Important Announcements
~ Tomorrow there will be an SSC bake sale. All items are a dollar and students are limited to two items each. The proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders.
~ Wednesday is a late start day.
~ We had to split one of our math lessons into two days, so that pushes the test back a day. The math test will now be on Friday (written assessment) and Tuesday (open response). The review tutorial will now be on Thursday.
~ Friday is our Valentine's Day celebration. Students are encouraged to bring in Valentines for the class. My only rules are that they must bring one in for everyone and they may not bring in special Valentines for their friends. I don't want any feelings hurt. We will also be exchanging Valentines with our kindergarten buddies. This should be the same that they are giving their classmates, no stuffed animals or giant candy bars... We will be having a red and pink NUD on Friday.
~ We will be taking our final states and capitals quiz this week. For this one, student must place the state on the map and spell it correctly.
~ Next weekend is a long weekend in honor of Presidents' Day. On the Tuesday we return, we will have current events first thing, then go on a field trip to the mosque.
Math
As I mentioned above, we will be taking our unit 8 math test this week. This unit introduces a lot of new material, for example: multiplication and division of fractions. The good news is, since it is all brand new material, it is not on part A of the test. Please don't let your child stress of information that they will not be held accountable for. We do not expect mastery of skills that we have only spent a day or two on. Please encourage them to use the study guide and only focus on the skills listed there.
Social Studies
Our next social studies unit is The Constitution to 1840. This unit will include westward expansion, the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark and the War of 1812. We've already watch an intro video on these topics and the class is very excited to get started!
Reading
We will be finishing up our historical fiction book clubs this week. While the students meet and/or read, Mrs. Boutte and I will be pulling them individually to do reading tests. Our next unit is research based essay.
Writing
The historical fiction pieces are due on Friday. Students should be working on them at home for writing homework, as well as at school. I will be meeting with the students individually, as well as teaching whole class lessons on editing. Our next unit is non-fiction book clubs.
Homework
~ POW
~ Reading Comp: "A Different Kind of Home"
~ Writing: work on historical fiction
~ States and Capitals quiz
~ Current event next Tuesday
~ Tomorrow there will be an SSC bake sale. All items are a dollar and students are limited to two items each. The proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders.
~ Wednesday is a late start day.
~ We had to split one of our math lessons into two days, so that pushes the test back a day. The math test will now be on Friday (written assessment) and Tuesday (open response). The review tutorial will now be on Thursday.
~ Friday is our Valentine's Day celebration. Students are encouraged to bring in Valentines for the class. My only rules are that they must bring one in for everyone and they may not bring in special Valentines for their friends. I don't want any feelings hurt. We will also be exchanging Valentines with our kindergarten buddies. This should be the same that they are giving their classmates, no stuffed animals or giant candy bars... We will be having a red and pink NUD on Friday.
~ We will be taking our final states and capitals quiz this week. For this one, student must place the state on the map and spell it correctly.
~ Next weekend is a long weekend in honor of Presidents' Day. On the Tuesday we return, we will have current events first thing, then go on a field trip to the mosque.
Math
As I mentioned above, we will be taking our unit 8 math test this week. This unit introduces a lot of new material, for example: multiplication and division of fractions. The good news is, since it is all brand new material, it is not on part A of the test. Please don't let your child stress of information that they will not be held accountable for. We do not expect mastery of skills that we have only spent a day or two on. Please encourage them to use the study guide and only focus on the skills listed there.
Social Studies
Our next social studies unit is The Constitution to 1840. This unit will include westward expansion, the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark and the War of 1812. We've already watch an intro video on these topics and the class is very excited to get started!
Reading
We will be finishing up our historical fiction book clubs this week. While the students meet and/or read, Mrs. Boutte and I will be pulling them individually to do reading tests. Our next unit is research based essay.
Writing
The historical fiction pieces are due on Friday. Students should be working on them at home for writing homework, as well as at school. I will be meeting with the students individually, as well as teaching whole class lessons on editing. Our next unit is non-fiction book clubs.
Homework
~ POW
~ Reading Comp: "A Different Kind of Home"
~ Writing: work on historical fiction
~ States and Capitals quiz
~ Current event next Tuesday