Hi Everyone!!!
I hope that all of you are gearing up for a great holiday break. We all have a lot to be thankful for so these next couple of days are a great way to show your thanks! ...and with food no less. What could be better?
Eventhough we only have a couple of days, we are still going to be working hard and catching up on some things that might have slipped through the cracks.
Reading: We are still working on the Wishgiver. We are now looking at a new character that is involved with a "treeman." Kinda spooky but we'll have to wait and see what that chapter holds for us. Hopefully we will complete the book the week after our Thanksgiving break.
Math: Once again, division is taking over the math time. We are going to work on dividing with a calculator. This will help prep the students for the EOQ when they are allowed to use calculators. I still want them using their brains and not relying on the calculator so much. The best practice at home is to work on Times Tables and Division facts. Simple facts will make a world of difference.
Social Studies: We are getting LOST...with the Lost Colony. We are going to take a couple of days to look into North Carolina's oldest mystery and see if we can learn any insightful things. Who knows...maybe someone in our class will solve the Mystery of the Lost Colony.
Science: We are working on the Earth....it's a big job. The students are going to being learning about Volcanos, Earthquakes and other natural disasters that shape and change our earth.
There is no spelling this week but we will be working with our Wordbuilders Activity books. This is helping the students get insight to new words and how to use endings such as, --er, --ed, --ing, etc. Wordbuilders is a great program and the students really enjoy working together with each other, discoverying new words.
** REMINDER!!!! We will be having our Terrific Tuesday tomorrow (Tuesday). Please remember to send in Chex-Mix, BBQ Chips, etc. We are making our theme around Thanksgiving.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
I'm BAAAAACK!
Hi Everyone,
It has been a wild couple of weeks lately. I've had the flu, which of course turned into pnumonia (which I don't know how to spell). But I'm back in the saddle (so to speak) and we are picking up what was left off and are running with it.
Here's a look at what we're working on for the week of November 16-20!
Reading: Are reading groups are still working hard. We are really into reading to ourselves and working on retelling information to our group leaders. We are also working on finding the facts in the story. This will help the students hunt for their information during the EOG at the end of the year.
We have also shifted gears and are working on a new Chapter Book in class. The title of our story is The Wishgiver by Bill Britian. I have always enjoyed how funny this book is but also tells how you should be careful what you wish for. We will be working with sequencing from the stories that are told from the point of view of the three characters.
Math: We are going to continue working with Division and making sure we have the concepts. We MUST keep working on our multiplication facts. We still have a few people who are struggling with division because they are not sure of their math facts. We are going to work on longer division (dividing 3 digits by 2 digits) and estimating then dividing.
Social Studies: We are wrapping up our lesson on Native American's in NC. The students will be report writing for a grade using the facts and information they find in the chapters. We will continue on with our writing and reading of social studies.
Science: This week we are looking at the layers of the earth. We are going to use our new Science Studies Weekly papers to help get a better understanding. We are going to be working with some measuring, experiments and other cool, hands-on activities.
Spelling List for the week: across, alone, among, brother, again, front, banana, appear, compass, pedal, given, heaven, mountain, ocean, cousin, purchase, often, color.
It has been a wild couple of weeks lately. I've had the flu, which of course turned into pnumonia (which I don't know how to spell). But I'm back in the saddle (so to speak) and we are picking up what was left off and are running with it.
Here's a look at what we're working on for the week of November 16-20!
Reading: Are reading groups are still working hard. We are really into reading to ourselves and working on retelling information to our group leaders. We are also working on finding the facts in the story. This will help the students hunt for their information during the EOG at the end of the year.
We have also shifted gears and are working on a new Chapter Book in class. The title of our story is The Wishgiver by Bill Britian. I have always enjoyed how funny this book is but also tells how you should be careful what you wish for. We will be working with sequencing from the stories that are told from the point of view of the three characters.
Math: We are going to continue working with Division and making sure we have the concepts. We MUST keep working on our multiplication facts. We still have a few people who are struggling with division because they are not sure of their math facts. We are going to work on longer division (dividing 3 digits by 2 digits) and estimating then dividing.
Social Studies: We are wrapping up our lesson on Native American's in NC. The students will be report writing for a grade using the facts and information they find in the chapters. We will continue on with our writing and reading of social studies.
Science: This week we are looking at the layers of the earth. We are going to use our new Science Studies Weekly papers to help get a better understanding. We are going to be working with some measuring, experiments and other cool, hands-on activities.
Spelling List for the week: across, alone, among, brother, again, front, banana, appear, compass, pedal, given, heaven, mountain, ocean, cousin, purchase, often, color.
Remember that all homework is due the day it is assigned.
It is YOUR responsibility to get any late assignments to me. I will not "hound" after you to turn in your work. Any work that is not turned in stays at a 50%. Please me sure you get the work into me!
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