Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Habitats and More
Today we were able to go into the Wonder Room and build our own habitats of SC animals! We learned that all animals and insects need 5 things from their habitat: food, space, shelter, water, and air.
How Do We Solve Addition Problems?
Some of us use base ten blocks to solve addition problems. 
Some of use the traditional method to solve addition problems.
Some of us break the number up and use the expanded form strategy.
We all solve problems differently, but they all get us the right answer! I love using all of these different strategies because the math makes sense to each student.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Addition Strategies
Struggling to help your students figure out all of those addition strategies? Use this link to help them with their homework or to help them study!
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Pirate Day
We had a lot of pirate fun on Tuesday! We got to watch a reader's theater on how to what electricity is and how to save our resources. 
Thursday, September 18, 2014
There's a Frog in My Throat
Where does this saying come from we wondered. Well, today we found out when researching about animal life cycles! There is a frog that swallows its' tadpoles and then spits them out when they have grown into miniature frogs. Check this video out if you want to see for yourself. The boys loved it!
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Rounding Outside
We used sidewalk chalk to practice rounding to the tens! The students got to hop to the number it rounded to. 
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Great Gentlemen
Look how much we learned about our 16th president this week! I even learned something new, he was a lover of animals! That stayed with me since I love my dog Addie so much!
Monday, September 8, 2014
September 8th-12th
This
week we will be working on the different text features for informational text.
We will be learning how the text features can help us understand the main idea
of the text. We will also continue our centers this week, which will go with
the topics we discuss in class. We will continue to work on how to use context
clues to figure out unknown vocabulary words and using evidence to support our
answers. Our reading test will be next Tuesday.
100 Book Challenge Goal
Targets this
week will be 44 steps
(good), 80 steps (better) by September
12th. We will be reading 2 steps (30 min.) in class this week. I
will assign additional steps to be read at home each night.
*No
more than 6 steps a night can be signed.
* Please be sure to sign your child’s 100BC log so they will get credit for their
steps!
In math this week we will start
working on rounding. The students will be given their math homework for the
whole week. They may work ahead if they need to or want to. We will start a new Number of the Day on
Monday. Please
make sure you are studying each section with your child each night but please
DO NOT complete the rest.
We will begin our science
unit of animal and insect life cycles. The students have already been working
on life cycles in their science warm-ups so they have a great foundation. The
students will have notes and vocabulary to study for this.
We will continue to work
our regions unit. The students will have something to study each night for this
unit. Please check their planner and journal with additional information on
what to study. They will have two quizzes on regions information and will also
get more in depth information about each region. We will be working on SC
Dailies throughout the week. Please
make sure you are studying each section with your child each night but please
DO NOT complete the rest.
Student Super Star
Ian: This
week in class he was working hard, always on task, and helping out others. Ian
made himself stand out because he was always doing the right thing. We are so
lucky to have Ian in our class to provide a good example.
Parent Super Stars
Please
study at least five-ten minutes each night, each subject with your child, but please do not fill out any morning
work. Our morning work is SC Dailies, Number of the Day, and Science
Warm-Ups. They complete a section at a time in class and we review it. This way
they are not studying the wrong answers.
Tests
Social
Studies: Regions and Rivers quiz
on Wednesday, Regions Vocab quiz
on Thursday (quizzes do not count as much as tests, but still
should be studied for)
Spelling:
Test on Friday
Reminders
·
Please sign up for Class Dojo or get the app. It will
really help you keep track of your student’s behavior in class. It is also a
great way for me to message you or send reminders. Thank you!
·
PTA
Fall Fundraiser
This
year our PTA fall fundraiser is selling Mixed Bags. Every student was given
information on it Monday at a pep rally. Please ask your student about what
they learned in the pep rally and how they can help raise money for the school.
- Planner
Please make sure to sign your child’s planner each
night. I will be signing it every day for the first nine weeks. This will help
you know that I have checked to make sure their homework is correct, and it
will help me know that you are looking over their homework assignments. This is
a new adjustment for them so I found that the signatures make for an easier
transition.
- Sepetember
11th:
Goodies with Grandparents (7:00 am)
- September
15th-Oct.3rd: MAP testing (More specific dates on when our
class will go coming soon)
- September
16th:
Open House at 6:30pm
- September
18th:
Interims go home
- September
23rd:
Dress like a Pirate Day
Clubs that Meet this Week
None
that the students are involved in
* September Birthdays*
None this month
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Great Gentlemen
This week our catch of the week, Jayson, decided that we should learn more about Martin Luther King Jr. Here are some of the facts the students found:
SC Regions
This week we started investigating the different regions of SC. The students used their textbooks to find out different information about each region. I can't wait until each group presents their findings!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
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