Monday, September 30, 2013

September 30-October 3

Reminders ...
Make sure that you have signed up for a conference slot this week! If you have not please email or contact me as soon as possible so I can see all of you.
Report cards do go out Friday afternoon.

This Week
Wednesday Duds for Dollars
Friday-
Student/Staff pancake breakfast
Character Lunch
Award Assemblies
Wear Pink for breast cancer awareness


This Week we are...
Math- working with number properties and values.
Reading- Finishing Hoot and reviewing theme and main idea
Writing- Grammar, complete sentences, predicates, subjects
Social Studies- peoples impact on their environment
Science- Humans contributions to science


Spelling Words
altitude
atlas
border
boundary
chart
compass
coordinate
corner
direction
distant
elevation
equator
globe
hemisphere
legend

Monday, September 23, 2013

September 23-27

Reminders
Fall Break is coming up in two weeks! This means that students need to getting in any missing work no later than this Friday. Students can ask me after school for any missing assignments or double check to make sure any work they have in folders has been turned in.  Report Cards will be going out at the end of next week.
Parents please make sure that your student is doing their homework at home. Each night they should have spelling, reading, and math.

Display My Art
This week students will be working on Display My Art. This art project has students complete a piece of paper with  bright colors that will be made into a magnet.  Parents can also buy these art pieces for holiday gifts to be put on shirts, display cases or magnets.

This Week
Flag Football game Monday at 4:00
Volleyball  games Tuesday and Thursday
Display My Art due Friday
Late, Missing work due Friday

What We Are Doing
Math- solving one and two step equations using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Reading- comparing and contrasting different genres of literature approach to similar themes and topics
Writing- Writing research projects on famous scientists
Social Studies- learning how humans have impacted the lands they have lived in
Science- learning how to recognize human contributions to the scientific world

Spelling List
absorb
alike
artificial
basic
beneficial
biological
cause
change
classify
cluster
compress
confirm
contrast
control
convert


Monday, September 16, 2013

September 16-20

Reminders
Make sure that everyone is turning in their Great American Saving Books as soon as possible. These books do cost the school money if they are not turned in, here is a list of students who still have not gotten the books turned in,
Dartagnon
Julian
Monique
Micah
Mukyo
Humberto
Magnus
Anahi
If your child is on this list make sure you either turn in the book or talk to the people up front about what happened to it so we do not have any missing books out there.
New Math Books- We have all gotten brand new Math books which students should be bringing home today. These new books follow the Common Core standards and have great online resources for students, if you would like to know more about them please email me.
Father/Son Tickets are on sale at the Front Desk
SPIN event this Tuesday Night, the theme is "Read-In" along with Sundaes.

Upcoming
Tuesday Spin Night
Wednesday - Dress Down for Garden Project, Flag Football game
Friday- Friday Dress

What we are doing,
Math- Expressions and equations lessons 2-1 - 2- 4
Reading- Hoot, comparing and contrasting the difference between reading a story or seeing a story.
Writing - Functional writing pamphlets
Science- Finishing M&M experiment, graphing data, analyzing results
Social Studies- Maps, Geography

Spelling Lists
abbot
abbreviation
abdomen
ability
abrasion
abundance
abuse
academy
accent
acceptance
accident
accolade
account
achievement
accuracy


Monday, September 9, 2013

September 9-13

Reminders
Make sure that you are getting your Great American coupon books turned in to me or the front office ASAP. This fundraiser ended last week and we are desperately trying to get the rest of these coupon books turned in. Every student received one of these books and now needs to return them even if they did not participate in the sale itself.
Progress Reports - were sent out last week to every one in class please make sure you review your students grades and feel free to email me or call with any questions.

Upcoming events
Tuesday - Volleyball game at Lakeside
Tuesday - Flag Football game at Central 4:00
Wednesday - Special Pep Dance from 2-5:30
Thursday- Tackle Football game  4:30


What we are doing
Math - Working with decimals; adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplying
Reading- Hoot, and working with different point of views
Writing- Functional and informational text writing
Science- Conducting, presenting scientific experiment information
Social Studies- Working with maps, latitude, longitude, compass rose, inset maps

Spelling Words
observation
evaluate
develop
analyze
consume
coax
outcast
peculiar
discard
brilliant
murmur
content
standard
strange
stealth