A jam packed week ahead of us.
Picture Day will be this Wednesday, March 30th and orders should be placed online. Spirit Day is on Thursday and the students can wear green and gold colors. The Groundbreaking Ceremony will take place on Friday, April 1 at 8:30am. The ceremony will be held in the area between the theater and Sher Center. We will attend before leaving school for our morning field trip to the Fine Arts Museum. Field Day is next Tuesday, April 5th and if you are interested in helping out, please email one of our coaches.
Here is our week at a glance in the classroom.
Mystery Reader - (8:05am) Mr. Currie
Current Events - Tuesday: Hailey, Channing; Wednesday: Shaherzad, Aidan; Thursday: Rylan, Zaynab; Friday: Lauren E. and Gage
Language Arts
Phonics Review: ou, ow, or, ore, our, oo, ew, ue, ui, ou, ar, air, are
Spelling Review: ounce, careful, suitable, fourteen, allowance, scary, gloomy, ignore, knew, course, compare, forecast, powerful, prepare, sore, cruise, juicy, cartoon, juggling, race
Reading: Readers' Theater, "Town Hall"
Fluency: Review expression and reading rate (see previous blogs)
Comprehension: Review story plot, using story structure, graphic aids and summarizing information (tell about the most important ideas in one or two sentences)
Robust Vocabulary: race, juggling, accomplish, feasible, attend, report, area, serve, preference, alternatives
Grammar: Review present-tense action verbs, subject-verb agreement, past tense verbs, and forms of be
Writing: Prompt - Planning and Writing a First Draft Expository Story
Mathematics - Unit 8 (Be on the lookout for the new Math Family Letter)
* Review basic fraction concepts
* Exploring the link of a fraction amount to the size of the ONE, or whole
* Introduce the concepts of volume
* Use fractions to name parts of collections
Science - The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Students prepare the food cups vital to the survival of the caterpillars and learn how to care for them. The students meet the caterpillars and record their first observations.
Social Studies - Africa
* Africa is the second largest continent
* The equator runs through the middle of Africa
* Africa is surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian Oceans
* Africa has deserts, rain forests and grassy savannas
* There are over fifty countries on this continent
We will also start reading various literature with an African theme, including Ashanti to Zulu by Margaret Musgrove and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
March 21-25, 2011
Welcome back. I hope you all had a relaxing break, as I did. The students seem happy and motivated to be back and ready to finish off the school year. Relay for Life will take place on Friday, March 25. Students may wear their Relay shirts or purple shirts Tuesday-Friday 3/22-3/25. Students must wear their uniform shorts with their purple shirts.
Here is our week at a glance and some other important events to mark on your calendars.
Parent Reader - J. Gayoso
Current Events - Tuesday: Lauren W., Jonathan; Wednesday: McIntosh, Brenna; Thursday: Samuel, Lucas, Julia; Friday: Kendall, Abby.
Language Arts
Phonics - r-controlled vowel ar/air, are; contractions
Spelling - flare, prepare, beware, stairway, chair, glare, careful, compare, haircut, barefoot, scary, spare, downstairs, share, airplane
Reading - Watching in the Wild by Charnan Simon (nonfiction); Chimp Computer Whiz from Ask Magazine (article)
Fluency -Good readers vary their reading rate when they need to. They slow down to pronounce unfamiliar words and speed up when they recognize words. Good readers work to increase their reading speed and still understand what they are reading.
Comprehension - Use graphic aids; synonyms
Robust Vocabulary - extinct, pledge, blended, cradled, raggedy, distance, personalities, crumpled, patience, tedious
Grammar - Forms of be
Writing - Prompt Writing - planning and framework
Mathematics - Unit 7 Review
* Review number patterns, extending compliments of 10, patterns in doubles and halves, middle value of a set of data and frequency distributions
* Unit assessment
Social Studies
Asia - Fact File
Science - The Life Cycle of Butterflies
Lesson 1 - Pre-Unit Assessment: Getting Ready for Caterpillars. The students look forward to the arrival of the caterpillars and express in words and drawings what they already know about caterpillars and butterflies for evaluation.
Other Important Dates
Class Picture Day - Wednesday, March 30
Spirit Day - Thursday, March 31 - Students may wear green and gold colored clothing
Groundbreaking Ceremony - Friday - April 1 at 8:30
Second Grade Field Trip to the Museum of Fine Arts - April 1 at 10:00am
Field Day on Tuesday, April 5 at 10:00am.
Here is our week at a glance and some other important events to mark on your calendars.
Parent Reader - J. Gayoso
Current Events - Tuesday: Lauren W., Jonathan; Wednesday: McIntosh, Brenna; Thursday: Samuel, Lucas, Julia; Friday: Kendall, Abby.
Language Arts
Phonics - r-controlled vowel ar/air, are; contractions
Spelling - flare, prepare, beware, stairway, chair, glare, careful, compare, haircut, barefoot, scary, spare, downstairs, share, airplane
Reading - Watching in the Wild by Charnan Simon (nonfiction); Chimp Computer Whiz from Ask Magazine (article)
Fluency -Good readers vary their reading rate when they need to. They slow down to pronounce unfamiliar words and speed up when they recognize words. Good readers work to increase their reading speed and still understand what they are reading.
Comprehension - Use graphic aids; synonyms
Robust Vocabulary - extinct, pledge, blended, cradled, raggedy, distance, personalities, crumpled, patience, tedious
Grammar - Forms of be
Writing - Prompt Writing - planning and framework
Mathematics - Unit 7 Review
* Review number patterns, extending compliments of 10, patterns in doubles and halves, middle value of a set of data and frequency distributions
* Unit assessment
Social Studies
Asia - Fact File
Science - The Life Cycle of Butterflies
Lesson 1 - Pre-Unit Assessment: Getting Ready for Caterpillars. The students look forward to the arrival of the caterpillars and express in words and drawings what they already know about caterpillars and butterflies for evaluation.
Other Important Dates
Class Picture Day - Wednesday, March 30
Spirit Day - Thursday, March 31 - Students may wear green and gold colored clothing
Groundbreaking Ceremony - Friday - April 1 at 8:30
Second Grade Field Trip to the Museum of Fine Arts - April 1 at 10:00am
Field Day on Tuesday, April 5 at 10:00am.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Week of March 7th, 2011
Wow. I really can't believe that it is March already and that Spring Break has almost arrived.
What a great time we had last week during reading week. Check out the latest edition of Ebytes that shows a photo of us taken outside during Drop Everything and Read last Tuesday.
This Tuesday, two people from the local chapter of the National Audubon Society will visit to give a presentation which will include live raptors, as well as, information about the eagles' nest in the neighboring cell tower. We can't wait!
Field Day has been rescheduled for grades K-2 to Tuesday, April 5.
Other Important Dates:
* Relay for Life - Friday, March 25 - Students may wear their relay or purple shirts on this day
* Class Picture Day - Wednesday, March 30
* Spirit Day - Thursday, March 31 - Students may wear green and gold colored clothing on this day
* Field Trip to the Museum of Fine Arts - Friday, April 1
* Celebrate the Arts - Friday, April 15
Here is our week at a glance within the classroom. Remember library check-out is on Tuesday, so please remind your child to bring his/her books back to school on this day.
Parent Reader - M. Farley
Current Events - Tuesday: Hailey, Channing; Wednesday: Shaherzad, Aidan; Thursday: Rylan, Zaynab; Friday: Lauren E., Gage
Language Arts
* Phonics - vowel variant oo, ew, ue, ui, ou; prefixes mis-, re-, un-
* Spelling - cartoon, classroom, cartoon, juicy, newspaper, group, balloon, cruise, fruit, clue, gloomy, suitable, knew, spoon, group
* Reading - The Bee by Sabrina Crewe
* Reading Fluency - Good readers change their reading rate based on the type of writing they are reading. They might slow down as they read nonfiction so they can pay attention to the main ideas and details.
* Comprehension - Using graphic aids, synonyms
* Robust Vocabulary - thickens, plentiful, crowd (v.), sealed, carefully, attack, pattern, disappear, role, diligent
* Grammar - Past-tense verbs
* Writing - Prompt writing
Mathematics - Unit 7
* Patterns in doubles and halves
* Exploring weights
* Measure length to the nearest centimeter and to the nearest inch
* Middle Value (Median) of a Set of Data
* Review and quiz (Friday)
Social Studies
Asia - India, Japan
Science
Magnets
What a great time we had last week during reading week. Check out the latest edition of Ebytes that shows a photo of us taken outside during Drop Everything and Read last Tuesday.
This Tuesday, two people from the local chapter of the National Audubon Society will visit to give a presentation which will include live raptors, as well as, information about the eagles' nest in the neighboring cell tower. We can't wait!
Field Day has been rescheduled for grades K-2 to Tuesday, April 5.
Other Important Dates:
* Relay for Life - Friday, March 25 - Students may wear their relay or purple shirts on this day
* Class Picture Day - Wednesday, March 30
* Spirit Day - Thursday, March 31 - Students may wear green and gold colored clothing on this day
* Field Trip to the Museum of Fine Arts - Friday, April 1
* Celebrate the Arts - Friday, April 15
Here is our week at a glance within the classroom. Remember library check-out is on Tuesday, so please remind your child to bring his/her books back to school on this day.
Parent Reader - M. Farley
Current Events - Tuesday: Hailey, Channing; Wednesday: Shaherzad, Aidan; Thursday: Rylan, Zaynab; Friday: Lauren E., Gage
Language Arts
* Phonics - vowel variant oo, ew, ue, ui, ou; prefixes mis-, re-, un-
* Spelling - cartoon, classroom, cartoon, juicy, newspaper, group, balloon, cruise, fruit, clue, gloomy, suitable, knew, spoon, group
* Reading - The Bee by Sabrina Crewe
* Reading Fluency - Good readers change their reading rate based on the type of writing they are reading. They might slow down as they read nonfiction so they can pay attention to the main ideas and details.
* Comprehension - Using graphic aids, synonyms
* Robust Vocabulary - thickens, plentiful, crowd (v.), sealed, carefully, attack, pattern, disappear, role, diligent
* Grammar - Past-tense verbs
* Writing - Prompt writing
Mathematics - Unit 7
* Patterns in doubles and halves
* Exploring weights
* Measure length to the nearest centimeter and to the nearest inch
* Middle Value (Median) of a Set of Data
* Review and quiz (Friday)
Social Studies
Asia - India, Japan
Science
Magnets
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