Wow!! Christmas is a week away! I'm such a planner, but I'm behind on my Christmas shopping this year! Ugh! Thursday will be my day to finish I guess, along with my child's dr. appt. and my dog's grooming appt.! I know you are just as busy! Tis' the season!! This week we will mostly concentrate on Reading, Math, and Christmas Fun!! Activities to remember:
Art Lesson from our Art Teacher - Tuesday at 1:00
Christmas Party - Tuesday at 2:15
Polar Pajama Day - Wednesday (Learning Stations 10:00 - 12:00)
Spelling Bee and Geography Bee winners!!!!! - Spelling Bee - Colby Vanhooser 1st place, Alexis Goben 2nd Place Geography Bee - Kylie Little and David Sandoval (Tied for 1st place after 2 playoffs!) Great job kids!!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Week of 12/19
Hi Families! Hope you are enjoying the busy, but wonderful Christmas season! The children have been busy little beavers this week! They have been multiplying large numbers, turning their owl research into nicely written reports in paragraph form, (This is challenging because there is so much to remember.....complete sentences with capitalization and punctuation, indention, paragraph form, holes on the left side of the paper, not going past the margins, having enough content!!!) dissecting owl pellets, a challenging, but beautiful art project, leveled book assignments, etc.... Wow! So proud of them though....they are doing awesome!! Here is next week's agenda:
Reading - Leveled books with assignment
Spelling - Christmas words
English - Pen pal letters
Science - Ben Franklin and Thomas Edison
Math - 2 digit X's 2 digit multiplication
We will also be doing benchmark testing in reading and math on Tuesday and Wednesday.
One other important note: We had class spelling and geography bees this week. Monday will be the playoff class bees. The winners of the geography bee are: Kylie, Rebekah, David, Gabi, Makayla, and Colby. The winners of the spelling bee are Haylie, Cyson, Colby, Rebekah, and Alexis. Monday's playoff will determine our class winners that move on to the school bees. I sent home study guides on Wednesday.
Reading - Leveled books with assignment
Spelling - Christmas words
English - Pen pal letters
Science - Ben Franklin and Thomas Edison
Math - 2 digit X's 2 digit multiplication
We will also be doing benchmark testing in reading and math on Tuesday and Wednesday.
One other important note: We had class spelling and geography bees this week. Monday will be the playoff class bees. The winners of the geography bee are: Kylie, Rebekah, David, Gabi, Makayla, and Colby. The winners of the spelling bee are Haylie, Cyson, Colby, Rebekah, and Alexis. Monday's playoff will determine our class winners that move on to the school bees. I sent home study guides on Wednesday.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Week of 12/5
Hi Families!! Hope you've had a great weekend! Here is the agenda for the week:
Reading - We will be reading a nonfiction article on owls, as well as an owl legend and answering some comprehension questions. The children will create an owl book with important facts about owls. They will need to know these facts for their test on Thursday. They will also be continuing their leveled books this week. Some are already done and ready to start on the related work. Wow! These kids are such readers!! We have the 2nd highest amount of AR points in the school! I'm so proud of them for all that reading!! The more you read, the better reader you become!
English - Last week, the children researched a type of owl. This week they will take their notes and turn them into a report.
Spelling - List 12 on spellingcity.com Compound words
Math - Last week we began double digit multiplication. This week we will continue to work on this. Boy, did the children learn quickly how hard it is, when you don't know your facts! Ouch! We were consistently taking speed tests until a few weeks ago when we started computers and had less time. Many children completely quit studying as a result of that. They really need to work on times daily, even just for 10 minutes. Even some of the children that passed their speed tests through 12's had forgotten a lot. I told the children we would make time for speed test for the next 2 weeks. I have some that are so close to passing them all and want that opportunity. We did take 2 speed tests last week. They knew what days they were having them too, but I don't think many took the opportunity to study though. I did have a few pass and move on. As it stands, I have about half the class that have passed all the facts, 4 or 5 that are on 7's or 8's and the rest are on 9's or above.....pretty darn good, if they will keep reviewing so they will retain them. :)
Science - We will be dissecting our owl pellets this week! Gross, but fun!!
Social Studies - We are done with the Northeast. We will take a hiatus from social studies until January when we start the Southeast region.
I sent home a note Friday about materials needed for gingerbread houses. These materials are: 6 graham crackers, 1 tub of frosting, and 1 package of candy. ( We talked about what might make good candy for gingerbread houses, so seek your child's input.) These items are due on December 14th. Thanks so much!!
Reading - We will be reading a nonfiction article on owls, as well as an owl legend and answering some comprehension questions. The children will create an owl book with important facts about owls. They will need to know these facts for their test on Thursday. They will also be continuing their leveled books this week. Some are already done and ready to start on the related work. Wow! These kids are such readers!! We have the 2nd highest amount of AR points in the school! I'm so proud of them for all that reading!! The more you read, the better reader you become!
English - Last week, the children researched a type of owl. This week they will take their notes and turn them into a report.
Spelling - List 12 on spellingcity.com Compound words
Math - Last week we began double digit multiplication. This week we will continue to work on this. Boy, did the children learn quickly how hard it is, when you don't know your facts! Ouch! We were consistently taking speed tests until a few weeks ago when we started computers and had less time. Many children completely quit studying as a result of that. They really need to work on times daily, even just for 10 minutes. Even some of the children that passed their speed tests through 12's had forgotten a lot. I told the children we would make time for speed test for the next 2 weeks. I have some that are so close to passing them all and want that opportunity. We did take 2 speed tests last week. They knew what days they were having them too, but I don't think many took the opportunity to study though. I did have a few pass and move on. As it stands, I have about half the class that have passed all the facts, 4 or 5 that are on 7's or 8's and the rest are on 9's or above.....pretty darn good, if they will keep reviewing so they will retain them. :)
Science - We will be dissecting our owl pellets this week! Gross, but fun!!
Social Studies - We are done with the Northeast. We will take a hiatus from social studies until January when we start the Southeast region.
I sent home a note Friday about materials needed for gingerbread houses. These materials are: 6 graham crackers, 1 tub of frosting, and 1 package of candy. ( We talked about what might make good candy for gingerbread houses, so seek your child's input.) These items are due on December 14th. Thanks so much!!
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