Week of March 1st!

Wow! March is here already! Now if only Spring weather would get here! Here is a look at next week:

Reading - Literature Circles - Dog themed books - Skill focus - main ideas

Math - Comparing fractions, comparing and ordering fractions, adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators

Spelling - List 22 ight/ought/aught Enriched list 22.5 will be added soon

Social Studies - Comparing the Long Walk to the Trail of Tears, the West region landforms and resources, Navajo Indians, Oregon Trail

Science - This is our last week studying the body. We will be watching a series of 20 min. organ videos and taking an open note test on Wednesday.

English - Commas in a series and linking verbs

Don't forget that this week is Read Across America Week! Thank you to all who have and will donate goodies for Read Across America week! I will be sending home a note about our March Madness Reading Challenge on Monday! Fun Fun!!

Read Across America Week is next week!

The following is a note going home on Tuesday:

Next week is Read Across America week! We will celebrate as a class and as a school! We could use your help with supplies. Here are the days of the week themes:

Monday: We are popping over good books! (eat popcorn)
Tuesday: We are toasting a good book! (toast a good book with juice)
Wednesday: We are pickled green over books! (eat pickles)
Thursday: We are camping out with a good book! (wear pj’s, bring a sleeping bag and flashlight)
Friday: We are sweet on books! (eat cookies)

The school will be sending home a letter to explain the school wide themes. I tried to make mine work with the school’s themes.

Please cut the bottom portion of this note if you can donate something for next week! Thank you in advance for helping out!

We will also be doing a very COOL March Madness Reading Challenge, so stayed tuned!

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Child’s name_____________

I can help by donating:
___jar of pickles
___pkg. of cookies
___bag of pre-popped popcorn(like the big bags sold at Walmart)
___pkg. of juice boxes

Week of 2-22-10

Thank you to those who have donated antibacterial wipes!!! We have 11 containers now! We really appreciate it! The kids were actually excited today when they got to use a wipe to clean their desktop! Funny! :) Here is a look at next week:

Reading: We will finish up our mystery books and related work this week. The kids have become little bookworms. I tell them it's reading time and they get excited and almost instantly they are all absorbed into their books. I LOVE it! We have had some great discussions about the plot and climax of a story. I'm so proud of them! We will also do a cause and effect project.

Math: Reducing fractions, converting improper fractions and mixed numbers

Spelling: Spellings of /f/ spellingcity list 21, enriched list 21.5

English: Capitalization and Combining sentences

Science: We will finish up learning about our bodies.

Social Studies: Southwest region - We will begin with learning what states it includes and learning about its products and resources. We will then study Westward Expansion.

Spanish: We will review the current unit on Monday and Wednesday and take a test on Friday. I will send home a study guide on Monday.

Week of 2/16

Hi families! It's nice to be among the living again! I hated to miss the Valentines party with the kiddos! I had a lot of sweet treats and gifts on my desk when I returned today as well as a precious get well card. Your children are such sweeties! Thanks so much! The kind words and thoughtfulness mean a lot!

This week we will continue with our mystery genre in reading. The children seem to love this genre! We will also work more on cause and effect since I didn't get to it last week.

Spelling: ou and oi words List 20 on spellingcity.com Enriched list is 20.5

Math: Fractions! We will also, as always, continue to review previously learned concepts.

Social Studies: Midwest Region unit independent study Thursday will be our state location test and Friday will be our state capital test for that region. Please make sure your child has his/her study guide or text book to study.

Science: Human Body

English: Noun review

We are out of antibacterial wipes. If everyone could send 1 container, that would be awesome! We go through quite a bit. If you think about it, 1 round container usually contains 36 wipes. With 23 students, we go through 1 container with 1 and a half uses. We usually use them to sanitize our desks on Friday(cleaning day). Sometimes, we use them for other things as well. Thanks in advance for helping us to stay clean and well.

FYI

I sent home a math study guide today for a test on Friday and midterm grade reports.

States needed for postcard contest!

Here is the list of states we need:

Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, W. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, N. and S. Carolina, Wisconsin, N. and S. Dakota, Wyoming, Oregon, and Arizona.

FYI

Hi families! Just a couple of things.......The Valentines party is this Friday. We will be making valentine sacks tomorrow to hold valentines. It is much easier and quicker for the kids to pass out valentines if they do not have names on them. Just put who it's from. If your child is one who really loves to pick out specific ones for people then by all means put who it's to also. :) It's really ok. Your child should have a class list in their desk for a project we've been doing. They may take that list home if they need it, but just be sure to bring it back.

I wanted to tell you about a year long project we've been doing that I thought you all knew about. Evidently, you don't know. Sorry. I have a contest every year on collecting postcards. We are trying to get all 50 states. So far in the past, the most we've collected is 37. Please help us collect all 50 this year! Beau made a list of the states we still need. I will post that as soon as I get that from him.

I sent home the Midwest state study guide the children made yesterday. Hopefully, you saved it and put it in a safe spot. The tests will be next week probably on Thursday and Friday with locations first and capitals second. They may also take their text books home.

That's about it for now. I will post any new news as it comes! Have a great rest of the week!

Week of 2-8

Hi families! Well, Chinese New Year was lots of fun! I was excited to see that many of the children could use chopsticks! :) They were awfully cute! I will post pictures as soon as I get parent permission from the kindergarten parents to post their children's pictures on the blog.

Here is the agenda for this week:

Reading - We will begin new independent books with the genre, mystery. We will also continue to work on the skill, cause and effect.

Spelling - Spellings of /oo/ List 19 is on spellingcity.com. with the enrichment list being 19.5.

English - Verb tenses and guide words

Math - Congruent shapes, transformations, and symmetry, review previously learned skills

Social Studies - We will continue with the Midwest unit study. We will go over the states and capitals on Monday. The children will make a study guide to take home.

Science - Human Body We will be making an outline of our bodies and be learning about and adding a different organ each day. This is a FUN project!

Everyone of the solar systems turned out phenomenal! I am so proud of the children's hard work! We received countless compliments on them! The kids can take them home if they haven't already done so, or you may come and pick them up.

Game and Read and Feed earned tomorrow!

Your child may bring some comforts from home - pillow, blanket, stuffed animal, game(electronic included), and a snack and drink!