Important Dates . . .
February 2 -- Teacher's Institute -- No School -- Groundhog Day
February 15 -- President's Day -- No School
March 1 -- Casmir Pulaski Day -- No School
Ozzie's Reading Club
Thanks to everyone who sent in their reading logs for the first two weeks of Ozzie's Reading Club. The children who have brought in their reading logs have reached second base have their base marked on the poster in their homeroom. We will be starting reading towards third base, so keep up the good work!
Language Arts
We are working on handwriting and sentences this week. Each child will have more opportunities to create their own sentences using co-writer and a word processing program called Open Office. They have been familiar with this program, now we are building on writing grammatically correct sentences that follow the rules we have learned this year.
Reading
Our second week working with these new vocabulary skills was also excellent! The students really enjoyed making an ice cream concoction on Thursday! I have to say they were all full of glee and very creative with their concoctions! We will be continuing with lesson 4 of this program. Your child will be coming home with 7 words that will be studied during the week in class and should be reviewed at home. On the page I will be sending home each Monday there will be suggestions on how you can work with your child & have them get extra practice.
This month reading incentives are doubled! Not only can your child read 20 minutes to go to the reading party, but they can read to earn a ticket to see the Kane County Cougars! Please turn in Ozzie's Reading Club form after you complete two weeks - that way we can award the progress of getting around the bases.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Starting January each 20 minute increment read counts for a point up to 20 points – yes, that means an additional reading grade each month for learning to love to read. Your help is greatly appreciated! Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in at the end of the month to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party. Keep reading!
Spelling
We will be working on Unit 20 this week. Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Type ‘Em - Type all of your spelling words on the computer or on a typewriter. You can even email them to me!
Social Studies
This week children will begin Lesson 2 of Unit 2, Our Earth. The children have been introduced to the concept of caring for earth's natural resources – its land, water, air, and plants – and explores different ways children can conserve and protect them. Some of the things your child will learn about is different landforms and bodies of water, how people live in different communities, and explore how one family uses and changes the land.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on numbers, specifically comparing and ordering numbers. The children will be encouraged to use various manipulatives and strategies to achieve understanding of value; whether it be understanding through money, unfix cubes, other tangible objects, 100's chart, and various place value charts.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log & Ozzie's Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
- study lesson 4 vocabulary words
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words with parents nightly
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
January 25th - 29th
Important Dates . . .
January 26 - PV Bingo Night permission slips due ( limit 100)
January 27 - 4th grade - Mr. Lee's Science Magic
January 29 - PV Bingo Night
- Family Reading Night permission slips due
February 2 -- Teacher's Institute -- No School
February 15 -- President's Day -- No School
March 1 -- Casmir Pulaski Day -- No School
Ozzie's Reading Club
Thanks to everyone who sent in their reading logs for the first two weeks of Ozzie's Reading Club. The children who have brought in their reading logs have reached first base and have received a bookmark. We will be starting the next two weeks of reading towards second base, so keep up the good work!
4th Grade Mr. Lee's Science Magic:
On Wednesday, January 27th, Mr. Lee will visit Mrs. Cushing/Mrs. Flynn's classroom for most of the day to do many activities with us on electricity. Please have your child wash their hair the day or night before (Tuesday). They should also refrain from using hairspray, gel, mousse, etc. Clean, dry hair will work best with one of the experiments.
3rd Grade Cosmic Capers:
Friday, January 29th will be a class field trip with Ms. Pellin's Room! This is an "in class" field trip where students will make models of eclipses and craters on the moon. They will even get to taste astronaut ice cream! I wonder if the taste will send them in orbit!
Language Arts
Each child has successfully built their skills from recognizing and identifying sentences to identifying two main parts of a sentence: the subject and predicate of a sentence. Due to a delay in lessons last week, students will finish the review of all lessons taught in this series relating to sentences and be assessed on Tuesday.
Reading
Our second week working with these new vocabulary skills was also excellent! The students really enjoyed making an ice cream concoction on Thursday! I have to say they were all full of glee and very creative with their concoctions! We will be continuing with lesson 3 of this program. Your child will be coming home with 7 words that will be studied during the week in class and should be reviewed at home. On the page I will be sending home each Monday there will be suggestions on how you can work with your child & have them get extra practice.
This month reading incentives are doubled! Not only can your child read 20 minutes to go to the reading party, but they can read to earn a ticket to see the Kane County Cougars! Please turn in Ozzie's Reading Club form after you complete two weeks - that way we can award the progress of getting around the bases.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Starting January each 20 minute increment read counts for a point up to 20 points – yes, that means an additional reading grade each month for learning to love to read. Your help is greatly appreciated! Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in at the end of the month to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party. Keep reading!
Spelling
We will be working on Unit 19 this week. Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Picture words - Draw a picture and write your words in the picture.
Science
We have and will continue doing mini lessons on electricity and space throughout the week. The children have really enjoyed this in little bursts!
Social Studies
The children will begin Unit 2, Our Earth. This unit introduces the children to the concept of caring for earth's natural resources – its land, water, air, and plants – and explores different ways children can conserve and protect them. Some of the things your child will learn about is different landforms and bodies of water, how people live in different communities, and explore how one family uses and changes the land.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on numbers – ordinal numbers, comparing and ordering numbers. The children will be encouraged to use various manipulatives and strategies to achieve understanding of value; whether it be understanding through money, unfix cubes, other tangible objects, 100's chart, and various place value charts.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log & Ozzie's Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
- study lesson 3 vocabulary words
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words with parents nightly
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time
January 26 - PV Bingo Night permission slips due ( limit 100)
January 27 - 4th grade - Mr. Lee's Science Magic
January 29 - PV Bingo Night
- Family Reading Night permission slips due
February 2 -- Teacher's Institute -- No School
February 15 -- President's Day -- No School
March 1 -- Casmir Pulaski Day -- No School
Ozzie's Reading Club
Thanks to everyone who sent in their reading logs for the first two weeks of Ozzie's Reading Club. The children who have brought in their reading logs have reached first base and have received a bookmark. We will be starting the next two weeks of reading towards second base, so keep up the good work!
4th Grade Mr. Lee's Science Magic:
On Wednesday, January 27th, Mr. Lee will visit Mrs. Cushing/Mrs. Flynn's classroom for most of the day to do many activities with us on electricity. Please have your child wash their hair the day or night before (Tuesday). They should also refrain from using hairspray, gel, mousse, etc. Clean, dry hair will work best with one of the experiments.
3rd Grade Cosmic Capers:
Friday, January 29th will be a class field trip with Ms. Pellin's Room! This is an "in class" field trip where students will make models of eclipses and craters on the moon. They will even get to taste astronaut ice cream! I wonder if the taste will send them in orbit!
Language Arts
Each child has successfully built their skills from recognizing and identifying sentences to identifying two main parts of a sentence: the subject and predicate of a sentence. Due to a delay in lessons last week, students will finish the review of all lessons taught in this series relating to sentences and be assessed on Tuesday.
Reading
Our second week working with these new vocabulary skills was also excellent! The students really enjoyed making an ice cream concoction on Thursday! I have to say they were all full of glee and very creative with their concoctions! We will be continuing with lesson 3 of this program. Your child will be coming home with 7 words that will be studied during the week in class and should be reviewed at home. On the page I will be sending home each Monday there will be suggestions on how you can work with your child & have them get extra practice.
This month reading incentives are doubled! Not only can your child read 20 minutes to go to the reading party, but they can read to earn a ticket to see the Kane County Cougars! Please turn in Ozzie's Reading Club form after you complete two weeks - that way we can award the progress of getting around the bases.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Starting January each 20 minute increment read counts for a point up to 20 points – yes, that means an additional reading grade each month for learning to love to read. Your help is greatly appreciated! Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in at the end of the month to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party. Keep reading!
Spelling
We will be working on Unit 19 this week. Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Picture words - Draw a picture and write your words in the picture.
Science
We have and will continue doing mini lessons on electricity and space throughout the week. The children have really enjoyed this in little bursts!
Social Studies
The children will begin Unit 2, Our Earth. This unit introduces the children to the concept of caring for earth's natural resources – its land, water, air, and plants – and explores different ways children can conserve and protect them. Some of the things your child will learn about is different landforms and bodies of water, how people live in different communities, and explore how one family uses and changes the land.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on numbers – ordinal numbers, comparing and ordering numbers. The children will be encouraged to use various manipulatives and strategies to achieve understanding of value; whether it be understanding through money, unfix cubes, other tangible objects, 100's chart, and various place value charts.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log & Ozzie's Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
- study lesson 3 vocabulary words
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words with parents nightly
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time
Friday, January 15, 2010
January 18th - 22nd
Important Dates . . .
January 18 -- M.L. King's Birthday -- No School
January 19 -- Check your child's grades (halfway through the trimester)
February 2 -- Teacher's Institute -- No School
February 15 -- President's Day -- No School
March 1 -- Casmir Pulaski Day -- No School
Language Arts
Each child has successfully built their skills from recognizing and identifying sentences to identifying two main parts of a sentence: the subject and predicate of a sentence. This week students will review all lessons taught in this series relating to sentences and be assessed at the end of the week.
Reading
Our first week working with these new vocabulary skills was excellent! We will be continuing with this program weekly. Your child will be coming home with 7 words that will be studied during the week in class and should be reviewed at home. On the page I will be sending home each Monday there will be suggestions on how you can work with your child & have them get extra practice.
This month reading incentives are doubled! Not only can your child read 20 minutes to go to the reading party, but they can read to earn a ticket to see the Kane County Cougars! Please turn in Ozzie's Reading Club form after you complete two weeks - that way we can award the progress of getting around the bases.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Starting January each 20 minute increment read counts for a point up to 20 points – yes, that means an additional reading grade each month for learning to love to read. Your help is greatly appreciated! Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in at the end of the month to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: ABC order- Write your words in alphabetical order.
Science
The class is wrapping up Chapter 9, Matter. We will review the chapter on Wednesday. The test is scheduled for Thursday, January 21st. All definitions have been thoroughly discussed and written on notecards in this chapter. There is a lot of information to know. Please review lesson study guide sheets and definitions this weekend. The information will be found in their science folder in their binder. This will help when the test arrives Thursday.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on numbers – ordinal and place value and applying it to everyday situations. The children will be encouraged to use various manipulatives and strategies to achieve understanding of place value; whether it be understanding through money, unfix cubes, other tangible objects, 100's chart, and various place value charts.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words with parents nightly
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time
January 18 -- M.L. King's Birthday -- No School
January 19 -- Check your child's grades (halfway through the trimester)
February 2 -- Teacher's Institute -- No School
February 15 -- President's Day -- No School
March 1 -- Casmir Pulaski Day -- No School
Language Arts
Each child has successfully built their skills from recognizing and identifying sentences to identifying two main parts of a sentence: the subject and predicate of a sentence. This week students will review all lessons taught in this series relating to sentences and be assessed at the end of the week.
Reading
Our first week working with these new vocabulary skills was excellent! We will be continuing with this program weekly. Your child will be coming home with 7 words that will be studied during the week in class and should be reviewed at home. On the page I will be sending home each Monday there will be suggestions on how you can work with your child & have them get extra practice.
This month reading incentives are doubled! Not only can your child read 20 minutes to go to the reading party, but they can read to earn a ticket to see the Kane County Cougars! Please turn in Ozzie's Reading Club form after you complete two weeks - that way we can award the progress of getting around the bases.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Starting January each 20 minute increment read counts for a point up to 20 points – yes, that means an additional reading grade each month for learning to love to read. Your help is greatly appreciated! Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in at the end of the month to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: ABC order- Write your words in alphabetical order.
Science
The class is wrapping up Chapter 9, Matter. We will review the chapter on Wednesday. The test is scheduled for Thursday, January 21st. All definitions have been thoroughly discussed and written on notecards in this chapter. There is a lot of information to know. Please review lesson study guide sheets and definitions this weekend. The information will be found in their science folder in their binder. This will help when the test arrives Thursday.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on numbers – ordinal and place value and applying it to everyday situations. The children will be encouraged to use various manipulatives and strategies to achieve understanding of place value; whether it be understanding through money, unfix cubes, other tangible objects, 100's chart, and various place value charts.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words with parents nightly
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time
Friday, January 8, 2010
January 11th - 15th
Important Dates . . .
January 11-15 IOWA Week
January 18 -- M.L. King's Birthday -- No School
Hot Lunch: Please be advised that as of January 4, 2010 there will be a price increase in the student hot lunch program. The price of hot lunch will be $2.50 per meal.
Weekly Reminders:
*No spelling unit this week.
*IOWA Testing - Monday through Thursday.
The IOWA Basic Skills testing will take place during the week of January 11th. Please make sure that your child gets plenty of rest and eats a good breakfast each morning. Since we will be testing in the morning and afternoon on Monday through Wednesday, your child may want to bring an extra healthy snack & drink for the afternoon Monday and Tuesday.
IOWA Testing Schedule:
Monday - Vocabulary, Spelling, Reading Part 1, and Math Concepts and Estimation.
Tuesday - Capitalization, Reading Part 2, and Math Computation.
Wednesday - Usage and Expression, Punctuation, and Math Problem Solving.
Thursday & Friday - Make Ups
Language Arts
Each child has successfully built their skills from recognizing and identifying sentences to identifying two main parts of a sentence: the subject and predicate of a sentence. This week students will review all lessons taught in this series relating to sentences and be assessed on Friday.
Reading
Our first week working with these new vocabulary skills was excellent! We will be continuing with this program next week.
We will be reading various stories about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this week. They all review the beliefs and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. These are perfect stories to read for two reasons: because they teach about such great character and the fact that we will be celebrating Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 18.
This month reading incentives are doubled! Not only can your child read 20 minutes to go to the reading party, but they can read to earn a ticket to see the Kane County Cougars! See flyer that went home this Friday. Please turn in Ozzie's Reading Club form after you complete two weeks - that way we can award the progress of getting around the bases.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Starting January each 20 minute increment read counts for a point up to 20 points – yes, that means an additional reading grade each month for learning to love to read. Your help is greatly appreciated! Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in at the end of the month to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party. Keep reading!
Spelling
*No spelling unit this week due to IOWA’s.
Science
The children have begun Chapter 9, Matter. We will continue with Lesson 3 this week, “What are Liquids?” and Lesson 4, “What are Gasses?” We have discussed and written various definitions on notecards in this chapter thus far. There is a lot of information to know. Please review lessons when possible. The information will be found in their science folder in their binder. This will help when the test arrives next week.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will have very short math periods this week due to IOWA's. We will continue focusing on numbers – ordinal and place value and applying it to everyday situations. The children will be encouraged to use various manipulatives and strategies to achieve understanding of place value; whether it be understanding through money, unfix cubes, other tangible objects, 100's chart, and various place value charts.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time
January 11-15 IOWA Week
January 18 -- M.L. King's Birthday -- No School
Hot Lunch: Please be advised that as of January 4, 2010 there will be a price increase in the student hot lunch program. The price of hot lunch will be $2.50 per meal.
Weekly Reminders:
*No spelling unit this week.
*IOWA Testing - Monday through Thursday.
The IOWA Basic Skills testing will take place during the week of January 11th. Please make sure that your child gets plenty of rest and eats a good breakfast each morning. Since we will be testing in the morning and afternoon on Monday through Wednesday, your child may want to bring an extra healthy snack & drink for the afternoon Monday and Tuesday.
IOWA Testing Schedule:
Monday - Vocabulary, Spelling, Reading Part 1, and Math Concepts and Estimation.
Tuesday - Capitalization, Reading Part 2, and Math Computation.
Wednesday - Usage and Expression, Punctuation, and Math Problem Solving.
Thursday & Friday - Make Ups
Language Arts
Each child has successfully built their skills from recognizing and identifying sentences to identifying two main parts of a sentence: the subject and predicate of a sentence. This week students will review all lessons taught in this series relating to sentences and be assessed on Friday.
Reading
Our first week working with these new vocabulary skills was excellent! We will be continuing with this program next week.
We will be reading various stories about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this week. They all review the beliefs and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. These are perfect stories to read for two reasons: because they teach about such great character and the fact that we will be celebrating Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 18.
This month reading incentives are doubled! Not only can your child read 20 minutes to go to the reading party, but they can read to earn a ticket to see the Kane County Cougars! See flyer that went home this Friday. Please turn in Ozzie's Reading Club form after you complete two weeks - that way we can award the progress of getting around the bases.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Starting January each 20 minute increment read counts for a point up to 20 points – yes, that means an additional reading grade each month for learning to love to read. Your help is greatly appreciated! Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in at the end of the month to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party. Keep reading!
Spelling
*No spelling unit this week due to IOWA’s.
Science
The children have begun Chapter 9, Matter. We will continue with Lesson 3 this week, “What are Liquids?” and Lesson 4, “What are Gasses?” We have discussed and written various definitions on notecards in this chapter thus far. There is a lot of information to know. Please review lessons when possible. The information will be found in their science folder in their binder. This will help when the test arrives next week.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will have very short math periods this week due to IOWA's. We will continue focusing on numbers – ordinal and place value and applying it to everyday situations. The children will be encouraged to use various manipulatives and strategies to achieve understanding of place value; whether it be understanding through money, unfix cubes, other tangible objects, 100's chart, and various place value charts.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time
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