Week of May 6th

Hello Families!

Reading - The children have a May reading assignment.  We have a selection of small chapter book kits in the classroom.  The children have 2 weeks to complete 2 books, 2 AR tests, and 2 reading responses.  I give them 25 to 30 minutes 4 times weekly to read in class, so most can finish their books in class.  You might communicate with your child about this, so they know you know about it. :)

English - We will finish up our poetry unit this week.  I have so enjoyed reading the children's poetry!  They are quite a creative bunch!

Spelling - States list 3

Math - Converting mixed numbers to improper fractions and improper to mixed

Science - Plants

Social Studies - Types of wagons, SW Location and Capital test on Wednesday (This test only includes 4 states including Oklahoma so we will take the capitals/locations together.)

Don't forget that the Egg Drop is Friday!! Can't wait to see all the great inventions!

Our 50 point AR party is Friday.  Thanks to those who are donating food items for it and those who are helping out as well! :)

Week of April 29th

Hi Families!!

Here is this week's agenda:

Reading - New short novel assigned this week, historical fiction report due this week

Spelling - 2nd set of state words

English - Poetry

Math - Adding mixed numbers

Science - Insect development, butterfly journals

Social Studies - Chief Joseph, Indian Removal, Westward Expansion

Don't forget to have your child at school early. We leave promptly at 8:00 for OKC.

Hello Families!

Whew! We are SUPER glad testing is over! I am so very proud of how hard the kids worked!

The next week will be very busy, but fun!  I hope you have your A to Z Countdown Calendar of Events in a special place.  Monday will be C day.  The kids can bring their favorite candybar to school!  We had a lot of fun with today's activity: Bubblegum blowing contest......the winners were: Carlie - first place, Kayleb 2nd place, and Karrington, Hunter, and Kassidy tied for 3rd place!

Thanks to all who sent their blue signed note back on time.  There is a pink note that went home today that needs to be returned next week in order for your child to participate in our Safety Day next Friday.  Also next Friday is the Spring Fling.  More information will be sent home next week regarding this fun event!  I hope everyone saw the note saying that our Leonardo's field trip has been changed to Monday, May 20th.  Thanks to all who have signed up to volunteer on either field trip!! We greatly appreciate you!

This week's agenda is as follows:

Reading - We will finish our historical fiction book and do a report on it.

Spelling - Your child will have a list of 13 states as their spelling words this week.

English - Poetry

Social Studies - We are starting our study of the West and Southwest.  We will also be taking our Midwest Location Test (Wednesday) and Midwest Capital Test (Friday).

Science - Butterflies, Oil Derricks

Math - Venn Diagrams, Comparing fractions - Over the next month, we will be going more deeply into fractions. 

Week of April 1st

Hello Families! Hope your Easter was as nice as mine! Here is this week's agenda:

Reading - The children will begin a historical fiction novel this week. We will also be doing some test prep, reviewing a lot of skills through Study Island.

English - Online stories in computer lab

Spelling - list 24 /shun/

Math - bar, line, and circle graphs; test prep

Social Studies - Mighty Mississipi, Wright Brothers

We need your help!

Hi Families! I have two things I need to talk to you about.

1) The children have been working on a long term project for several weeks now. They wrote stories and are now typing and illustrating them on an online publishing site.  We have a limited time to type and edit at school, so I am asking you to help your child at home by helping with the editing and possibly some of the typing.  I have used this site for years and it is wonderful!  Every child will receive a free book.  I will be sending home an order form in case you want to order more copies.  Regardless of wether you order more copies, I need you to sign the form stating that you were given the opportunity to order. This enables your child to receive the free book. The due date for our books to be completed on the web site is April 12th. Your child has a code and the site is called studentpublishing.com. 

2) All year the children have been working at a classroom job.  They have had the opportunity to earn and save money.  Auction time is quickly approaching! This is an exciting day in which the children will get to spend all their saved money!  I have been collecting items throughout the year, but I need your help too. If you could donate an item or two, that would be great! Example items donated in the past are: water toys for summer, Nerf guns, balls, etc......basically anything your child would like would work. You don't have to spend a lot of money (a $2 or $3 item is fine), anything will help.  I really appreciate your help with this! It gets quite expensive trying to make the auction special for 24 kids without your help. Thanks so much! Our auction will be the first part of May. If you are able to help out you can send the donations any time.  Please sign and return the bottom portion of the copy I am sending home with your child or send me a message stating you can help with your child's book and let me know if you can donate an auction item.

 

Week of March 25th

Happy Spring Break! Just letting you know what's on the horizon when we return from the break...............

Reading - We will finish our Reading BINGO and Biography Posters this week.

Spelling - List 23 Silent Letters

English - Colons, Possessive Nouns, Online Stories

Math - Graphs

Social Studies - Henry Ford, Sitting Bull

 We are going to finish up the Midwest, then do a quick study of the West/Southwest, then we will move on to some cool science topics the last 5 weeks of school!

Don't forget the March Madness Reading Challenge!

I will see you in a week!

Week of March 11th

Hello Families! Here is the agenda for next week:

Reading - Reading BINGO and Biography Poster Reports

Spelling - Figurative Language vocabulary  - This is a repeat list.......most did not do well on this list.  The ones that made an A or a B will be excused.  These terms and being able to apply them are very important to know for state testing.

Math - We will finish up fractions this week.  We will also take a cumulative review test.

English - Online stories

Science - Fossil Fuels

Social Studies - Henry Ford, Chicago Skycrapers, Railroads

**I sent home a note requesting parent volunteers for upcoming field trips, please look for that note. 

OKC Science Museum - Monday, April 29th - Leave at 8 and return at 3

Leonardo's - Friday, May 17th - Leave at 9:40 and return around 2:30

Week of March 4th

This week will be pretty much a repeat of last week since snow days and my absences have gotten us behind. We will also be taking our benchmark tests.

This week is also super busy with the following activities:

**Read Across America Week
**Parent Teacher Conferences
**Spring Pictures
**Book Fair

Please look for flyers about these events. They should have come home Thursday and Friday. :)