Week of December 6, 2010

Parent/Teacher conferences provided such an excellent opportunity for me to talk with all of you. I truly cherish this time because I often get so involved in my classroom, I don't interact with you as much as I'd like. Thank you all for coming on time and for your patience with conferences that may have gone past our scheduled time.

Here is the upcoming week in a nutshell:

MATH

This week, our first scheduled multiplication test (2's) is on Friday. Throughout the week, we will be learning how to tell time, elapsed time and sequencing events. Please remember to continue practicing those math facts (addition, subtraction and multiplication).

READING

We will begin a new strategy focus as we learn about evaluating text and visualizing as we read. We will use the story Dogzilla as well as other novels and text as we apply these skills. We will also work on strategies from previous weeks.

SPELLING

We are on list 10: words with the vowel sound in "join". A pretest will be on Monday. Homework will be given Monday and due Friday. The final test will be on Friday.

ENGLISH

We will continue the study of narratives. Students will write their own narrative this week!

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week, we will continue learning about our community officials.

SCIENCE

Our focus will be on the sun, the inner planets and the outer planets.

Have a great week!