Week of November 1st

Hi Families! Hope you had a fun Halloween!  We had a ton of fun at our church's Trunk and Treat last night!  Eli didn't quite know what to think. :)

This week we will be back to normal with Red Ribbon Week and Halloween over.  Whew! Here's the agenda:

Reading - BFG  We are loving this fantastic tale!  The children are doing great on their comprehension pages!  We will also be doing some nonfiction comprehension pages in the morning.

English - Adverbs, Daily English Review

Spelling - Sounds of  "o"  List 6 on spellingcity.com 

Math - Graphs - pictograph, bar, and double bar graphs

Science - We will finish up our animal unit this week.  The children did fabulous on their biomes!  Most worked well with their group, but we still are definitely learning how to get along and give and take when working with others.  This is a huge skill that we will practice a lot this year! People skills are very important in life, wouldn't you agree?  We will also watch a Ben Franklin video on Thursday and learn a little more about electricity.  We had a guest speaker from OG&E come about a week and half ago to teach the kids about electrical safety.  It was interesting and I think the children learned a lot!

***Don't forget that the edible animal cells are due this Friday!***  It should be fun seeing all the examples...don't forget to label the parts...either with toothpick flags or by a written key.

I will send home a note Monday about our Turkey Creek field trip!  It will be lots of fun...the children will always remember it.  Please send $3 to school by next Monday, November 8th or $10 if you are going to purchase the class picture they will take.  The picture is really neat! 

I will also send home a note about leaf collecting and pressing this week.  This is a science grade that is due on November 11th.  The children should be watching for the leaves to change colors and collecting 10 - 15 leaves in various shapes, sizes, and colors.  I notice that most of the trees are still green, so if that doesn't change soon, I might postpone the project for a little longer.  We want to collect some of those awesome shades of red, yellow, and orange!

We won the Red Ribbon Week door contest!  Yay!  We won a pizza party, so they will be letting us know soon when that is. 

Take a look at your kids at work on their biomes and their finished murals!

Need help.....

The lunch ladies have received $7 cash from my room to pay on a lunch bill.  There was no name on the lunch envelope.  This happened last week.  If you know you paid $7 cash on a bill, please let me know.

I received a book order with no name for 2 books: the newest Wimpy Kid book and a book called Oregon Trail.  If you ordered those 2 books and did not receive them, please let me know.

If you would like to email Tamira Crawford your email addresses, she will vote for you on our school playground grant.  We have only a few more days to try to win this grant!! Her email address is:
usha_majere2000@yahoo.com

Week of 10/25

Hi families......hope you had a terrific Fall Break!  My family had an enjoyable one.  We had a couple disappointments with being rained out on Eli's first zoo trip :( and OU losing.  Oh well, there will be other zoo trips and OU games. :)  This week will be a busy one with Red Ribbon Week and Halloween!  Here is what's on the agenda:

Reading - We will begin the novel, the BFG by Roald Dahl.  It is a great and funny story!  I think the children will get a kick out of it.  We will be working on webbing characteristics of main characters, along with answering literal(answers stated in the story) and inferential(answers inferred from the story) questions.

Spelling - We will be working on a poem for fluency this week called Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich.  Our spelling words will come from the poem.  They will be listed under "Halloween" on spellingcity.com.

English - Adverbs, Animal Report -We have been studying biomes in science.  The children got to pick out animals to research that were found in the biome they were studying.  We spent 2 days in the computer lab researching and taking notes on the animals' habitats, life cycles, descriptions, etc..  We will now learn how to turn our research notes into paragraphs for our reports.

Math - Telling Time  Please work on this skill at home with your child, as well as elapsed time....such as, "It's 5:00 now, what time will it be in 2 and half hours? or It's 3:30, what time was it 1 hour and 15 minutes ago?"  Also, don't forget to continue studying multiplication facts with your child...(if he/she doesn't know them).

Science - We will finish our biomes and work on our animals to put into the biomes.  We will also be reading about animal characteristics during our morning work time. *Remember that the edible animal cells will be due next Friday, November 5th.

****Other things to remember:

Red Ribbon Week
   Monday - Wear your PJ's and Follow your dreams, don't do drugs
   Tuesday - Wear your favorite team jersey and Stay in the game, don't do drugs
   Wednesday - Wear your clothes inside/out and remember that Drugs will turn you inside out
   Thursday - Wear a tie-dyed shirt and say Peace out to drugs
   Friday - Wear red for Red Ribbon Week

Halloween Party
   The Halloween Parade will be first thing in the morning with the party directly following it.  The children need to come to school in costume(if they are dressing up) and will take turns changing into their regular clothes during the party.

Fall Leaves
   I've been watching the trees.  Some of the leaves are starting to turn colors.  This is a beautiful time of year.  Children, you need to be on the lookout for pretty leaves in the next 2 weeks.  We will be doing an art project on November 12th that will require leaves.  Look for different colors, sizes, and shapes.  You need to collect around 12 to 15, maybe even more.  Once you have collected them, you need to rinse and press them.  I always soak them in a sink of water for around 10 minutes, take them out, blot dry them with a paper towel, and then lay them in between layers of newspapers.  I then will stack heavy books on top of them.  They need to press for at least 3 days.  Do not try to bring in leaves that have not been pressed.  Your art project will not work.  You have plenty of time to do this, if you start watching and thinking about it now.  Happy leaf collecting....have fun.....our art project is really cool!

Spider cookies!

Pumpkin measurement!

Pumpkin Playdoh

M & M math

Video and quiz on the history of Halloween!

Pumpkin candle holders!

Just finished painting acorns!

Halloween Diorama

Finished pumpkin candle holders!

But the cutest pumpkin is my little pumpkin!

Week of 10/18

Hope you have enjoyed your beautiful weekend! Yay for Fall Break this week!  Since the week will be a short week, we will be changing things up a little bit! Here is what's ahead:

Reading - This will be the final week to complete our leveled books.  Many of the children have finished their stories and are working on or have completed their story skeletons (book reports).  The due date for the story to be completed is October 25th. The due date for story skeleton completion is October 29th. Please ask your child if he/she is done with his/her story.  These stories have been quite a challenge for some of the children.  A few of them have really struggled, not because it has been too difficult of a book (I made sure it was on their level), but because it's their first long chapter book.  Most have risen to the challenge though! I'm super proud of them!!!  We will be doing more leveled books in the future. 

Math - multiplication practice

Spelling - no spelling this week

English - creative writing


Science - Biomes


Spanish - Our last lesson of this unit will be on Monday. We will have a test on Wednesday. I will send home a study guide on Monday.


We will be doing special learning centers this week as well! They should be a lot of fun! We will be covering art standards, math, science, and history.


Please don't forget to send a pumpkin to school tomorrow......Monday. Thanks so much for all you do to help your child succeed!!





Take a look at our fantastic 5 Pocket People!

 I am super proud of my newest kiddos to pass their 12's!!  Great job Jack, Jaycee, Roy, Matt, Hayden, Alexia, Kendrick, Lexi, Shelby O, Cayti, Sydney, and Cooper!!

 Oops.....I didn't mean to mix him in with the kids....he didn't actually pass his 12's, but isn't he a cutie! He is a bear to represent Glenwood Grizzlies and Corderman's Cubs painted by our very own Matt! Thanks Matt for representing our class in the pumpkin decorating contest! You did an awesome job!