Week of March 9-13

3/9/15

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

We will continue PARCC testing this week. The tests will be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Spelling: There will be no spelling this week.

ELA:  We will wrap up our traditions unit this week. We have also started autobiographies and will continue to work on those this week in small groups.

Social Studies:  We will start chapter 3 lesson 4 this week, learning more about immigration and culture.

Science: We will begin a new unit. Chapter 10 SPACE! This is always a very exciting unit for the students!

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will continue working on fractions this week. The chapter 9 test is tentatively scheduled for March 17th.

Week of March 2-6

3/2/15

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

PARCC testing will begin on Monday, March 2 and Wednesday, March 4th. We will be taking two Math tests. Then on March 9, 11, 13 we will be taking 3 ELA tests.

Spelling: There will be no spelling this week.

ELA:  We will continue our Traditions unit. We will be finishing our story Matchbox Diary. We will also be working in our groups working on comparing adverbs and using yo,too, and two.

Social Studies:  We will continue with Chapter 3 culture. We will be finishing up with lesson 3.

Science: We will be reading lesson 3 of chapter 11 this week. The matter test will be on Thursday, March 5.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will begin chapter 9-fractions this week. There will be no timed test this week.

Week of February 23-27

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

PARCC testing will begin on Monday, March 2 and Wednesday, March 4th. We will be taking two Math tests. Then on March 9, 11, 13 we will be taking 3 ELA tests.

Spelling:  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have 2 activities and cursive. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We will continue our Traditions unit. We will be reading Matchbox Diary and focusing on dialogue. We will also work in small groups learning about adverbs.

Social Studies:  We will continue with Chapter 3 culture. We will read lesson 3 immigration.

Science: We will be reading lesson 3 of chapter 11 this week. The matter test will be on Tuesday, March 3.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  Chapter 8 test is Thursday, February 26th. The X8 test is Friday, February 27th.

Week of February 9-12

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Spring conferences are coming up the week of February 9.  Please email me if you forgot your time!

Half day Wednesday 2/11. Students are dismissed at 11:00

Valentine’s day Party 2/12. The party starts at 1:30. Please have students bring in a valentine to share with the class.

Spelling:  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Thursday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have one activity and cursive. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We will continue our Traditions unit. We will continue reading The Tooth on a Roof story and making connections this week. We will also work in small groups.

Social Studies:  We have started our culture unit: chapter 3. Students will be present about their culture! I can’t wait to hear all about them. Presentations are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday!

Science: We will be taking a break from Science to share our culture day projects.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will start chapter 8 this week and have our x7 test Thursday!

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

Week of February 2-6

Happy Groundhog Day!

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Spring conferences are coming up the week of February 9.  These are by teacher request only. If you feel that you would really like to sit down with me and chat, please check out Sign up Genius.  If the spots are all taken, please know that I am always available via email or phone.  Have a great weekend!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4aa4af22a5f85-spring5

Spelling:  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities and cursive. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We will continue our Traditions unit. We will be reading The Tooth on a Roof story and making connections this week. We will also work in small groups.

Social Studies:  We have finished DG! We will start a new chapter Chapter 3 Culture. Culture day presentations will be the week of February 9th. The planning sheet is due Wednesday.

Science: We have started chapter 12 lesson 2 this week and will continue with this lesson.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will be having the chapter 7 test on Wednesday February 4th and the X6 test will be on Friday.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

Week of January 26-30

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Spelling:  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities and cursive. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We have started our Traditions unit. We will continue reading The Year of the Dog as a whole group. In small groups we will continue to work with the story Lightening in a Jar. We will be finding how this story is similar to Keeping Quilt as well as writing responses to the story. We will continue or daily rotations as well.

Social Studies:  We have been working on our Modern day DG as well as learning about our government. Our Modern Day DG test will be on Wednesday 1/28.

Science: We have finished chapter 12 lesson 1 in Science. We will start chapter 12 lesson 2 this week.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will be starting chapter 7 this week and the X5 test will be on Friday.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

Week of January 19-23

1/19/15

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Spelling:  The pretest will be on Tuesday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have one activity and cursive. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We have started our Traditions unit. We will continue reading The Year of the Dog as a whole group. In small groups we will introduce a new story called Lightening in a Jar. We will work on this story throughout the week and be connecting it to the story The Keeping Quilt.

Social Studies:  We have been working on our Modern day DG as well as learning about our government. Our Modern Day DG test will be on Wednesday 1/28.

Science: We have finished chapter 12 lesson 1 in Science. Due to the shorter week and spending some time learning about MLK we will not have Science this week.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will be working on finishing chapter 6 this week and the chapter 6 test will be Friday 1/23, along with our times 4 timed test.

Have a wonderful 3 day WEEKEND!