Week of December 13, 2010

This is a busy week right before our holiday break! A couple of dates to remember:

On Monday, we will be attending an all school holiday concert at 9:30.

On Wednesday, we will be bowling from 9 to 11. Many students bring money to purchase food from the snack bar. This usually results in students not being very hungry when we return. I highly recommend packing your child with a lunch that day. This way, if a hot lunch is ordered, it is not wasted. Also, they will be able to eat their lunch in my room later in the day if desired.

On Friday, we will be going to the Tivoli to watch The Grinch.

Here is the upcoming week in a nutshell:

MATH

We have a x3 multiplication test on Thursday. Students will continue exploring graphs and data this week. Please continue practicing facts at home on a nightly basis.

ENGLISH

We will complete our narrative papers and have a DOL quiz this week (most likely Thursday) on quotes.

READING

We will continue to learn about evaluating text and visualizing as we read. We will continue to 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 11: words with the vowel sounds in "clown" and "lawn". A pretest will be on Monday. Homework will be given Monday and due Friday. The final test will be on Friday.

SCIENCE

We will complete our planet books and then make our star gazers this week.

Have a wonderful week!

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!