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
Sunday, October 28, 2012
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.
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