Hello Families!
Here is what's ahead for the week:
We will be doing a lot of review and Christmas work for the most part. We will be continuing to practice long division. We will also look at solids, liquids, and gases in science.
Wednesday is Polar PJ Day. We will be doing learning/craft stations from 11:30 to 1:00. We will then watch the Polar Express movie at 1:00. Remember, your child may wear their pajamas!
Thursday is the Christmas Party. It begins at 1:30.
Friday is the all school Christmas Sing-a-Long.
It will be a busy, but super fun week!!
Thanks to all who volunteered to help with Polar PJ Day! Please be here around 11:10 to pick a station to run. Parents, you can wear your pajamas too! I will! Thanks again!!
Friday, December 14, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Week of December 10th
Hello Families! Here is the agenda for the busy week ahead:
Reading - The children should finish their novels this week if they haven't already done so. They are due next Tuesday. We will do a character trait project with it. (I described this project in last week's post.)
Spelling - Christmas words (This list is found on spellingcity. The enriched list is the "o" enriched list.)
English - Owl Reports are due on Wednesday.
Math - Long Division and Algebra
We will be doing benchmark testing this week in math and reading.
Please look for your child's NE Region location test and capital test results. Most did well on the location test, buy many failed the capital test. We practice USA locations every week in computer lab, so I know that helped with that test. :( I know it is a busy time, but please make sure your child studies for tests. They are getting old enough to show some responsibility on their own, but they are still pretty young and need some guidance and help to learn good study habits. Thanks!
We will also be practicing everyday for our 4th grade program. Dress Rehearsal will be Thursday at 8:45a.m. and the actual program will be 6:00p.m.. Please make sure your child is wearing the appropriate attire as stated in the note sent home last week.
We will be making our gingerbread houses this Wednesday! Fun! Please make sure your child has the requested supplies: one tub of white frosting, one bag of candy, and one package of graham crackers. Parents who volunteered...thanks so much for helping!! If you signed up to help with set up/clean up, please be here at 1:15. If you signed up to mix candy, I will send home the candy and ziplocks with your child on Tuesday. Thanks again!!
Reading - The children should finish their novels this week if they haven't already done so. They are due next Tuesday. We will do a character trait project with it. (I described this project in last week's post.)
Spelling - Christmas words (This list is found on spellingcity. The enriched list is the "o" enriched list.)
English - Owl Reports are due on Wednesday.
Math - Long Division and Algebra
We will be doing benchmark testing this week in math and reading.
Please look for your child's NE Region location test and capital test results. Most did well on the location test, buy many failed the capital test. We practice USA locations every week in computer lab, so I know that helped with that test. :( I know it is a busy time, but please make sure your child studies for tests. They are getting old enough to show some responsibility on their own, but they are still pretty young and need some guidance and help to learn good study habits. Thanks!
We will also be practicing everyday for our 4th grade program. Dress Rehearsal will be Thursday at 8:45a.m. and the actual program will be 6:00p.m.. Please make sure your child is wearing the appropriate attire as stated in the note sent home last week.
We will be making our gingerbread houses this Wednesday! Fun! Please make sure your child has the requested supplies: one tub of white frosting, one bag of candy, and one package of graham crackers. Parents who volunteered...thanks so much for helping!! If you signed up to help with set up/clean up, please be here at 1:15. If you signed up to mix candy, I will send home the candy and ziplocks with your child on Tuesday. Thanks again!!
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Week of December 3rd
Hello Families!! Here is this week's agenda:
Reading - The children will continue to read their leveled novels. Many have completed their books already and have done very well on their AR tests! Wow! I'm so proud of them!! The project for this book is a character trait flip book. I am teaching the children about various charater traits. They have to choose 3 traits their main character showed and proof of how they showed that trait. They will also have to write about a time they showed that same character trait as well.
Spelling - List 19 sounds of /oo/ Enriched list 19.5
English - We will put our owl research into 5 paragraph reports this week.
Math - Long Division
Science - We will make Owl Fact Books on Tuesday. The children will need to know these facts for a test on Thursday over this information. We will also disect owl pellets this week!!
Social Studies - The children will finish their NE Region posters this week. They are due on Friday. They will also have tests over the NE states' locations and capitals. A study guide should come home on Monday. The location test will be Thursday and the capital test will be Friday.
Talk to your children about procrastination. With 4 tests at the end of this week, they need to start studying on Monday. Time management is a HUGE skill in 4th grade!! We really work on this skill when we do long term projects, read novels in a certain time frame, and have big tests to study for. Help your child with this important skill. If they master this skill now, it will help them tremendously in the coming years!
I will be sending home a note on Tuesday requesting gingerbread house materials. Next Wednesday is Gingerbread House day. Please have the supplies by Tuesday. They need a tub of white frosting, 6 grahamn crackers, and a large bag of candy to share. We will mix everyone's candy to give everyone a variety of candy! Types of candy are: peppermints, Skittles, M&M's, M&M minis, pull apart Twizzlers, gum drops, small candy canes, Lifesavers, redhots, etc.. Pretzel sticks and marshmellows would be great too!
Thanks for your continued support!!
Reading - The children will continue to read their leveled novels. Many have completed their books already and have done very well on their AR tests! Wow! I'm so proud of them!! The project for this book is a character trait flip book. I am teaching the children about various charater traits. They have to choose 3 traits their main character showed and proof of how they showed that trait. They will also have to write about a time they showed that same character trait as well.
Spelling - List 19 sounds of /oo/ Enriched list 19.5
English - We will put our owl research into 5 paragraph reports this week.
Math - Long Division
Science - We will make Owl Fact Books on Tuesday. The children will need to know these facts for a test on Thursday over this information. We will also disect owl pellets this week!!
Social Studies - The children will finish their NE Region posters this week. They are due on Friday. They will also have tests over the NE states' locations and capitals. A study guide should come home on Monday. The location test will be Thursday and the capital test will be Friday.
Talk to your children about procrastination. With 4 tests at the end of this week, they need to start studying on Monday. Time management is a HUGE skill in 4th grade!! We really work on this skill when we do long term projects, read novels in a certain time frame, and have big tests to study for. Help your child with this important skill. If they master this skill now, it will help them tremendously in the coming years!
I will be sending home a note on Tuesday requesting gingerbread house materials. Next Wednesday is Gingerbread House day. Please have the supplies by Tuesday. They need a tub of white frosting, 6 grahamn crackers, and a large bag of candy to share. We will mix everyone's candy to give everyone a variety of candy! Types of candy are: peppermints, Skittles, M&M's, M&M minis, pull apart Twizzlers, gum drops, small candy canes, Lifesavers, redhots, etc.. Pretzel sticks and marshmellows would be great too!
Thanks for your continued support!!
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Week of November 26th
Hi Families! Hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving! I have had a wonderful time with my family and extended family. Here is a look at this week's agenda:
Math - Division. We will continue to review multiplication and previously learned concepts.
Reading - Owls in the Family.....We will finish this novel and continue to check for literal and inferential comprehension. We will also begin a new leveled novel. This novel is due December 18th.
English - Subject/Predicate, Parts of Speech review
Spelling - Owls in the Family Vocabulary Look under Owl words on spelling city.com. We will do enriched spelling again next week.
Science - Owl research......We will be using individual I-Pads this week to do our research!
Social Studies - Northeast Posters
Math - Division. We will continue to review multiplication and previously learned concepts.
Reading - Owls in the Family.....We will finish this novel and continue to check for literal and inferential comprehension. We will also begin a new leveled novel. This novel is due December 18th.
English - Subject/Predicate, Parts of Speech review
Spelling - Owls in the Family Vocabulary Look under Owl words on spelling city.com. We will do enriched spelling again next week.
Science - Owl research......We will be using individual I-Pads this week to do our research!
Social Studies - Northeast Posters
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Reading - Owls in the Family, We will be working on literal and inferential comprehension as well as predicting and visualizing.
Math - Estimating Products
Science - Owls!!
Social Studies - Colonies, Thanksgiving
No spelling or English
The children have all earned their way on the AR Mountain!! This means they have ALL met the 1st reading goal I set for them! I told them we would celebrate when that happened! We will be having a turtle themed afternoon on Tuesday in honor of Dribble, the turtle pet of Peter in Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing (the first book I read them). We will be learning about turtles, getting a turtle prize and watching A Turtle's Tale movie. I will provide animal crackers and juice, but if anyone wants to send in an extra snack to share, that would be great!! I am super proud of all the reading they have been doing both at home and at school! Many of the children have told me they have more AR points at this point in the school year than they did their whole 3rd grade year!! I'm so proud of their growth!!
We are in charge of Grizzly Growl in the morning! Please have your child here before 8 and tell them to meet on the stage. Thanks!!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and God Bless You!!
Reading - Owls in the Family, We will be working on literal and inferential comprehension as well as predicting and visualizing.
Math - Estimating Products
Science - Owls!!
Social Studies - Colonies, Thanksgiving
No spelling or English
The children have all earned their way on the AR Mountain!! This means they have ALL met the 1st reading goal I set for them! I told them we would celebrate when that happened! We will be having a turtle themed afternoon on Tuesday in honor of Dribble, the turtle pet of Peter in Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing (the first book I read them). We will be learning about turtles, getting a turtle prize and watching A Turtle's Tale movie. I will provide animal crackers and juice, but if anyone wants to send in an extra snack to share, that would be great!! I am super proud of all the reading they have been doing both at home and at school! Many of the children have told me they have more AR points at this point in the school year than they did their whole 3rd grade year!! I'm so proud of their growth!!
We are in charge of Grizzly Growl in the morning! Please have your child here before 8 and tell them to meet on the stage. Thanks!!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and God Bless You!!
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Hi Famiies! Here is the agenda for this week:
Reading - The children should be done with their fantasies and will be working on a setting project in response to their stories.
Science/Language Arts - We will begin our Owl unit this week! We will be reading Owls in the Family by Farley Mowatt. It is a delightful tale about a boy who adopts 2 baby owls. It is based on a true story. Not only is the book entertaining, but it teaches a lot of facts about owls and nature. The children will have a comprehension check after each chapter. We will practice the skills of predicting, visualizing, and inferring, as well as defining the story elements.
English - Prepositions and Possessives
Spelling - List 18, 18.5 is the enriched list
Social Studies - We will be working on Northeast Region Posters. The children should come home with notes on the American Revolution. They have a test on Friday.
Math - Large Number Multiplication
I was gone for 3 days last week with sick children. We will be playing catch up this week. :)
We have some important events coming up in December that I need your help with. I am trying to give advanced notice for working parents and parents with small children at home just in case you might can help.
On Wednesday, December 12, we will be making Gingerbread Houses. I will be sending home a letter the first week of December requesting supplies. I need some parent volunteers to help set up and clean up in the cafeteria that day. We will be making them at 1:30. I need parents to come around 1:15. If you can help, please fill out the form that will be going home on Tuesday.
Our Polar PJ Day will either by Wednesday, December 19th or Thursday, December 20th. (It depends on when the Christmas Party is. Thursday is my first choice, but if the Christmas Party is that day like it has been in the past, then we will have it on Wednesday.) We will begin with learning/craft stations at 11:30 and start the movie, Polar Express around 1:00. I will be serving hot cocoa and s'mores at movie time. I need parent volunteers to help run the learning stations, and then to help with hot cocoa and s'mores. If you can help with this day, please sign the form that will be going home on Tuesday.
Thanks in advance for all that can help!!
I wanted to ask if your child can bring a set of watercolor paints. My paints have been used by over 100 children in the past 5 years and they are getting depleted in certain colors. It would help tremendously for future art projects, particularly one coming up this Friday, if each child had their very own set. I know this is short notice, sorry. The best sets are made by Prang or Crayola. You can find them at Walmart, KMart, or Staples. Those that cannot bring one, can still use my older sets of course. I just thought the children would enjoy having a brand new one for themselves.
Quote for the week: When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all. Theodore Roosevelt
Reading - The children should be done with their fantasies and will be working on a setting project in response to their stories.
Science/Language Arts - We will begin our Owl unit this week! We will be reading Owls in the Family by Farley Mowatt. It is a delightful tale about a boy who adopts 2 baby owls. It is based on a true story. Not only is the book entertaining, but it teaches a lot of facts about owls and nature. The children will have a comprehension check after each chapter. We will practice the skills of predicting, visualizing, and inferring, as well as defining the story elements.
English - Prepositions and Possessives
Spelling - List 18, 18.5 is the enriched list
Social Studies - We will be working on Northeast Region Posters. The children should come home with notes on the American Revolution. They have a test on Friday.
Math - Large Number Multiplication
I was gone for 3 days last week with sick children. We will be playing catch up this week. :)
We have some important events coming up in December that I need your help with. I am trying to give advanced notice for working parents and parents with small children at home just in case you might can help.
On Wednesday, December 12, we will be making Gingerbread Houses. I will be sending home a letter the first week of December requesting supplies. I need some parent volunteers to help set up and clean up in the cafeteria that day. We will be making them at 1:30. I need parents to come around 1:15. If you can help, please fill out the form that will be going home on Tuesday.
Our Polar PJ Day will either by Wednesday, December 19th or Thursday, December 20th. (It depends on when the Christmas Party is. Thursday is my first choice, but if the Christmas Party is that day like it has been in the past, then we will have it on Wednesday.) We will begin with learning/craft stations at 11:30 and start the movie, Polar Express around 1:00. I will be serving hot cocoa and s'mores at movie time. I need parent volunteers to help run the learning stations, and then to help with hot cocoa and s'mores. If you can help with this day, please sign the form that will be going home on Tuesday.
Thanks in advance for all that can help!!
I wanted to ask if your child can bring a set of watercolor paints. My paints have been used by over 100 children in the past 5 years and they are getting depleted in certain colors. It would help tremendously for future art projects, particularly one coming up this Friday, if each child had their very own set. I know this is short notice, sorry. The best sets are made by Prang or Crayola. You can find them at Walmart, KMart, or Staples. Those that cannot bring one, can still use my older sets of course. I just thought the children would enjoy having a brand new one for themselves.
Quote for the week: When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all. Theodore Roosevelt
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Week of November 5th
Hello Families!! It is a beautiful day! Love this weather! Hope you have enjoyed your weekend! Here is a look at the coming week:
Math - Large number multiplication
Reading - The children will continue to read their leveled Roald Dahl fantasies. They have really enjoyed this genre! They actually moan when it is time to quit reading! Music to my ears!!! Ha! The skill of the week is main idea. We will go over sequencing again though, because they really have struggled with picking out the order in stories that use flashback.
Spelling - List 17 spellings of "o" Enriched list "H"
English - Prepositions
Social Studies - Ellis Island, American Revolution
We will do science again in a couple of weeks when we begin our owl unit! Our owl unit will be a lot of fun! The kids and I are looking forward to it!
Math - Large number multiplication
Reading - The children will continue to read their leveled Roald Dahl fantasies. They have really enjoyed this genre! They actually moan when it is time to quit reading! Music to my ears!!! Ha! The skill of the week is main idea. We will go over sequencing again though, because they really have struggled with picking out the order in stories that use flashback.
Spelling - List 17 spellings of "o" Enriched list "H"
English - Prepositions
Social Studies - Ellis Island, American Revolution
We will do science again in a couple of weeks when we begin our owl unit! Our owl unit will be a lot of fun! The kids and I are looking forward to it!
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Week of October 29th
Happy Halloween families! Here is the week's agenda:
Reading - We will finish the BFG on Monday. The children will have an assigned fantasy by Roald Dahl. They will have 2 weeks to complete the story. (Due on November 12th.) I will give them an assignment to complete when they are done. Our skill focus for the week: Review - We will revisit Setting, Context Clues, and Sequencing.
English - Pronoun usage
Spelling - List 16 Plurals, None of the children had even looked at the enrichment list last week, so I chose not to give the test. If I have children interested this week, I will give the test. Other wise we will forgo spelling enrichment. It is the "G" enrichment list on spellingcity.
Math - We will work on multiplication facts this week as well as 2 digit x's 1 digit multiplication. We will also do some cummulative review, as well as take an addition properties quiz.
Social Studies - Indian Regions, George Washington and the Revolutionary War, and the Boston Tea Party.
***Our Halloween Party will be on Wednesday morning. If your child is dressing up, please send him/her in costume to school. The Halloween Parade will be right after Grizzly Growl, and then the party will follow the parade.***
Quote: Happiness springs from doing good and helping others. Plato
Reading - We will finish the BFG on Monday. The children will have an assigned fantasy by Roald Dahl. They will have 2 weeks to complete the story. (Due on November 12th.) I will give them an assignment to complete when they are done. Our skill focus for the week: Review - We will revisit Setting, Context Clues, and Sequencing.
English - Pronoun usage
Spelling - List 16 Plurals, None of the children had even looked at the enrichment list last week, so I chose not to give the test. If I have children interested this week, I will give the test. Other wise we will forgo spelling enrichment. It is the "G" enrichment list on spellingcity.
Math - We will work on multiplication facts this week as well as 2 digit x's 1 digit multiplication. We will also do some cummulative review, as well as take an addition properties quiz.
Social Studies - Indian Regions, George Washington and the Revolutionary War, and the Boston Tea Party.
***Our Halloween Party will be on Wednesday morning. If your child is dressing up, please send him/her in costume to school. The Halloween Parade will be right after Grizzly Growl, and then the party will follow the parade.***
Quote: Happiness springs from doing good and helping others. Plato
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Week of October 22nd
Hello Families! Hope your Fall Break has been as wonderful as mine has been! Here is a look at this week's concepts:
Math - Multiplication! Please keep practicing at home!!
Reading - We will finish our class novel, The BFG, and do related work. Skill Focus: Sequencing
English - Pronouns, Complete creative stories from last week
Spelling - List 15 on spellingcity /er/ We will start enriched spelling this week since I was gone the Friday we were supposed to start it. (G enriched list on spellingcity)
Social Studies - We will begin studying the NE Region of the USA. We will learn about the states that make up the region, as well as the geography of the region. We will learn about William Bradford and the 13 Colonies as well.
***Please send a pumpkin to school by Friday. The pumpkin can be as big as your child can carry or smaller than an apple. You can find a small pumpkin for .59 at Aldi. I found large pumpkins at Walmart for $3.88. We will be doing science, math, and art with our pumpkins!
Quote for the week: Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Math - Multiplication! Please keep practicing at home!!
Reading - We will finish our class novel, The BFG, and do related work. Skill Focus: Sequencing
English - Pronouns, Complete creative stories from last week
Spelling - List 15 on spellingcity /er/ We will start enriched spelling this week since I was gone the Friday we were supposed to start it. (G enriched list on spellingcity)
Social Studies - We will begin studying the NE Region of the USA. We will learn about the states that make up the region, as well as the geography of the region. We will learn about William Bradford and the 13 Colonies as well.
***Please send a pumpkin to school by Friday. The pumpkin can be as big as your child can carry or smaller than an apple. You can find a small pumpkin for .59 at Aldi. I found large pumpkins at Walmart for $3.88. We will be doing science, math, and art with our pumpkins!
Quote for the week: Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Week of October 15th
Hi Families!! Are you looking forward to Fall Break? A 4 day weekend sounds great to me!! Here is the agenda for the short week ahead:
Reading - BFG class novel......we will continue to work on comprehension, predicting, and visualizing. The skill focus for the week is: Context Clues. We will also work on dictionary skills.
English - Adjectives and Adverbs, We will also work on creative writing skills. We will work on brainstorming plot, setting, and characters and develop our ideas into a short story.
No Spelling/Quote this week.
Science - We will tie up our geology unit with learning about earthquakes and volcanoes this week.
Social Studies - We will take a quiz using our Oklahoma Symbols book.
Math - Addition Properties and Word Problems; PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE continue to work on multiplication facts with your child. We have had zero time to take speed tests these past 2 weeks, however, your child should still be practicing facts every day. We will be hitting multiplication hard after Fall Break and then moving quickly into large number multiplication. If your child does not know his/her facts, it will be very hard. Good luck and make it fun! :) Offer incentives! Believe me.....I know how hard it is. I remember my mom and I practicing over and over. She, nor I ever thought I would get them stuck in my head, but eventually I did! I went through the same thing with my daughter. We played game after game until she finally mastered them. Parents, your role is crucial in this. No matter how busy life is, please take time to help your children with this. They need you.
That's it for this week! Enjoy your Fall Break!
Reading - BFG class novel......we will continue to work on comprehension, predicting, and visualizing. The skill focus for the week is: Context Clues. We will also work on dictionary skills.
English - Adjectives and Adverbs, We will also work on creative writing skills. We will work on brainstorming plot, setting, and characters and develop our ideas into a short story.
No Spelling/Quote this week.
Science - We will tie up our geology unit with learning about earthquakes and volcanoes this week.
Social Studies - We will take a quiz using our Oklahoma Symbols book.
Math - Addition Properties and Word Problems; PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE continue to work on multiplication facts with your child. We have had zero time to take speed tests these past 2 weeks, however, your child should still be practicing facts every day. We will be hitting multiplication hard after Fall Break and then moving quickly into large number multiplication. If your child does not know his/her facts, it will be very hard. Good luck and make it fun! :) Offer incentives! Believe me.....I know how hard it is. I remember my mom and I practicing over and over. She, nor I ever thought I would get them stuck in my head, but eventually I did! I went through the same thing with my daughter. We played game after game until she finally mastered them. Parents, your role is crucial in this. No matter how busy life is, please take time to help your children with this. They need you.
That's it for this week! Enjoy your Fall Break!
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Week of October 7th
Hello Families! Hope you are enjoying the cool down! Here is this week's agenda:
Reading - We will continue to read our class story, The BFG. We cover a lot of skills while reading a class story such as predicting, visualizing, schema, and literal and inferential comprehension. We will continue to look at "making inferences" as our skill focus. Our genre of the month is fantasy. I will assign a fantasy on their levels after Fall Break.
Spelling - List 14 on spellingcity We will start spelling enrichment this week. This list is also on spelling city under "G" enrichment words. This test will be on Friday.
English - Adjectives/Adverbs, Creative Writing
Math - Subtracting across zeros and subtracting money
Social Studies - Oklahoma Symbols Book and quiz
Science - Landforms, Weathering and Erosion (We are catching up from not getting to this previously.)
Caves
The children had fun and behaved well at Turkey Creek School! I was very proud of them. I am looking forward to meeting up with more parents tomorrow evening. The children last week did very well with student-led conferences and I know this week's children will do well also!
One more thing.......Most of the children rocked their Oklahoma History Test!!! I am super proud of them!!
Quote: A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can't go anywhere until you change it.
Reading - We will continue to read our class story, The BFG. We cover a lot of skills while reading a class story such as predicting, visualizing, schema, and literal and inferential comprehension. We will continue to look at "making inferences" as our skill focus. Our genre of the month is fantasy. I will assign a fantasy on their levels after Fall Break.
Spelling - List 14 on spellingcity We will start spelling enrichment this week. This list is also on spelling city under "G" enrichment words. This test will be on Friday.
English - Adjectives/Adverbs, Creative Writing
Math - Subtracting across zeros and subtracting money
Social Studies - Oklahoma Symbols Book and quiz
Science - Landforms, Weathering and Erosion (We are catching up from not getting to this previously.)
Caves
The children had fun and behaved well at Turkey Creek School! I was very proud of them. I am looking forward to meeting up with more parents tomorrow evening. The children last week did very well with student-led conferences and I know this week's children will do well also!
One more thing.......Most of the children rocked their Oklahoma History Test!!! I am super proud of them!!
Quote: A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can't go anywhere until you change it.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Week of October 11th
Hi Families! Here is the agenda for this week:
Reading - We will begin the book, The BFG, by Roald Dahl, this week. It is a delightful fantasy that will keep us both laughing and in suspense! The genre we are studying this month is fantasy. The skill of the week is making inferences.
English - Verbs and Adjectives
Spelling - List 13 on spellingcity Suffixes
Math - Estimating sums and differences, Adding whole numbers, Word problems
Social Studies - Oklahoma History - We have been talking about and will review Oklahoma history. The children will create a study guide for a test over this information. The study guide will go home on Monday. The test will be on Friday. We will also work on our Oklahoma Symbols book.
Don't forget that the field trip to Turkey Creek School is this Thursday. Look for an envelope to come home on Wednesday. In this envelope, please include the $5 admission fee and an extra $7 if you want a class picture.
Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences begin this Tuesday. I will send home a reminder of the time you signed up for on Monday. Looking forward to sharing a little spot of time with you and your child to talk about our days at school and your child's strengths, weaknesses, grades so far, reading level, test results, and AR points and goals, etc. :)
Quote of the week: A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
Roald Dahl
Have a great first week of October!!
Reading - We will begin the book, The BFG, by Roald Dahl, this week. It is a delightful fantasy that will keep us both laughing and in suspense! The genre we are studying this month is fantasy. The skill of the week is making inferences.
English - Verbs and Adjectives
Spelling - List 13 on spellingcity Suffixes
Math - Estimating sums and differences, Adding whole numbers, Word problems
Social Studies - Oklahoma History - We have been talking about and will review Oklahoma history. The children will create a study guide for a test over this information. The study guide will go home on Monday. The test will be on Friday. We will also work on our Oklahoma Symbols book.
Don't forget that the field trip to Turkey Creek School is this Thursday. Look for an envelope to come home on Wednesday. In this envelope, please include the $5 admission fee and an extra $7 if you want a class picture.
Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences begin this Tuesday. I will send home a reminder of the time you signed up for on Monday. Looking forward to sharing a little spot of time with you and your child to talk about our days at school and your child's strengths, weaknesses, grades so far, reading level, test results, and AR points and goals, etc. :)
Quote of the week: A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
Roald Dahl
Have a great first week of October!!
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Week of September 24th
Hello Families! Here is what's ahead:
Reading - Leveled Novels should be finished by Monday, Sept. 24, and the Story Element Poster Project will be due this Friday. Most of the children are done with their stories and some have even started or completed their poster project. Our skill focus this week will be "setting".
English - The children will complete their final draft of their animal reports and picture. We will also be learning how to write a Friendly Letter.
Spelling - List 9 on spellingcity. (Days on the Week and Months)
Math - Decimal place value and money
Science - Minerals, Landforms, Weathering and Erosion
Social Studies - We will paint our Oklahoma Dough Maps. We will also make an Oklahoma Symbols Book.
Conferences will be coming up next Tuesday and the following Monday. I will be sending home a letter tomorrow about how I do conferencing. Please look for that letter, sign and return it.
Reading - Leveled Novels should be finished by Monday, Sept. 24, and the Story Element Poster Project will be due this Friday. Most of the children are done with their stories and some have even started or completed their poster project. Our skill focus this week will be "setting".
English - The children will complete their final draft of their animal reports and picture. We will also be learning how to write a Friendly Letter.
Spelling - List 9 on spellingcity. (Days on the Week and Months)
Math - Decimal place value and money
Science - Minerals, Landforms, Weathering and Erosion
Social Studies - We will paint our Oklahoma Dough Maps. We will also make an Oklahoma Symbols Book.
Conferences will be coming up next Tuesday and the following Monday. I will be sending home a letter tomorrow about how I do conferencing. Please look for that letter, sign and return it.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Week of September 17th
Hello Families! Hope you've enjoyed this rainy weather!! It has been nice!
Agenda for the week:
Math - Place Value Test on Wednesday.....I will send home a study guide on Monday. We will look at money and decimals.
Reading - The children will continue reading their leveled novels. I will teach a lesson on story elements on Monday and the children will have a story element poster to complete on their books when they are done. The stories need to be read by Monday, September 24th. I will give a grade on their AR test and the story element poster project.
Spelling - List 8 doubles Find the list on spellingcity
English - Verbs; We will also finish up our animal research report this week.
Social Studies - Oklahoma geography
Science - Last week we began a unit on Geology. We looked at the layers of the earth and learned about what each layer is made of, and the temperature and the depth of each layer. This week, we will look at the 3 types of rocks.
***Don't forget that the Map Homework Project is due this Thursday.***
The quote of the week is: When you choose your friends, don't be short changed by choosing personality over character.
I am so very proud that most of my children are choosing to read at home!! Good job! Keep up the good work! Moms and Dads.....you have a lot to do with instilling good work habits at home, as well as making your children better readers. This is where it begins. Children who read at home and/or are read to at home are better readers and have bigger vocabularies!
We had a great time on our field trip on Friday. It was a bit cold and damp, and the children had to wait sometimes for long periods of time to go to a learning station, but most were well behaved. I had a couple really good class leaders that had a great effect on the class. So proud of them!! There were a few that had some issues, however. Hopefully, they will learn how to act in a public place on a field trip, so that they will be allowed to go to the Science Museum in OKC in the Spring. I will be watching them closely on the next field trip to the Turkey Creek School in October. :)
Thursday will be an exciting day!! We will have our first payday!! Thank you to Gayla Brice, Rick Goben, and Carri Crockett for coming Thursday morning to help us make duct tape wallets! I so appreciate you!!
****Don't forget that book orders are due this Thursday. Remember, even if you order just one book, you get a free book! (Buy one, get one free!) That's a great deal and it sure helps our class!*****
Agenda for the week:
Math - Place Value Test on Wednesday.....I will send home a study guide on Monday. We will look at money and decimals.
Reading - The children will continue reading their leveled novels. I will teach a lesson on story elements on Monday and the children will have a story element poster to complete on their books when they are done. The stories need to be read by Monday, September 24th. I will give a grade on their AR test and the story element poster project.
Spelling - List 8 doubles Find the list on spellingcity
English - Verbs; We will also finish up our animal research report this week.
Social Studies - Oklahoma geography
Science - Last week we began a unit on Geology. We looked at the layers of the earth and learned about what each layer is made of, and the temperature and the depth of each layer. This week, we will look at the 3 types of rocks.
***Don't forget that the Map Homework Project is due this Thursday.***
The quote of the week is: When you choose your friends, don't be short changed by choosing personality over character.
I am so very proud that most of my children are choosing to read at home!! Good job! Keep up the good work! Moms and Dads.....you have a lot to do with instilling good work habits at home, as well as making your children better readers. This is where it begins. Children who read at home and/or are read to at home are better readers and have bigger vocabularies!
We had a great time on our field trip on Friday. It was a bit cold and damp, and the children had to wait sometimes for long periods of time to go to a learning station, but most were well behaved. I had a couple really good class leaders that had a great effect on the class. So proud of them!! There were a few that had some issues, however. Hopefully, they will learn how to act in a public place on a field trip, so that they will be allowed to go to the Science Museum in OKC in the Spring. I will be watching them closely on the next field trip to the Turkey Creek School in October. :)
Thursday will be an exciting day!! We will have our first payday!! Thank you to Gayla Brice, Rick Goben, and Carri Crockett for coming Thursday morning to help us make duct tape wallets! I so appreciate you!!
****Don't forget that book orders are due this Thursday. Remember, even if you order just one book, you get a free book! (Buy one, get one free!) That's a great deal and it sure helps our class!*****
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Week of September 10th!
Hello Families!! Here is the agenda for next week:
Math - Rounding up to the ten thousands place; We do a short daily morning math review as well
Reading - The children will each be assigned a novel that closely matches their reading level. I will talk to them about "What good readers do when they are reading." They will be assigned a project to complete when they are finished with their books. They will have 2 weeks to complete their books. Some will probably finish in no time and others will take the whole time. It is such a learning curve for some.....learning how to pace themselves and work with a time limit. :)
Spelling - eCe pattern/ei/open syllable long e Look for that list on spellingcity
English - Verbs/Helping Verbs
Social Studies - We will begin a 3 week study of Oklahoma. This week we will look at the geography of Oklahoma including making a dough map! We will also look at Oklahoma's path to statehood as well as learning to read an Oklahoma road map.
Science - We will research animals that belong to one of the biomes we've been studying. The children will get to choose an animal and do a research report on it. This also crosses over and covers some language arts objectives as well. We will work on picking out important information, writing complete sentences in paragraph form that stick to the main idea of each paragraph, etc.
Our quote of the week is: Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. ~Francesca Reigler
Don't forget to check over the book order. There are lots of great books for good deals and if you order online this month you get 2 free books! You will also help our class get 5000 bonus points which will buy our class more books and resources! That's a great deal for all of us!
Be looking for a note to come home at the end of the week about our Turkey Creek School Field Trip. It will be October 5th. The note will have all the information.
I really am in need of parent volunteers to come on Thursday, September 20th. I need your help making Duct Tape Wallets. (I will show you how!) Ha! I need about 3 parents. Please let me know if you can come that day. I am flexible with the time, so let me know if you can help, what time would be best, morning or afternoon, and I will choose the most voted on time. Thanks so much!!
Math - Rounding up to the ten thousands place; We do a short daily morning math review as well
Reading - The children will each be assigned a novel that closely matches their reading level. I will talk to them about "What good readers do when they are reading." They will be assigned a project to complete when they are finished with their books. They will have 2 weeks to complete their books. Some will probably finish in no time and others will take the whole time. It is such a learning curve for some.....learning how to pace themselves and work with a time limit. :)
Spelling - eCe pattern/ei/open syllable long e Look for that list on spellingcity
English - Verbs/Helping Verbs
Social Studies - We will begin a 3 week study of Oklahoma. This week we will look at the geography of Oklahoma including making a dough map! We will also look at Oklahoma's path to statehood as well as learning to read an Oklahoma road map.
Science - We will research animals that belong to one of the biomes we've been studying. The children will get to choose an animal and do a research report on it. This also crosses over and covers some language arts objectives as well. We will work on picking out important information, writing complete sentences in paragraph form that stick to the main idea of each paragraph, etc.
Our quote of the week is: Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. ~Francesca Reigler
Don't forget to check over the book order. There are lots of great books for good deals and if you order online this month you get 2 free books! You will also help our class get 5000 bonus points which will buy our class more books and resources! That's a great deal for all of us!
Be looking for a note to come home at the end of the week about our Turkey Creek School Field Trip. It will be October 5th. The note will have all the information.
I really am in need of parent volunteers to come on Thursday, September 20th. I need your help making Duct Tape Wallets. (I will show you how!) Ha! I need about 3 parents. Please let me know if you can come that day. I am flexible with the time, so let me know if you can help, what time would be best, morning or afternoon, and I will choose the most voted on time. Thanks so much!!
Friday, August 31, 2012
Week of Tuesday, September 4th
Happy Labor Day weekend! It can be tough getting back into a routine, so a 3 day weekend will be nice for all of us! Hope you enjoy yours!! Here is what we will be doing next week:
Language Arts:
Reading - Finish Mouse and the Motorcycle and check for comprehension
English - Plurals
Spelling - Long /e/ patterns (Remember, my spelling lists are on spellingcity.com)
Writing - Personal Journals (We only had time this past week to do journals once, so this week we will make sure to do better!)
Math: Place Value, Comparing and Ordering, Rounding
Social Studies: Maps including grids, road maps, product, and weather maps
Science: We will look at 2 more biomes and then begin researching an animal from one of the studied biomes. We will begin an animal report which will count as an English grade as well.
Look for Scholastic Book orders to come home next week. We will only be able to order online this year. I will send home a letter about it. It is actually pretty easy. I had parents in prior years actually prefer to order online even when they had the option of paying by check or cash.
Don't forget to allow your children to bring water and a snack. They get very hungry in the afternoon, since they eat so early this year. It is fuel for the brain and really helps with stamina to end our day with as much work ethic as when we began! Ha!
Language Arts:
Reading - Finish Mouse and the Motorcycle and check for comprehension
English - Plurals
Spelling - Long /e/ patterns (Remember, my spelling lists are on spellingcity.com)
Writing - Personal Journals (We only had time this past week to do journals once, so this week we will make sure to do better!)
Math: Place Value, Comparing and Ordering, Rounding
Social Studies: Maps including grids, road maps, product, and weather maps
Science: We will look at 2 more biomes and then begin researching an animal from one of the studied biomes. We will begin an animal report which will count as an English grade as well.
Look for Scholastic Book orders to come home next week. We will only be able to order online this year. I will send home a letter about it. It is actually pretty easy. I had parents in prior years actually prefer to order online even when they had the option of paying by check or cash.
Don't forget to allow your children to bring water and a snack. They get very hungry in the afternoon, since they eat so early this year. It is fuel for the brain and really helps with stamina to end our day with as much work ethic as when we began! Ha!
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Week of August 27th
Hi Families! It has been a great start to the new school year! I am so enjoying your cuties! They are a super group of kids! I wanted to let you know what we will be studying next week. :)
Reading: We will begin a unit on The Mouse and the Motorcycle. It is a great 4th grade story! The children will be doing comprehension checks after each chapter. We will also work on the skills of visualizing and predicting.
I will send home a 100 minute reading chart each week. This is not a requirement, but I encourage it. Research has shown that children who read, or are read to at home have larger vocabularies and are usually more successful in school. We will keep track of minutes read by read beads. For every 20 minutes your child reads, he/she will get to add a bead. When 15 beads are earned, your child will earn a prize. :)
Spelling: We will be looking at consonant blends this week. It is List 1 on spellingcity.com if your child wants to practice at home. I will send home a list on Monday. This list will have 20 words. Two of the words will be special words. One word will be the school word of the week, and another word will be our class word of the week. If your child knows and writes the definitions of the special words, he/she will earn 5 extra points. We will also be memorizing quotes every week for at least the first semester. If your child memorizes it and writes on the bottom of his/her spelling test, he/she will get a sticker on a sticker chart. After 5 stickers, he/she will get a treat. :) Memorizing is good exercise for the brain! Test 1 will be on Thursdays and if an A is made, then your child will be able to skip Test 2 on Friday. :) If you have a great speller and want more challenging words, we will be starting enriched spelling in a few weeks. Enrichment spelling is optional and not for a grade. I do give rewards for it. I will let you know when we start this.
English: Nouns, Journal Writing
Math: Place Value.......The children will be studying place value to the millions place. We will work on expanded form, written form, as well as standard. They will be determining the value of a digit in a number and work on saying a large number correctly.
Social Studies: We will begin a Map Unit. This week we will be looking at directions, scale, boundaries, and hemispheres.
Science: We will begin a unit on habitats and animals this week. We will be reading nonfiction passages working on comprehension as we learn about 4 habitats this week.
Quote of the week: Everyone makes mistakes, that's why pencils have erasers. Anonymous
Don't forget your important information paperwork, as well as the permission slip (signed yes or no) about your child's picture being on our class blog or class Facebook page.
Don't forget to "Friend" our class Facebook page under Gina Corderman's Class.
I am sending home a note I would love for you to fill out about your child, so that I may better understand your child. Please take the time to fill that out and send it to school. Thanks so much!
Is anyone available to come once a week for about 30 minutes to copy for me? Please let me know if you can.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful children with me! I know it is going to be a great year!!
Reading: We will begin a unit on The Mouse and the Motorcycle. It is a great 4th grade story! The children will be doing comprehension checks after each chapter. We will also work on the skills of visualizing and predicting.
I will send home a 100 minute reading chart each week. This is not a requirement, but I encourage it. Research has shown that children who read, or are read to at home have larger vocabularies and are usually more successful in school. We will keep track of minutes read by read beads. For every 20 minutes your child reads, he/she will get to add a bead. When 15 beads are earned, your child will earn a prize. :)
Spelling: We will be looking at consonant blends this week. It is List 1 on spellingcity.com if your child wants to practice at home. I will send home a list on Monday. This list will have 20 words. Two of the words will be special words. One word will be the school word of the week, and another word will be our class word of the week. If your child knows and writes the definitions of the special words, he/she will earn 5 extra points. We will also be memorizing quotes every week for at least the first semester. If your child memorizes it and writes on the bottom of his/her spelling test, he/she will get a sticker on a sticker chart. After 5 stickers, he/she will get a treat. :) Memorizing is good exercise for the brain! Test 1 will be on Thursdays and if an A is made, then your child will be able to skip Test 2 on Friday. :) If you have a great speller and want more challenging words, we will be starting enriched spelling in a few weeks. Enrichment spelling is optional and not for a grade. I do give rewards for it. I will let you know when we start this.
English: Nouns, Journal Writing
Math: Place Value.......The children will be studying place value to the millions place. We will work on expanded form, written form, as well as standard. They will be determining the value of a digit in a number and work on saying a large number correctly.
Social Studies: We will begin a Map Unit. This week we will be looking at directions, scale, boundaries, and hemispheres.
Science: We will begin a unit on habitats and animals this week. We will be reading nonfiction passages working on comprehension as we learn about 4 habitats this week.
Quote of the week: Everyone makes mistakes, that's why pencils have erasers. Anonymous
Don't forget your important information paperwork, as well as the permission slip (signed yes or no) about your child's picture being on our class blog or class Facebook page.
Don't forget to "Friend" our class Facebook page under Gina Corderman's Class.
I am sending home a note I would love for you to fill out about your child, so that I may better understand your child. Please take the time to fill that out and send it to school. Thanks so much!
Is anyone available to come once a week for about 30 minutes to copy for me? Please let me know if you can.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful children with me! I know it is going to be a great year!!
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Week of May 14th
Last post for this school year.....bittersweet.
We will be quite busy this week as we have been. I had wanted to host a career day, but our calendar filled up quicker than I anticipated and the end is here quicker than I realized. Here is the week's agenda:
Academic wise, we will be reviewing math, doing science and Spanish, and reading.
A to Z Countdown and Events scheduled are:
Monday - Tall Tales
Tuesday - Unusual Talent Day, Kindergarten Switch Day, and Awards Assembly at 1:30
Wednesday - Fiesta (Reward for getting at least 50 AR points this year! The good news is that EVERYONE GOT IT!!!) Monster Game and Feed - Your child can bring a special drink/snack and game(electronics included).
Thursday - Roald Dahl video and discussion, Yearbook signing, and AUCTION
Friday - Cleaning Day (Be sure to bring your backpack/bag to take home most of your things.) Haircut Day!!(Don't worry parents, the haircut is for our grassheads!!)
Don't forget, if you signed up to bring an auction item, please send by Wednesday. Thank you to all that have sent in something or will be sending in something. I so appreciate your support! Thank you too, to those that said they could help with our Fiesta by providing an item and/or helping out. Our Fiesta is Wednesday at 10:00. Thank you again for your support!!
Monday - Grizzly Day (Wear clothes and shoes that can get wet and dirty.)
Tuesday - Last Day - I will sure miss your sweet babies! You have no idea how much! Please cherish them, because they are gifts. I wish them lots of happiness in their future. I hope to keep updated about them. Have a great summer!
We will be quite busy this week as we have been. I had wanted to host a career day, but our calendar filled up quicker than I anticipated and the end is here quicker than I realized. Here is the week's agenda:
Academic wise, we will be reviewing math, doing science and Spanish, and reading.
A to Z Countdown and Events scheduled are:
Monday - Tall Tales
Tuesday - Unusual Talent Day, Kindergarten Switch Day, and Awards Assembly at 1:30
Wednesday - Fiesta (Reward for getting at least 50 AR points this year! The good news is that EVERYONE GOT IT!!!) Monster Game and Feed - Your child can bring a special drink/snack and game(electronics included).
Thursday - Roald Dahl video and discussion, Yearbook signing, and AUCTION
Friday - Cleaning Day (Be sure to bring your backpack/bag to take home most of your things.) Haircut Day!!(Don't worry parents, the haircut is for our grassheads!!)
Don't forget, if you signed up to bring an auction item, please send by Wednesday. Thank you to all that have sent in something or will be sending in something. I so appreciate your support! Thank you too, to those that said they could help with our Fiesta by providing an item and/or helping out. Our Fiesta is Wednesday at 10:00. Thank you again for your support!!
Monday - Grizzly Day (Wear clothes and shoes that can get wet and dirty.)
Tuesday - Last Day - I will sure miss your sweet babies! You have no idea how much! Please cherish them, because they are gifts. I wish them lots of happiness in their future. I hope to keep updated about them. Have a great summer!
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Week of May 7th
Hello Families!! We have another busy week ahead:
Reading - Finish Leveled books;
Math - Subtracting Fractions with unlike denominators and Review;
Spelling - List 25 open syllables (Last week was the last week for spelling enrichment and this week will be the last week for regular spelling.);
English - We will finish our poetry unit as well as do some grammar practice online in computer class.;
Science - Butterflies/Plants;
Spanish - Mexico Unit - Numbers, body parts;
Things to remember this week:
Little Olympics(Monday) - The children can bring money for the concession stand. They might want to wear a hat/sunglasses and sunscreen, as well as a Glenwood shirt if they have one. They can also bring their own water bottle and snack. We will eat an early lunch and leave school before noon and get back before the end of the day.
Leonardo's(Tuesday) - We will leave Glenwood around 8:40 and return around 2:30. Please send a sack lunch and drink unless your child signed up for a school lunch. There is a gift shop if your child wants to bring money.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Week of April 30th
Hi Families,
Here is this week's agenda:
Reading - Leveled novels
Spanish - Thematic Unit - Colors, Numbers, A to Z Book, Aztecs/Mayans
Spelling - Spellings for /shun/
English - Poetry
Math - Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators
Social Studies - Pony Express, Alaska and Hawaii, West Location Test on Thursday, West Capital Test on Friday I will send home a study guide on Monday. :)
Science - Plant and Butterfly Units
Don't forget that Friday is our Egg Drop! We will be doing it at 1:45!
Here is this week's agenda:
Reading - Leveled novels
Spanish - Thematic Unit - Colors, Numbers, A to Z Book, Aztecs/Mayans
Spelling - Spellings for /shun/
English - Poetry
Math - Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators
Social Studies - Pony Express, Alaska and Hawaii, West Location Test on Thursday, West Capital Test on Friday I will send home a study guide on Monday. :)
Science - Plant and Butterfly Units
Don't forget that Friday is our Egg Drop! We will be doing it at 1:45!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Week of April 23rd
Hello Families! Hope your weekend was a good one! Here's a look at the week ahead:
Reading - We will work on 2 story element projects and begin new leveled novels.
Spelling - Silent letters
English - We will begin a poetry unit this week.
Math - Equivalent Fractions, Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Social Studies - Native American Struggles in the Southwest and Gold Discoveries
Science - Fossils to Fuel experiments (Oil and Natural Gas)
Don't forget that our Science Museum Field Trip is this Tuesday! We will leave promptly after our class pictures (around 8:15) and return around 4:00. If you are a class volunteer and haven't paid your admission fee of $5.75, please do so tomorrow. Thank you!
Reading - We will work on 2 story element projects and begin new leveled novels.
Spelling - Silent letters
English - We will begin a poetry unit this week.
Math - Equivalent Fractions, Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Social Studies - Native American Struggles in the Southwest and Gold Discoveries
Science - Fossils to Fuel experiments (Oil and Natural Gas)
Don't forget that our Science Museum Field Trip is this Tuesday! We will leave promptly after our class pictures (around 8:15) and return around 4:00. If you are a class volunteer and haven't paid your admission fee of $5.75, please do so tomorrow. Thank you!
Friday, April 13, 2012
Week of April 16th
Hi Families! It's here! Testing week is finally here! We are ready!! Your children have worked so hard and they are so smart!! I'm very proud of them! Please make sure your child gets adequate rest and a good breakfast. Please send them a good snack and water as well. We will be testing in the morning and doing our pull outs in the afternoon. The only subjects we will be doing are independent reading time and social studies. Please look for handouts on: our ABC Countdown to the last day of school, a list of important events, and a special project coming up.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Week of April 9th
Hi Families! Hope you've had a wonderful Easter weekend with your families! Ours was wonderful, but too short! LOL! This week we will be concentrating on reading and math the entire week. Next week is testing week and I'm trying to review the children on all that we've learned this year. We've been gearing up for the past 2 weeks and the children have been working SO VERY HARD!! I've been so proud of them!! We try to take a break here and there to relieve them, by reviewing through games instead of paperwork. We also had our March Madness Reading Celebration last Tuesday afternoon to reward all the reading they have done and also to celebrate having the most AR points in the entire school!!!! This week, instead of a spelling test, the children will have a reading vocabulary test. We will be going over the reading vocabulary words on Monday and Tuesday. They may take home a study sheet on Tuesday and will have 2 chances on the test just like spelling......the first one being on Thursday and the second one being on Friday. The test will be over 27 reading related terms and will be "fill in the blank".
Don't forget to send in your child's pictures and/or money for them if you haven't done so.
The Spring Fling is this Friday!! Thanks to all who have sent in pop and/or volunteered to help out!
Don't forget to send in your child's pictures and/or money for them if you haven't done so.
The Spring Fling is this Friday!! Thanks to all who have sent in pop and/or volunteered to help out!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Week of April 2nd
Hi Families! Hope you've had a wonderful weekend! My family and I have been out in the sunshine all weekend! Here is a look at the week ahead:
Language Arts - Test Prep! Review: Rising Action/Climax of a Story, Resources, Author's Purpose, and Types of Poetry New: Citing Sources The children will begin a new leveled novel this week. The book will be due April 23rd.
Spelling _ List 26 Homonyms List 26.5 is the enriched list
Math - Test Prep! Review: Number Lines/Fractions/Decimals, Estimating Quotients and Products, Word Problems
Social Studies - SW History - Dust Bowl, Oil Industry
Science - Fossils to Fuel: Formation of Oil and Gas, Properties of Oil
Language Arts - Test Prep! Review: Rising Action/Climax of a Story, Resources, Author's Purpose, and Types of Poetry New: Citing Sources The children will begin a new leveled novel this week. The book will be due April 23rd.
Spelling _ List 26 Homonyms List 26.5 is the enriched list
Math - Test Prep! Review: Number Lines/Fractions/Decimals, Estimating Quotients and Products, Word Problems
Social Studies - SW History - Dust Bowl, Oil Industry
Science - Fossils to Fuel: Formation of Oil and Gas, Properties of Oil
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Week of March 26th
Hello Families! Hope you have enjoyed your Spring Break! We sure did! I can't believe we are starting the last 9 weeks! Summer break is always wonderful, but oh my goodness, I am going to SO MISS YOUR BABIES!! They are a really special group of kiddos! The next few weeks, we will be busy gearing up for testing. After testing (Testing is the week of April 16th.), we will have 2 field trips! I will be sending home a note about the trips tomorrow. Here is a look at the week ahead:
Language Arts: Literary Elements/Devices, Resources, Word Parts We will also be finishing up our Genre BINGO this week, as well as our March Madness Reading Challenge. Remember that Biography Pocket People are due Friday. The children have had the whole month of March to complete it. Hopefully, no one procrastinated! lol Our online stories are due Wednesday, March 28th. Hopefully, you have checked over your child's story and helped him/her to edit and add pictures if needed.
Math: Order of Operations, Measurement, and REVIEW
Spelling: List 22, Enriched List 22.5
Social Studies - Southwest Region - geography of the Southwest, desert and desert animals
Language Arts: Literary Elements/Devices, Resources, Word Parts We will also be finishing up our Genre BINGO this week, as well as our March Madness Reading Challenge. Remember that Biography Pocket People are due Friday. The children have had the whole month of March to complete it. Hopefully, no one procrastinated! lol Our online stories are due Wednesday, March 28th. Hopefully, you have checked over your child's story and helped him/her to edit and add pictures if needed.
Math: Order of Operations, Measurement, and REVIEW
Spelling: List 22, Enriched List 22.5
Social Studies - Southwest Region - geography of the Southwest, desert and desert animals
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Week of March 12
Hello Families! Here is a glimpse into our week:
Language Arts (Reading & English) - We will be looking at literary genres this week as well as revisiting synonyms, homonyms, antonyms, and multiple meaning words. The children will be working on their Genre BINGO too. They should have a fiction/mystery book on 4th grade level (or their level) picked out by now.
No spelling this week due to district-wide practice testing. We will be doing our practice tests on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Math - Benchmark Fractions/Decimals/Percents, Measurement: Area, Capacity, Thermometers
Social Studies - Lewis and Clark, Wright Brothers, Midwest Location and Capital Tests (Thursday - Location Test, Friday - Capital Test) I will send home a study guide on Monday.
Science - Heat and Thermometers
Remember that parent-teacher conferences continue on Monday.
Language Arts (Reading & English) - We will be looking at literary genres this week as well as revisiting synonyms, homonyms, antonyms, and multiple meaning words. The children will be working on their Genre BINGO too. They should have a fiction/mystery book on 4th grade level (or their level) picked out by now.
No spelling this week due to district-wide practice testing. We will be doing our practice tests on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Math - Benchmark Fractions/Decimals/Percents, Measurement: Area, Capacity, Thermometers
Social Studies - Lewis and Clark, Wright Brothers, Midwest Location and Capital Tests (Thursday - Location Test, Friday - Capital Test) I will send home a study guide on Monday.
Science - Heat and Thermometers
Remember that parent-teacher conferences continue on Monday.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Week of March 5th
Hi Families! We've had a lot of fun this week! Your children did super on their giant cubes!
Reading - We will be working on our "book" trailers this week! We will also be working on our Reading BINGO. The children have been reading a variety of genres and will continue this month to complete their BINGO. Hopefully, you saw that your child has a biography pocket person homework project to complete. This project is due March 30th.
Spelling - List 21 spellings of /f/ Enriched list is 21.5
English - Figurative Language
Math - We will be working on creating a number line that includes decimals, fractions, and percents and how they relate. We will also be practicing reading and writing decimals/fractions, as well as buddy practicing math review.
Social Studies - The children's Midwest Region independent study is due this Friday. Next week, the children will be tested over the states and capitals of this region.
Don't forget picture day is Tuesday. Your child should bring home a order form today. The officers from the animal shelter will be here Tuesday as well to talk to the kids about the shelter and how to take care of pets. Also, parent teacher conferences are Tuesday starting after school.
Reading - We will be working on our "book" trailers this week! We will also be working on our Reading BINGO. The children have been reading a variety of genres and will continue this month to complete their BINGO. Hopefully, you saw that your child has a biography pocket person homework project to complete. This project is due March 30th.
Spelling - List 21 spellings of /f/ Enriched list is 21.5
English - Figurative Language
Math - We will be working on creating a number line that includes decimals, fractions, and percents and how they relate. We will also be practicing reading and writing decimals/fractions, as well as buddy practicing math review.
Social Studies - The children's Midwest Region independent study is due this Friday. Next week, the children will be tested over the states and capitals of this region.
Don't forget picture day is Tuesday. Your child should bring home a order form today. The officers from the animal shelter will be here Tuesday as well to talk to the kids about the shelter and how to take care of pets. Also, parent teacher conferences are Tuesday starting after school.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Week of 2-27-12
Hi Families! Here is next week's agenda:
Reading - We will be making "Movie Trailers" for our dog books this week! The kids seem to be very excited! They will group together according to the book they read and create a skit to advertise their book. I will video them! We will also be starting Reading BINGO this week. The BINGO sheet will cover a variety of genres such as nonfiction, biography, everybody, fiction, etc. They will have the month of March to BINGO. The children will be getting a homework assignment soon related to a biography book they read from their BINGO sheet.
English - Figurative Language, Antonyms
Spelling - List 20 sounds of /oi/ and /ou/ List 20.5 is the enriched list.
Math - Compare/Order Fractions, Adding and Subtracting Fractions with like denominators On Tuesday, we will be constructing giant cubes out of plastic and duct tape. It is a big, but extremely fun project! The children will learn a lot about geometry, problem solving, and teamwork! I still need 3 more fans.
Social Studies - The children will continue their Midwest Region unit this week.
I wanted to thank Elissa Stong for donating Clorox wipes to our class! It is greatly appreciated and helps keep our room clean and germ free!
I also wanted to recognize and celebrate the 4 students that represented our class in the school-wide Spelling Bee and Geography Bee! Kylie Little and David Sandoval were our class Geography Bee winners and Colby Vanhooser and Alexis Goben were our class Spelling Bee winners! We are so proud of them!!! Good Job kids!! Sorry I am so late recognizing you!
****Remember that our Read-a-Thon is this Friday! Also, if you want to donate to our pet supply drive, please send donations by next Monday. Thanks so much!
Reading - We will be making "Movie Trailers" for our dog books this week! The kids seem to be very excited! They will group together according to the book they read and create a skit to advertise their book. I will video them! We will also be starting Reading BINGO this week. The BINGO sheet will cover a variety of genres such as nonfiction, biography, everybody, fiction, etc. They will have the month of March to BINGO. The children will be getting a homework assignment soon related to a biography book they read from their BINGO sheet.
English - Figurative Language, Antonyms
Spelling - List 20 sounds of /oi/ and /ou/ List 20.5 is the enriched list.
Math - Compare/Order Fractions, Adding and Subtracting Fractions with like denominators On Tuesday, we will be constructing giant cubes out of plastic and duct tape. It is a big, but extremely fun project! The children will learn a lot about geometry, problem solving, and teamwork! I still need 3 more fans.
Social Studies - The children will continue their Midwest Region unit this week.
I wanted to thank Elissa Stong for donating Clorox wipes to our class! It is greatly appreciated and helps keep our room clean and germ free!
I also wanted to recognize and celebrate the 4 students that represented our class in the school-wide Spelling Bee and Geography Bee! Kylie Little and David Sandoval were our class Geography Bee winners and Colby Vanhooser and Alexis Goben were our class Spelling Bee winners! We are so proud of them!!! Good Job kids!! Sorry I am so late recognizing you!
****Remember that our Read-a-Thon is this Friday! Also, if you want to donate to our pet supply drive, please send donations by next Monday. Thanks so much!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Week of February 21st
Hello Families!
The children have been working really hard! I'm so proud of them! We have been learning a ton of new concepts while reviewing the old. There's so much to learn in 4th grade! Here is the agenda for next week:
Reading - Winn Dixie novel study covering skills: sequencing, questioning, and analyzing; leveled books.......The children need to complete their leveled stories by Tuesday, February 28th.
English - Multiple Meaning Words, Synonyms
Spelling - List 19 sounds of /oo/ Enriched list 19.5
Math - Relating Fractions and Decimals, Comparing Decimals, cumulative review
Social Studies - Midwest Independent Study covering a multitude of topics such as the geography of the Midwest, skyscrapers, Henry Ford, Mount Rushmore, etc.
The children have been working really hard! I'm so proud of them! We have been learning a ton of new concepts while reviewing the old. There's so much to learn in 4th grade! Here is the agenda for next week:
Reading - Winn Dixie novel study covering skills: sequencing, questioning, and analyzing; leveled books.......The children need to complete their leveled stories by Tuesday, February 28th.
English - Multiple Meaning Words, Synonyms
Spelling - List 19 sounds of /oo/ Enriched list 19.5
Math - Relating Fractions and Decimals, Comparing Decimals, cumulative review
Social Studies - Midwest Independent Study covering a multitude of topics such as the geography of the Midwest, skyscrapers, Henry Ford, Mount Rushmore, etc.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Week of February 13th
Hey Families! Here is what next week looks like:
Reading: Class book - Winn Dixie....with related work touching a variety of skills such as predicting, inferring, comparing and contrasting, etc..
Leveled books with a dog theme
Skill Focus - Main Idea
Spelling: List 18 Enriched List 18.5
English: Pen Pal Letters, Online stories
Math: Geometry We will continue to review previously learned skills. :)
Social Studies: We will begin our Midwest Region study.
Valentines Day is Tuesday. The party will be at 2:15. Your child should have a list of names for Valentines.
Reading: Class book - Winn Dixie....with related work touching a variety of skills such as predicting, inferring, comparing and contrasting, etc..
Leveled books with a dog theme
Skill Focus - Main Idea
Spelling: List 18 Enriched List 18.5
English: Pen Pal Letters, Online stories
Math: Geometry We will continue to review previously learned skills. :)
Social Studies: We will begin our Midwest Region study.
Valentines Day is Tuesday. The party will be at 2:15. Your child should have a list of names for Valentines.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Week of February 6th
Hi All! Hope everything is well with you! We've been moving right along! The children are working hard and so smart!! Love my babies!! Here is the week's agenda:
Reading - We will begin a new theme this month......Dogs! The children will be reading leveled fiction books about dogs. We will be reading a book as a class this month as well called, Because of Winn Dixie. We will be doing related work with it as well. Our skill focus this week is Fact and Opinion.
Math - Long Division (ugh) Such a tough concept for several of the children. It requires multi-steps and multiplication fact knowledge. This is why it is so very difficult for some. Please work at home if your child is struggling with this concept. I need backup! Ha! 1 of me and 20 of them +1 hour of new concept math = They need more practice!! I have some peer tutoring going on, but practice makes perfect!
English - Online stories, pronouns, and prepositions
Spelling - List 17 spellings for 'o' The enriched list is 17.5
Social Studies - We will finish up our SE Region unit this week. The children will create a SE Locations and Capitals study guide on Monday to take home and study for their tests on Wednesday and Friday. The location test will be first. We will also be watching a couple of videos of Harriet Tubman and Abe Lincoln.
The Super Bowl Reading Celebration and Banana Split Party will be Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. Parents who signed up to help, please be here around 1:15. Thanks so very much to all the parents who donated items for our 100 Day snack and/or for the banana splits!!! You rock!! We so appreciate you!!
I will let you know how we placed in the Super Bowl Reading Challenge! No matter what I am very proud of them!! We definitely have some Rock Star Readers!!!!!!
Reading - We will begin a new theme this month......Dogs! The children will be reading leveled fiction books about dogs. We will be reading a book as a class this month as well called, Because of Winn Dixie. We will be doing related work with it as well. Our skill focus this week is Fact and Opinion.
Math - Long Division (ugh) Such a tough concept for several of the children. It requires multi-steps and multiplication fact knowledge. This is why it is so very difficult for some. Please work at home if your child is struggling with this concept. I need backup! Ha! 1 of me and 20 of them +1 hour of new concept math = They need more practice!! I have some peer tutoring going on, but practice makes perfect!
English - Online stories, pronouns, and prepositions
Spelling - List 17 spellings for 'o' The enriched list is 17.5
Social Studies - We will finish up our SE Region unit this week. The children will create a SE Locations and Capitals study guide on Monday to take home and study for their tests on Wednesday and Friday. The location test will be first. We will also be watching a couple of videos of Harriet Tubman and Abe Lincoln.
The Super Bowl Reading Celebration and Banana Split Party will be Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. Parents who signed up to help, please be here around 1:15. Thanks so very much to all the parents who donated items for our 100 Day snack and/or for the banana splits!!! You rock!! We so appreciate you!!
I will let you know how we placed in the Super Bowl Reading Challenge! No matter what I am very proud of them!! We definitely have some Rock Star Readers!!!!!!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Week of January 30th
Hi Families!! Here is the new week's agenda:
Reading - The children should finish their second mystery book by the end of this week. The skill we will focus on is the main idea.
Math - Long Division
Spelling - List 16 (plurals) Enriched list - x, y, z words
English - Online stories
Social Studies - The children will teach their classmates about their SE Region topic. We will create a study guide during these presentations. Their test over this information will be on Friday.
Science - We will finish up our space unit this week and create a space book of all the planets. We will be making space habitats in the near future, so stay tuned for this exciting event!!
The children's Solar System Projects were Out of this World!!!! I am so proud of them!!
****Remember that the 100th Day of school is Wednesday, February 1st! If you signed up to donate an item for our 100 Snack, Thank you!! I sent home a note about what to send with your child this past week. Don't forget that the 100 Day Project is due that day too! We will have 6 winners from our room on the most creative displays! I have several turned in already that are awesome!! Can't wait to see the rest! The children can dress like 100 year olds too. Pretty funny!! Ha!
Reading - The children should finish their second mystery book by the end of this week. The skill we will focus on is the main idea.
Math - Long Division
Spelling - List 16 (plurals) Enriched list - x, y, z words
English - Online stories
Social Studies - The children will teach their classmates about their SE Region topic. We will create a study guide during these presentations. Their test over this information will be on Friday.
Science - We will finish up our space unit this week and create a space book of all the planets. We will be making space habitats in the near future, so stay tuned for this exciting event!!
The children's Solar System Projects were Out of this World!!!! I am so proud of them!!
****Remember that the 100th Day of school is Wednesday, February 1st! If you signed up to donate an item for our 100 Snack, Thank you!! I sent home a note about what to send with your child this past week. Don't forget that the 100 Day Project is due that day too! We will have 6 winners from our room on the most creative displays! I have several turned in already that are awesome!! Can't wait to see the rest! The children can dress like 100 year olds too. Pretty funny!! Ha!
Friday, January 20, 2012
Week of January 23rd
Hi Families! Here's what's ahead for next week:
Reading - All the children should be finished with their mysteries and case files by Friday. Most are done with that and reading their second mystery! Good job kids!! Our skill for the week is cause and effect.
Math - Long Division
English - Story Writing
Spelling - Spellings for /er/ List 15 on spellingcity.com The enriched list are the "W" words.
Science - Space
Social Studies - SE Region partner project The children will present their projects and facts to the class on Thursday. They've been doing a fantastic job!
***Don't forget to turn in your Solar System Projects on Monday if you haven't done so!!***
Can't wait to see them all! The ones that have been turned in are FABULOUS!!
***Don't forget to READ, READ, READ!!!!*** Let's try to pull ahead in our Super Bowl Challenge!!
Reading - All the children should be finished with their mysteries and case files by Friday. Most are done with that and reading their second mystery! Good job kids!! Our skill for the week is cause and effect.
Math - Long Division
English - Story Writing
Spelling - Spellings for /er/ List 15 on spellingcity.com The enriched list are the "W" words.
Science - Space
Social Studies - SE Region partner project The children will present their projects and facts to the class on Thursday. They've been doing a fantastic job!
***Don't forget to turn in your Solar System Projects on Monday if you haven't done so!!***
Can't wait to see them all! The ones that have been turned in are FABULOUS!!
***Don't forget to READ, READ, READ!!!!*** Let's try to pull ahead in our Super Bowl Challenge!!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Week of January 17th
Hello! Here is next week's agenda:
Reading - We will continue reading our leveled mysteries. The skill focus for this week will be making inferences.
Math - Long Division
Spelling - List 14, Suffixes - er, est Enriched list - "V" words
English - Story Writing
Science - Space
Social Studies - The Southeast Region partner projects
The children are doing awesome with reading at home!! I'm so proud of them! They have turned in lots of slips this week and also taken lots of AR tests! On Monday, we will find out which class is in the lead! I will let you know!
The children seem to be very excited about their Solar System Projects too! I'm glad! Many have shared their neat ideas. Several have even started their project! Good job! I can't wait to see them all! Remember the due date is Monday, January 23.
Quote: You are unrepeatable. There is a magic about you that is all your own. D.M. Dellinger
Reading - We will continue reading our leveled mysteries. The skill focus for this week will be making inferences.
Math - Long Division
Spelling - List 14, Suffixes - er, est Enriched list - "V" words
English - Story Writing
Science - Space
Social Studies - The Southeast Region partner projects
The children are doing awesome with reading at home!! I'm so proud of them! They have turned in lots of slips this week and also taken lots of AR tests! On Monday, we will find out which class is in the lead! I will let you know!
The children seem to be very excited about their Solar System Projects too! I'm glad! Many have shared their neat ideas. Several have even started their project! Good job! I can't wait to see them all! Remember the due date is Monday, January 23.
Quote: You are unrepeatable. There is a magic about you that is all your own. D.M. Dellinger
Friday, January 6, 2012
Week of January 9th, 2012
Hi Families! Hope you had a joyous Christmas! January will be a busy month for Corderman's Kiddos! Here is what is on the agenda:
Reading - We started the Mystery genre this past Wednesday. I assigned each of them a mystery on 4th grade level or on their individual level. We talked about vocabulary words such as alibi, suspect, evidence, etc.. The children will be writing about clues, suspects, and possible red herrings while reading their stories. They have really been excited about this genre! We will also focus on the skill: making predictions.
Math - This week we will finish up multiplying large numbers, 3 digit x's 3 digit and start division. We will begin by focusing on division facts and then next week move on to long division.
Spelling - Suffixes, List 13 on spellingcity.com. I will start enrichment words again next week.
English - We will begin writing stories. These stories will actually be published!! More information will follow.
Social Studies - We will begin to study the history of the Southeast Region. The children will be assigned a partner. With their partner, they will research a person, place, or event from the Southeast and complete a project over that topic. They will then teach the rest of the class about thier topic.
Science - We will begin studying about Space!
*********FYI**********
We have started the Super Bowl Reading Challenge! We are competing against the other 3 4th grade classes as well as a 5th grade class. We hope to win! Winning requires READING AT HOME and taking AR tests with an A or a B grade. Hopefully, you received the information about this challenge on Wednesday. On February 7th, we will have a Super Bowl Party to celebrate all the reading! We talked about being a TEAM player and participating. (Together Everyone Achieves More) I explained to them that if they are to participate in the party, they have to participate in the reading. :) The winning class will get the coveted Reading Trophy to display in their room!
I sent home 2 Homework Assignments on Friday. One assignment is to create a Solar System Model. In the past, my families have really enjoyed this project and have come up with some awesome models! This project is due on January 23rd. The other assignment is related to our 100 Days of School celebration. The children are to collect 100 of one item and display it in a unique way. All the 4th grade classes are participating and we will be voting on each other's displays. 6 small trophies will be awarded in my class for the top amount of votes! This project is due on February 1st. Have fun and don't procrastinate! :)
Reading - We started the Mystery genre this past Wednesday. I assigned each of them a mystery on 4th grade level or on their individual level. We talked about vocabulary words such as alibi, suspect, evidence, etc.. The children will be writing about clues, suspects, and possible red herrings while reading their stories. They have really been excited about this genre! We will also focus on the skill: making predictions.
Math - This week we will finish up multiplying large numbers, 3 digit x's 3 digit and start division. We will begin by focusing on division facts and then next week move on to long division.
Spelling - Suffixes, List 13 on spellingcity.com. I will start enrichment words again next week.
English - We will begin writing stories. These stories will actually be published!! More information will follow.
Social Studies - We will begin to study the history of the Southeast Region. The children will be assigned a partner. With their partner, they will research a person, place, or event from the Southeast and complete a project over that topic. They will then teach the rest of the class about thier topic.
Science - We will begin studying about Space!
*********FYI**********
We have started the Super Bowl Reading Challenge! We are competing against the other 3 4th grade classes as well as a 5th grade class. We hope to win! Winning requires READING AT HOME and taking AR tests with an A or a B grade. Hopefully, you received the information about this challenge on Wednesday. On February 7th, we will have a Super Bowl Party to celebrate all the reading! We talked about being a TEAM player and participating. (Together Everyone Achieves More) I explained to them that if they are to participate in the party, they have to participate in the reading. :) The winning class will get the coveted Reading Trophy to display in their room!
I sent home 2 Homework Assignments on Friday. One assignment is to create a Solar System Model. In the past, my families have really enjoyed this project and have come up with some awesome models! This project is due on January 23rd. The other assignment is related to our 100 Days of School celebration. The children are to collect 100 of one item and display it in a unique way. All the 4th grade classes are participating and we will be voting on each other's displays. 6 small trophies will be awarded in my class for the top amount of votes! This project is due on February 1st. Have fun and don't procrastinate! :)
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