mice To Help Guam Fight the Brown Tree Snake

Our First 3 Days of 5th Grade

We started our class read-aloud book. It is Earthquake Terror. Unfortunately, Read About did not work. We learned where the continents and oceans are and how to spell them. We will be taking a continents and oceans post test on Friday, 17th. We created T-shirt designs for the jog-a-thon. We wrote a personal diamonte and did a self portrait too. We read The Night Before Summer Vacation and talked about what we did. Learned how to pick just right books. "Can I go to the bathroom?" the student asks in the middle of blogging. I guess we are done...time for lunch :)


Homework: Decorate writing journal due next Friday. (But, journal must be at school everyday).

Continents test.

PS. Place value :)

Importance of the Planner

"I don't have any homework!" These famous words have caused many an argument for parents. My goals is to use the homework section of this Blog as a tool for parents to cross reference what I have written with what students have written in their planners. This section is not intended to take the place of the planner. It is our goal for students to become self sufficient and organized. They should not rely on an adult to know what is due and when. The planner is a training tool to help students work on life skills. It will only be successful if parents emphasize it.

First Week

Take home your notebook and share with your parents how the notebook is organized. Show your parents your planner. Talk about how the planner will help you this year.