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
Sunday, November 25, 2012
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.
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