Welcome back from Spring Break! We hope you had a fun-filled and relaxing week! Here's a news update for the week..
REMEMBER that Thursday is our Birds of a Feather program! Look in your child's green folder for information on the play. The students are to arrive Thursday evening at 5:30. They are to go to their classroom in their black shorts! The program will begin at 6! We are looking forward to a great performance! Let your child's teacher know if you have any questions!
ALSO next week on Wednesday, April 1st, we will be taking a field trip to the arboretum to go along with our habitat study in science! Please look for the green permission slip coming home, fill out both sides, and send it back ASAP! :)
Here's what we are learning this week:
Writing - We are continuing the Writer's Workshop model as well as looking at adverbs!
Reading - We are using short poems and books to identify how rhyme, rhythm and repetition create images in poetry!
Math - We are studying measurement!
Science - We will study living organisms and food chains!
Social Studies - We will understand the value of work. We will learn how work provides income to purchase goods and services that meet needs and wants! We will talk about earning, spending and saving!
Monday, March 23, 2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
February 23-27
Wow! Time is flying! We can't believe it's already the last week of February!
Happy Book Fair Week! We will ALL visit the Book Fair on Tuesday! Here are our times:
Boyd: 11:00-11:15
Howard: 11:15-11:30
Blackstock and Rowan: 1:30-2:00
Reese: 2:00-2:15
Earning our money for the Money Store has begun this week in our classrooms! As we learn about the value of money students will be able to earn coins in our classrooms. On Friday, March 13th (the Friday before Spring Break) our students will be participating in a classroom money store! Each child should bring 21 items to sell in the store! Items should be the same and not expensive. They can be store bought or homemade! Examples from the past are: play dough, pencils, bookmarks, and glitter pens. Students will be able to buy items with the money they have earned and sell the items they brought. It is always SUCH a fun experience! Please let your child's teacher know if you have any questions! You should have a letter home in your child's green folder about the Money Store!
Here are some great ideas for practicing money at home:
-Have your child use coins at home to build values that you call out to them
-See how many different combinations your child can think of to build the same value
-You build a value and then have your child build the value a different way
Also, check our this link for some great money games.. http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/money.html
Take a look at what we are studying this week..
Writing - We will continue the Writer's Workshop process! Students are writing their own imaginative stories linking our writing to our reading or legends, folk tales and fairy tales!
Reading - We will continue to read and notice characteristics of legends, folk tales and fairytales. When we have finished we will delve into non-fiction texts!
Math - We will continue to learn the value of money! We will identify the values of coins as well as add coins and use different combinations to build the same amount!
Science - We will explore needs that must be met and the structures/processes that help plants and animals survive in various environments!
Social Studies - We will continue to identify contributions of historical figures and how they influenced our world!
Happy Book Fair Week! We will ALL visit the Book Fair on Tuesday! Here are our times:
Boyd: 11:00-11:15
Howard: 11:15-11:30
Blackstock and Rowan: 1:30-2:00
Reese: 2:00-2:15
Earning our money for the Money Store has begun this week in our classrooms! As we learn about the value of money students will be able to earn coins in our classrooms. On Friday, March 13th (the Friday before Spring Break) our students will be participating in a classroom money store! Each child should bring 21 items to sell in the store! Items should be the same and not expensive. They can be store bought or homemade! Examples from the past are: play dough, pencils, bookmarks, and glitter pens. Students will be able to buy items with the money they have earned and sell the items they brought. It is always SUCH a fun experience! Please let your child's teacher know if you have any questions! You should have a letter home in your child's green folder about the Money Store!
Here are some great ideas for practicing money at home:
-Have your child use coins at home to build values that you call out to them
-See how many different combinations your child can think of to build the same value
-You build a value and then have your child build the value a different way
Also, check our this link for some great money games.. http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/money.html
Take a look at what we are studying this week..
Writing - We will continue the Writer's Workshop process! Students are writing their own imaginative stories linking our writing to our reading or legends, folk tales and fairy tales!
Reading - We will continue to read and notice characteristics of legends, folk tales and fairytales. When we have finished we will delve into non-fiction texts!
Math - We will continue to learn the value of money! We will identify the values of coins as well as add coins and use different combinations to build the same amount!
Science - We will explore needs that must be met and the structures/processes that help plants and animals survive in various environments!
Social Studies - We will continue to identify contributions of historical figures and how they influenced our world!
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
February 17-20
February is flying by! We hope everyone enjoyed their Monday off for President's Day! Here's a quick update of our objectives for this week!
Remember - NO SPELLING this week due to our short week! :)
Writing - we will continue to use the Writer's Workshop model to create new pieces of writing!
Reading - we will read and notice characteristics of legends, tall tales and folk tales! The kids love this unit! We will even write our own creative stories!
Math - we will study money! We are learning about the value of coins and how to add them!
Science - we are learning more about animals and their needs as well as plants!
Social Studies - we will continue to learn about historical figures and their importance!
Remember - NO SPELLING this week due to our short week! :)
Writing - we will continue to use the Writer's Workshop model to create new pieces of writing!
Reading - we will read and notice characteristics of legends, tall tales and folk tales! The kids love this unit! We will even write our own creative stories!
Math - we will study money! We are learning about the value of coins and how to add them!
Science - we are learning more about animals and their needs as well as plants!
Social Studies - we will continue to learn about historical figures and their importance!
Monday, February 9, 2015
February 9 - 13
Happy Random Acts of Kindness Week 2015!
Kindness Week is a schoolwide challenge focusing on appreciating and encouraging others with kind words, hugs, sharing a smile and writing notes of appreciation and random acts of kindness! To find more information on Random Acts of Kindness, visit the website at RandomActsOfKindness.org
Also - feel free to check out a few of the videos we will be using in class that were shared with us by our wonderful counselor, Allyson Glass!
Have You Filled A Bucket Today? Read Aloud
Kind Kids Club
Bucket Filling Song
As we wrap up multiplication we would like to share a website with some games to help reinforce your child's multiplication skills! Check out multiplication.com - it has a lot of different fun games!
Reading- We will read legends and notice their characteristics.
Writing- We will look at prepositions and continue to use the Writer's Workshop model to produce pieces of writing in various genres.
Math- This week we will begin to study money!
Social Studies- We will continue to study historical figures in biographies. We will finish writing our biography reports!
Science- We will continue to look at natural resources and begin to look at habitats .
Kindness Week is a schoolwide challenge focusing on appreciating and encouraging others with kind words, hugs, sharing a smile and writing notes of appreciation and random acts of kindness! To find more information on Random Acts of Kindness, visit the website at RandomActsOfKindness.org
Also - feel free to check out a few of the videos we will be using in class that were shared with us by our wonderful counselor, Allyson Glass!
Have You Filled A Bucket Today? Read Aloud
Kind Kids Club
Bucket Filling Song
As we wrap up multiplication we would like to share a website with some games to help reinforce your child's multiplication skills! Check out multiplication.com - it has a lot of different fun games!
Reading- We will read legends and notice their characteristics.
Writing- We will look at prepositions and continue to use the Writer's Workshop model to produce pieces of writing in various genres.
Math- This week we will begin to study money!
Social Studies- We will continue to study historical figures in biographies. We will finish writing our biography reports!
Science- We will continue to look at natural resources and begin to look at habitats .
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
February 2 - 6
This week we are continuing multiplication - here is a great resource for your student to practice multiplication at home! Check out "Fun 4 the Brain" where there are many math games - especially in multiplication and division!
Picture day is WEDNESDAY! :)
Reading- This week we will locate facts and details about stories and use evidence from text! Since Monday is Groundhog day we will read about Groundhog day! We will learn to ask relevant questions and seek clarification.
Writing- We will continue to create a piece of writing through Writer's Workshop model. We will continue to learn about homographs, homonyms and homophones!
Math- We will continue multiplication by learning to skip count, learning more about arrays and learning strategies to remember our multiplication math facts!
Social Studies- We will continue to study important people and their impact on our world today! We will learn how to use our biographies to locate facts and continue to research our person for our biography report!
Science- We will study natural resources of the earth through experiments, observations and fun activities!
Picture day is WEDNESDAY! :)
Reading- This week we will locate facts and details about stories and use evidence from text! Since Monday is Groundhog day we will read about Groundhog day! We will learn to ask relevant questions and seek clarification.
Writing- We will continue to create a piece of writing through Writer's Workshop model. We will continue to learn about homographs, homonyms and homophones!
Math- We will continue multiplication by learning to skip count, learning more about arrays and learning strategies to remember our multiplication math facts!
Social Studies- We will continue to study important people and their impact on our world today! We will learn how to use our biographies to locate facts and continue to research our person for our biography report!
Science- We will study natural resources of the earth through experiments, observations and fun activities!
Monday, January 26, 2015
January 26 - 30
This week we will continue NRT testing! Please make sure your kiddos get a good nights rest and eat a healthy breakfast!
Reading- This week we will continue studying biographies! Your student has checked out in the library a biography of a person they find interesting to study. We will continue to look at the nonfiction text characteristics in our biographies as well as make a connection with timelines! Feel free to read more biographies with your student at home and talk with them about the important person they have chosen to read about and research!
Writing- We will continue to use our Writer's Workshop model to produce pieces of writing from various genres! We will review compound words, prefixes and suffixes and look at synonyms and antonyms as well as multisyllable words!
Math- We will continue to multiple and divide equal groups! Quick math is a fun app you can use on a smart phone, ipad or itouch at home to practice math facts and help your child out with math!
Social Studies- We will continue to study important people who impacted our community, state, nation and world!
Science- We will continue to study and classify rocks!
Reading- This week we will continue studying biographies! Your student has checked out in the library a biography of a person they find interesting to study. We will continue to look at the nonfiction text characteristics in our biographies as well as make a connection with timelines! Feel free to read more biographies with your student at home and talk with them about the important person they have chosen to read about and research!
Writing- We will continue to use our Writer's Workshop model to produce pieces of writing from various genres! We will review compound words, prefixes and suffixes and look at synonyms and antonyms as well as multisyllable words!
Math- We will continue to multiple and divide equal groups! Quick math is a fun app you can use on a smart phone, ipad or itouch at home to practice math facts and help your child out with math!
Social Studies- We will continue to study important people who impacted our community, state, nation and world!
Science- We will continue to study and classify rocks!
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
January 12 - 16 and January 19 - 23
For the week of January 12-16...
Reading - This week we will be continuing biographies. We are making the connection between biographies and timelines. We are also identifying the characteristics of nonfiction texts.
Writing - This week we will continue to use Writer's Workshop to create pieces of writing. We are learning about prefixes!
Math - This week we will continue multiplication and start division. We have been making the connection that multiplication is the same as repeated addition and division is the same as repeated subtraction.
Social Studies - This week we are continuing to understand the concept of time and chronology as well as describing the order of events.
Science -This week we are finishing up our study of rocks. Last week we went on a rock hunt around the school and found rocks to study. We are comparing and contrasting properties of rocks. We are observing, sorting, and communicating these physical properties of rocks.
For the week of January 19-23...
Enjoy your Monday off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 19th! We will see you at school January 20th, Tuesday! We will begin our NRT testing on January 21st. Here are some helpful tips to help your student be well prepared:
You can assist your child prepare for testing by doing the following:
Reading - This week we will be continuing biographies. We are making the connection between biographies and timelines. We are also identifying the characteristics of nonfiction texts.
Writing - This week we will continue to use Writer's Workshop to create pieces of writing. We are learning more about prefixes and suffixes as we continue to study synonyms, antonyms and compound words.
Math - This week we will continue multiplication and division. We have been making the connection that multiplication is the same as repeated addition and division is the same as repeated subtraction.
Social Studies - This week we are continuing to understand the concept of time and chronology as well as describing the order of events.
Science -This week we are continuing to look at natural resources vs. man made resources. We are wrapping up properties of rocks as well as observing, sorting, communicating physical properties of rocks.
Reading - This week we will be continuing biographies. We are making the connection between biographies and timelines. We are also identifying the characteristics of nonfiction texts.
Writing - This week we will continue to use Writer's Workshop to create pieces of writing. We are learning about prefixes!
Math - This week we will continue multiplication and start division. We have been making the connection that multiplication is the same as repeated addition and division is the same as repeated subtraction.
Social Studies - This week we are continuing to understand the concept of time and chronology as well as describing the order of events.
Science -This week we are finishing up our study of rocks. Last week we went on a rock hunt around the school and found rocks to study. We are comparing and contrasting properties of rocks. We are observing, sorting, and communicating these physical properties of rocks.
For the week of January 19-23...
Enjoy your Monday off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 19th! We will see you at school January 20th, Tuesday! We will begin our NRT testing on January 21st. Here are some helpful tips to help your student be well prepared:
You can assist your child prepare for testing by doing the following:
- ƒ Make sure your child gets a good night's sleep before a test, and make sure they eat a good breakfast the morning of the test!
- ƒ Ensure that your child is present during testing.
- ƒ Get your child to school on time the day of the test.
- ƒ Wish your child good luck each morning of the test. Tell your child that he/she is special and that you believe in him/her!
Reading - This week we will be continuing biographies. We are making the connection between biographies and timelines. We are also identifying the characteristics of nonfiction texts.
Writing - This week we will continue to use Writer's Workshop to create pieces of writing. We are learning more about prefixes and suffixes as we continue to study synonyms, antonyms and compound words.
Math - This week we will continue multiplication and division. We have been making the connection that multiplication is the same as repeated addition and division is the same as repeated subtraction.
Social Studies - This week we are continuing to understand the concept of time and chronology as well as describing the order of events.
Science -This week we are continuing to look at natural resources vs. man made resources. We are wrapping up properties of rocks as well as observing, sorting, communicating physical properties of rocks.
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