Arrowhead Coat Drive

Arrowhead Student Council is holding a
Coat Drive from November 16th - Decemeber 16th

Please drop off gently used coats to help those in need.

2nd Quarter Midterms

Midterm reports will go home today - December 2nd!

Box Tops

Yes!
Arrowhead is still collecting "box tops" coupons.

Each coupon is worth 10 cents for our school.

Thank you for sending them in zip lock bags.

***Parents, please let me know if you are interested in
counting, sorting and labeling box tops.

Book Fair Donations

Thank you thank you thank you!

Wow!

Thank you to everyone who donated a book to our
classroom during the recent book fair!

You are the best!

Parent Teacher Conferences

Thank you to all the parents who made conferences a success!

Parent Teacher Conferences

November 2nd
November 3rd
November 4th

****Noon Dismissal for Students***

November 1st

Report Cards

Report cards will be sent home on Tuesday, November 1st!!

Teacher Conference

Early Out for students on Wednesday Oct. 19th
No School on Thurs. and Fri. Oct. 20th & 21st

Field Trip

All 4th graders from Arrowhead Elementary School will be attending the
N.I.L.E. at Metrapark on October 18th Tuesday.

Students need to wear appropriate clothing for the weather and MUST have close toed shoes.
Students will also need a sack lunch.

Thank you!

Tutoring Web Site

There is a free tutoring web site available from
Sunday - Thursday from 2:00 - 11:00PM

the address is:

www.homeworkmt.org

Enjoy!

Topics We Are Learning About. . .

genres

alliteration

synonyms

antonyms

prefixes

suffixes

contractions

compound words

homophones

sentence types

fluency

place value

Saturday Live

Wow!

Arrowhead Elementary raised $5866.00 at Saturday Live!

Thank you for all of your help!

Our class baskets brought in almost $200.

Thank you all for contributing!!

Midterms Home this Friday

Midterm grades will be going home this Friday
September 30th

Please ask your child to see them.

October Events

October 3rd PTA Board Meeting

October 14th Family Fun Night

October 20 & 21st No School - MEA Days

October 27th Donuts for Dads

October 28th End of the Quarter

October 28th Costumes!

Arrowhead Open House

Thursday September 22nd

6:00-7:00

Hope to see you!

Ice Cream Social

Hope you are able to enjoy your family and friends at the

Ice Cream Social

5:30 - 7:30

Friday September 16th

Student Council

There will be two students elected to represent our class for student council. The voting will take place on Wednesday Sept. 7th. Many students have expressed an interest in "running". Those who are interested are to be prepared to speak to our class for one minute or less on Wednesday. They are to explain why they would be the best candidate for the position. They also need to be available for meetings on the last Wednesday of each month.

Saturday Live

Saturday Live is coming September 24th

Our class has decided on 2 baskets to donate.

They are:

"Summer Fun"

and

"Reading"


Thank you for making Saturday Live a success!

Vocabulary Words

Ms. Bakken's class is currently working on using the following vocabulary words correctly:

exclude

unique

jitters

gesture

token

minimum

Thank you!

Thank you for being so prompt with all the paperwork that needs to be signed!

Welcome Back

Welcome to the 2011-2012 School Year!
Thank you for visiting our class blog. Please check back often for updates and let's have a fantastic school year!

Pompey's Pillar Field Trip

All 4th grade classes will be going on a field trip on Friday,
May 27th.

We will be outside a good portion of the day.

Please bring a sack lunch including a beverage and wear appropriate
clothing for the weather.

Students need to wear socks and shoes that cover toes.

Thank you!

Field Trip

Monday the 23rd
Ms. Bakken's homeroom class will be going on an outdoor
field trip for most of the day. We will leave school around
8:40 and be back around 1:45.
Students will need to be dressed appropriately for the weather.
Students need to wear socks and closed toed shoes. No sandals
or flip flop type shoes!
Students will need to have a sack lunch including a beverage.

Thank you,
Ms. Bakken

Teacher Appreciation Week

Thank you Thank you Thank you

Wow! You spoiled me this week!

Thank you for the plant/balloon!
Thank you for the yummy coffee!

Thank you for the yoga gear!

Thank you for the gift certificate to Walker's Grille!

Thank you so much for the book of poetry and memories from the students!

You are all fabulous!

Thank you so much!

Math Vocabulary

The following are the vocabulary words students need to know:

fraction

numerator

denominator

equivalent fraction

circle graph

improper fraction

mixed number

common factor

simplest form

benchmark fractions

NWEA Testing

NWEA testing
for Ms. Bakken's Class
will take place
April 18-19-20

Recorder Concert

4th Grade Recorder Concert
will be
April 15th at 2:30

New Math Web Sites

Check out the new math web sites I put under quick links!!

Have fun!

3rd Quarter

End of the 3rd Quarter is:

March 25th

Report Cards go home:

March 29th

MontCas Testing

MontCas Testing for Fourth Graders
at Arrowhead Elementary
will be on the following dates:

March 15-18th

3rd Quarter Midterm

3rd Quarter Midterm Reports go home with students today -

February 15th!!!

Valentine Party Thanks

Thank you to all the parents who sent goodies and also to those who came in to help with the party! A special thank you to Samantha Brownson for coordinating all the volunteers and food for the party!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Math Extra Credit Available

Fourth graders may do extra credit on line, by doing the test preps for chapter 4.

Family Fun Night

February 11th

6:00-8:00
Back to the '80s!!

Join us for a totally awesome 80's party!

Dancing
Treats
Door Prizes
Fun

Arrowhead Elementary

Science Fair

It’s Science Fair Time Again!!!!

The Arrowhead Science Fair will be held Thursday, March 24th in the gym. All projects should be brought to school Wednesday evening beginning at 3:15, as there will be nowhere to put them prior to that time. We will not be awarding prizes at Arrowhead.

The Billings Clinic Science Fair will be held March 25th and 26th in the MSU-B gym. Many fabulous awards and prizes are given. We have had a terrific showing over the years with many winners here at Arrowhead Elementary. Billings Clinic Science Fair booklets, with the application included, can be obtained at the office. Completed applications should be placed in the box on the counter near the office. The deadline for applications is Monday, February 25th. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Auch.

February Dates

February 15th Midterm

February 16th No Early out for Arrowhead

February 17th-21st Vacation

February 25th Clash Day (Spirit Day - bring $1.00)

January Reading Log

January Reading logs will be due on February 1st. (Tuesday)

Thank you

Math Vocabulary

We will be working on time, data and graphs during the next chapter in math.

Please help your child by reviewing/quizzing the following vocabulary.

second
minute
hour
day
week
month
year
leap year
decade
century
millennium

***Students should be able to answer questions like:
How many seconds in 3 minutes?
How many hours in 2 days?
How many days in a year?
How many years in a century?
Which is greater? 14 months or 1 year
Which is greater? 48 hours or 4 days
Which is greater? 6 decades or 1 century

Korean Guest Teacher

We are so fortunate to have a guest teacher in our fourth grade classroom.
Mrs. Kim is from South Korea and will be in our classroom until the end of January.
She is taking part in a teacher exchange program, the focus of which is English immersion. Mrs. Kim has been in Cody, Wyoming since August taking college English
courses. We are all enjoying learning from each other.

GREAT BIG THANKS!

Thank you thank you thank you!

I wanted to say thank you for all of the wonderful goodies and gifts that you gave for Christmas! Just in case your child did not share the written thank you with you.

Also, thank you so much for those who have donated time and supplies this first half of the year. It is greatly appreciated!

Friday the 14th is the end of the quarter. Report Cards go home on January 21st.