Important Dates . . .
Tuesday, November 2nd -- No school - Teacher Institute
Thursday, November 11th -- No School - Veterans Day
Friday, November 12 -- End of Trimester
Tuesday, November 16 -- Report Cards
November 24, 25, 26 -- Thanksgiving Holiday -- No Schoool
Language Arts
We are wrapping up our study of punctuation this week.
Reading
This week we will complete our current level of vocabulary skills with Lesson 24! 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.
We will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! You may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This red folder should be turned in every Friday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in for a grade at the end of the month. Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we will begin working through a list of the top 100 words. These l00 words as listed in the "A.B.C. Language Arts Bulletin" Educational Research Service, American Book Co., account for 65% of all running words in the writing of adults. We will continue to work through the list of these words for the next few weeks. Reading and spelling skills will be built at the same time through this list.
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 this 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: - Use empty film containers. Put lima beans with each spelling word letter on individual beans in the container. It is a "hands on" word scramble.
Social Studies
We have completed two lessons about local and state government in Unit 4, Our Country Today. We will move on to lesson 3 midweek. We have discussed and written various definitions on notecards in this unit thus far. There is a lot of information to know. Please review lessons when possible. The information will be found in their social studies folder in their binder. This will help when the test arrives next week or so.
Math
We are working in a new chapter, Addition. The children have enjoyed working through this chapter, especially when they are able to participate in interactive white board activities!
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- weekly turn in on Friday
- study lesson 24 vocabulary words
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test
*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, October 29, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
October 25 - October 29
Important Dates . . .
Friday, October 29 - Halloween Parties - 1:30 to 2:25 p.m.
Halloween Festivities:
Please keep in mind the following guidelines when helping your child pick out a Halloween costume for our Halloween party and parade (parents may come at 1:00 pm to watch our school parade) on Friday, October 29th:
*We only have 10 minutes for costume changes. Please make sure your child can change into his/her costume easily and by themselves. If the costume can be worn over their clothes, then both the time to change and the chances of losing any clothes is minimized.
*If you send your child in with make up then your child has to be able to apply it themselves.
*Please do not send any weapons (guns, swords, etc.) as part of the costume. Save those for trick-or-treating.
*We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dimissal. Your child will wear their costume home.
Language Arts
Continuing to study punctuation. We will also work on a Halloween acrostic poem!
Reading
This week we will continue vocabulary skills with Lesson 23! 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.
We will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! You may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This red folder should be turned in every Friday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in for a grade this Wednesday, October 27th. The reading party date will be Friday! Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we will begin working through a list of the top 100 words. These l00 words as listed in the "A.B.C. Language Arts Bulletin" Educational Research Service, American Book Co., account for 65% of all running words in the writing of adults. We will continue to work through the list of these words for the next few weeks. Reading and spelling skills will be built at the same time through this list.
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 this 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: - KidsSpell.com The Custom Spelling list feature allows you to type in your spelling list and use those spelling lists throughout the games and activities on this website.
Social Studies
We will continue on with Unit 4, Our Country Today.
Math
We are working in a new chapter, Addition.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- monthly turn in this Wednesday, October 27th
- study lesson 23 vocabulary words (quiz on Thursday)
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency (read to teacher on Friday)
Spelling - Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test
*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, October 29 - Halloween Parties - 1:30 to 2:25 p.m.
Halloween Festivities:
Please keep in mind the following guidelines when helping your child pick out a Halloween costume for our Halloween party and parade (parents may come at 1:00 pm to watch our school parade) on Friday, October 29th:
*We only have 10 minutes for costume changes. Please make sure your child can change into his/her costume easily and by themselves. If the costume can be worn over their clothes, then both the time to change and the chances of losing any clothes is minimized.
*If you send your child in with make up then your child has to be able to apply it themselves.
*Please do not send any weapons (guns, swords, etc.) as part of the costume. Save those for trick-or-treating.
*We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dimissal. Your child will wear their costume home.
Language Arts
Continuing to study punctuation. We will also work on a Halloween acrostic poem!
Reading
This week we will continue vocabulary skills with Lesson 23! 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.
We will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! You may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This red folder should be turned in every Friday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in for a grade this Wednesday, October 27th. The reading party date will be Friday! Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we will begin working through a list of the top 100 words. These l00 words as listed in the "A.B.C. Language Arts Bulletin" Educational Research Service, American Book Co., account for 65% of all running words in the writing of adults. We will continue to work through the list of these words for the next few weeks. Reading and spelling skills will be built at the same time through this list.
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 this 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: - KidsSpell.com The Custom Spelling list feature allows you to type in your spelling list and use those spelling lists throughout the games and activities on this website.
Social Studies
We will continue on with Unit 4, Our Country Today.
Math
We are working in a new chapter, Addition.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- monthly turn in this Wednesday, October 27th
- study lesson 23 vocabulary words (quiz on Thursday)
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency (read to teacher on Friday)
Spelling - Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test
*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, October 15, 2010
October 18th -22nd
Important Dates . . .
Wednesday, October 20 - Early dismissal @ 11:00 a.m.
Thursday, October 21 - Book Fair - 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Friday, October 22 - National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
*District 66 - Eat Out at Buona Beef http://www.ccsd66.org/PTO/FundRaisers/BuonaBeef.pdf
Friday, October 29 - Halloween Parties - 1:30 to 2:25 p.m.
This past week and next week, students are taking the MAP assessment. The MAP assessment is a new tool for our district that will provide teachers an effective means for determining students' proficiency in reading, language and math. The test will be given in three parts, on three different days. Your child has already taken the Language Arts assessment and next week will take the Math and Reading. The MAP assessment is replacing Iowa testing in District 66.
Language Arts
Was you child able to answer the question after Friday, "What happens when punctuation takes a vacation?" Punctuation is our new unit of study!
Reading
This week we will continue vocabulary skills with Lesson 22! 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.
We will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! You may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This red folder should be turned in every Friday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in for a grade at the end of the month. Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we will begin working through a list of the top 100 words. These l00 words as listed in the "A.B.C. Language Arts Bulletin" Educational Research Service, American Book Co., account for 65% of all running words in the writing of adults. We will continue to work through the list of these words for the next few weeks. Reading and spelling skills will be built at the same time through this list.
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 this 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: Window spelling - - Use Crayola Window Markers ($3 each at Wal-mart) and the kids can write their words on the windows.
Social Studies
We will begin a new unit this week, Unit 4, Our Country Today.
Math
We are working on number sense and numeration. The students have been gaining much from mini lessons followed up with multi-modal activities.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- turn in this Friday
- study lesson 22 vocabulary words (quiz on Friday)
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency (read to teacher on Friday)
Spelling - Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test on Friday
*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.
Wednesday, October 20 - Early dismissal @ 11:00 a.m.
Thursday, October 21 - Book Fair - 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Friday, October 22 - National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
*District 66 - Eat Out at Buona Beef http://www.ccsd66.org/PTO/FundRaisers/BuonaBeef.pdf
Friday, October 29 - Halloween Parties - 1:30 to 2:25 p.m.
This past week and next week, students are taking the MAP assessment. The MAP assessment is a new tool for our district that will provide teachers an effective means for determining students' proficiency in reading, language and math. The test will be given in three parts, on three different days. Your child has already taken the Language Arts assessment and next week will take the Math and Reading. The MAP assessment is replacing Iowa testing in District 66.
Language Arts
Was you child able to answer the question after Friday, "What happens when punctuation takes a vacation?" Punctuation is our new unit of study!
Reading
This week we will continue vocabulary skills with Lesson 22! 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.
We will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! You may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This red folder should be turned in every Friday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in for a grade at the end of the month. Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we will begin working through a list of the top 100 words. These l00 words as listed in the "A.B.C. Language Arts Bulletin" Educational Research Service, American Book Co., account for 65% of all running words in the writing of adults. We will continue to work through the list of these words for the next few weeks. Reading and spelling skills will be built at the same time through this list.
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 this 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: Window spelling - - Use Crayola Window Markers ($3 each at Wal-mart) and the kids can write their words on the windows.
Social Studies
We will begin a new unit this week, Unit 4, Our Country Today.
Math
We are working on number sense and numeration. The students have been gaining much from mini lessons followed up with multi-modal activities.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- turn in this Friday
- study lesson 22 vocabulary words (quiz on Friday)
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency (read to teacher on Friday)
Spelling - Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test on Friday
*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, October 8, 2010
October 11th - 15th
Important Dates . . .
Monday, October 11 - Columbus Day -- No School
Friday, October 15 - Movie Night
Wednesday, October 20 - Early dismissal
Thursday, October 21 - Book Fair
Language Arts
This Wednesday students will take an in class assessment over the unit we are completing called "What is a Sentence?" On Friday our new unit begins with a look at writing correct sentences, how to write names of people, pets, names & things, and abbreviations. After Friday, ask your child what happens when punctuation takes a vacation!
Reading
This week we will continue vocabulary skills with Lesson 21! 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.
We will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! You may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This red folder should be turned in every Friday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in for a grade at the end of the month. Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we will begin working through a list of the top 100 words. These l00 words as listed in the "A.B.C. Language Arts Bulletin" Educational Research Service, American Book Co., account for 65% of all running words in the writing of adults. We will continue to work through the list of these words for the next few weeks. Reading and spelling skills will be built at the same time through this list.
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 this 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: draw a picture and "hide" the words in the picture!
Science
We will continue with Chapter 4, Living Things in Their Environments. The "Big Idea" of this chapter is different areas have places where plants and animals find the things they need, such as food, water, and shelter. We will read Lesson 3 and review for the Chapter 4 Test coming up next week. To begin reviewing for the Chapter 4 test you can review the science vocabulary words, worksheets in science binder, and review Chapter 4 when the book is sent home.
Math
We are working on number sense and numeration. The students have been gaining much from mini lessons followed up with multi-modal activities.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- turn in this Friday
- study lesson 21 vocabulary words (quiz on Friday)
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency (read to teacher on Friday)
Spelling - Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test on Friday
Science - review science vocabulary cards, worksheets in science binder, and review Chapter 4 when the book is sent home
*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.
Monday, October 11 - Columbus Day -- No School
Friday, October 15 - Movie Night
Wednesday, October 20 - Early dismissal
Thursday, October 21 - Book Fair
Language ArtsThis Wednesday students will take an in class assessment over the unit we are completing called "What is a Sentence?" On Friday our new unit begins with a look at writing correct sentences, how to write names of people, pets, names & things, and abbreviations. After Friday, ask your child what happens when punctuation takes a vacation!
Reading
This week we will continue vocabulary skills with Lesson 21! 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.
We will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! You may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This red folder should be turned in every Friday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in for a grade at the end of the month. Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we will begin working through a list of the top 100 words. These l00 words as listed in the "A.B.C. Language Arts Bulletin" Educational Research Service, American Book Co., account for 65% of all running words in the writing of adults. We will continue to work through the list of these words for the next few weeks. Reading and spelling skills will be built at the same time through this list.
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 this 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: draw a picture and "hide" the words in the picture!
Science
We will continue with Chapter 4, Living Things in Their Environments. The "Big Idea" of this chapter is different areas have places where plants and animals find the things they need, such as food, water, and shelter. We will read Lesson 3 and review for the Chapter 4 Test coming up next week. To begin reviewing for the Chapter 4 test you can review the science vocabulary words, worksheets in science binder, and review Chapter 4 when the book is sent home.
Math
We are working on number sense and numeration. The students have been gaining much from mini lessons followed up with multi-modal activities.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- turn in this Friday
- study lesson 21 vocabulary words (quiz on Friday)
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency (read to teacher on Friday)
Spelling - Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test on Friday
Science - review science vocabulary cards, worksheets in science binder, and review Chapter 4 when the book is sent home
*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, October 1, 2010
October 4th - 8th
Important Dates . . .
Friday, October 8 - Taffy Apple Orders are due
Monday, October 11 - Columbus Day -- No School
Language Arts
We will focus on what makes a complete sentence. Capitalization, punctuation, subject, verb, and details are important when writing complete sentences. The students will have have mini lessons then they work on the skills afterwards.
Reading
This week we will continue vocabulary skills with Lesson 20! 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.
Once again the children had done a superb job with their fluency poem last week! They will continue to be introduced to a new poem this Monday and be responsible for practicing reading a poem at home during the week to focus on reading fluency. This poem is always introduced on the first day of the week and they are to read it to me on Friday for a grade without any assistance. It is important to keep practicing nightly! The poem this week relates to our Science curriculum we will be reading.
We will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! You may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This red folder should be turned in every Friday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in for a grade at the end of the month. Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we will begin working through a list of the top 100 words. These l00 words as listed in the "A.B.C. Language Arts Bulletin" Educational Research Service, American Book Co., account for 65% of all running words in the writing of adults. We will continue to work through the list of these words for the next few weeks. Reading and spelling skills will be built at the same time through this list.
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 this 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: draw a picture and "hide" the words in the picture!
Science
We will continue with Chapter 4, Living Things in Their Environments. The "Big Idea" of this chapter is different areas have places where plants and animals find the things they need, such as food, water, and shelter. In class we investigated to find out about how energy flows through setting up an environment in an aquarium. The children continue to monitor the soil, plants, and worms daily! There will be a brief vocab quiz over Lesson 2 words this week. Keep studying those vocab words! This coming week we will begin by rereading and reviewing how living things survive in different places. To maintain a consistent understanding of the science vocabulary words, we will be building this throughout the chapter in the form of flashcards.
Math
Some of the concepts we continue to review and instruct are numeration, addition and subtraction with word problems, fractions, patterns, and geometry. The students have been gaining much from mini lessons followed up with multi-modal activities.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- turn in this Friday
- study lesson 20 vocabulary words (quiz on Friday)
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency (read to teacher on Friday)
Spelling - Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test on Friday
Science - review science vocabulary cards at least 3 times a week to continually review and prepare for the test on Ch4
*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, October 8 - Taffy Apple Orders are due
Monday, October 11 - Columbus Day -- No School
Language Arts
We will focus on what makes a complete sentence. Capitalization, punctuation, subject, verb, and details are important when writing complete sentences. The students will have have mini lessons then they work on the skills afterwards.
Reading
This week we will continue vocabulary skills with Lesson 20! 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.
Once again the children had done a superb job with their fluency poem last week! They will continue to be introduced to a new poem this Monday and be responsible for practicing reading a poem at home during the week to focus on reading fluency. This poem is always introduced on the first day of the week and they are to read it to me on Friday for a grade without any assistance. It is important to keep practicing nightly! The poem this week relates to our Science curriculum we will be reading.
We will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! You may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This red folder should be turned in every Friday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in for a grade at the end of the month. Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we will begin working through a list of the top 100 words. These l00 words as listed in the "A.B.C. Language Arts Bulletin" Educational Research Service, American Book Co., account for 65% of all running words in the writing of adults. We will continue to work through the list of these words for the next few weeks. Reading and spelling skills will be built at the same time through this list.
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 this 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: draw a picture and "hide" the words in the picture!
Science
We will continue with Chapter 4, Living Things in Their Environments. The "Big Idea" of this chapter is different areas have places where plants and animals find the things they need, such as food, water, and shelter. In class we investigated to find out about how energy flows through setting up an environment in an aquarium. The children continue to monitor the soil, plants, and worms daily! There will be a brief vocab quiz over Lesson 2 words this week. Keep studying those vocab words! This coming week we will begin by rereading and reviewing how living things survive in different places. To maintain a consistent understanding of the science vocabulary words, we will be building this throughout the chapter in the form of flashcards.
Math
Some of the concepts we continue to review and instruct are numeration, addition and subtraction with word problems, fractions, patterns, and geometry. The students have been gaining much from mini lessons followed up with multi-modal activities.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- turn in this Friday
- study lesson 20 vocabulary words (quiz on Friday)
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency (read to teacher on Friday)
Spelling - Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test on Friday
Science - review science vocabulary cards at least 3 times a week to continually review and prepare for the test on Ch4
*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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