"The goldenrod is yellow
The corn is turning brown
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down."
We had a fabulous start to our week! What a beautiful day! Students practiced bus evacuation procedures outside this morning. We answered our Essential Question related to A Fine, Fine School in our reading comp books. We also enjoyed doing Brain Gym with Ms. Karen before lunch.
I have decided to push back our spelling test by one day due to many little, concerned faces this morning. :) It's hard to have a spelling test on a Monday morning. Thank you to those families that studied over the weekend. I appreciate your understanding and flexibility with the new schedule. We will have our new spelling pretest on Wednesday. The next spelling test date will be Wednesday, October 4th. Students will have a spelling menu choice each night for homework.
Students were introduced to division and solved division number stories in math today. We will also be working on developing strategies for our 2s, 5s, and 10s facts this week. Other lessons include calculating elapsed time, comparing masses and dividing wholes and sets into equal shares. Students will have a Home Link each night for homework.
Reminder *** Early Release on Wednesday!
We will continue to work on our Community activities in relation to our Project Based Learning curriculum.
Have a great week! :)
Monday, September 25, 2017
Monday, September 18, 2017
September 18-22
"By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer."
We had a wonderful start to our school week! Students were introduced to our new Journey's Reading program. We started with an essential question: How is learning at school different from learning at home? We worked on vocabulary, phonics and comprehension. Please ask your child about the book we read called A Fine, Fine Day.
Students were given their first spelling pretest. They will have spelling homework this week. A spelling homework page will go home this afternoon with different activities for students to choose. Our spelling test will take place next Monday so students must have four assignments completed by Friday. They will study for their test over the weekend.
Our math lessons this week involve telling time to the nearest minute and calculating elapsed time. We will also represent and interpret data on scaled bar graphs, use drawings and number models to represent and solve multiplication stories. Students will have a Home Link each night for homework. Please look for the Learning Objective sticker on each assignment.
We will continue working on our Community PBL activities this week. We will focus on what being a part of a community means and how our actions can affect our community.
Have a fantastic week! :)
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer."
We had a wonderful start to our school week! Students were introduced to our new Journey's Reading program. We started with an essential question: How is learning at school different from learning at home? We worked on vocabulary, phonics and comprehension. Please ask your child about the book we read called A Fine, Fine Day.
Students were given their first spelling pretest. They will have spelling homework this week. A spelling homework page will go home this afternoon with different activities for students to choose. Our spelling test will take place next Monday so students must have four assignments completed by Friday. They will study for their test over the weekend.
Our math lessons this week involve telling time to the nearest minute and calculating elapsed time. We will also represent and interpret data on scaled bar graphs, use drawings and number models to represent and solve multiplication stories. Students will have a Home Link each night for homework. Please look for the Learning Objective sticker on each assignment.
We will continue working on our Community PBL activities this week. We will focus on what being a part of a community means and how our actions can affect our community.
Have a fantastic week! :)
Monday, September 11, 2017
September 5-8
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela
Welcome to my weekly blog! Please refer here for homework questions and upcoming classroom events and activities. :)
We had a wonderful beginning to our week. Students worked cooperatively on a STEM project this morning. They had 20 minutes to build the highest tower possible using only two pieces of newspaper and 12 inches of tape. It was a difficult task, but students worked well together. We reflected on our strengths and challenges after the project in our PBL notebook (more about that later). :) We also watched an inspiring video from the Kid President.
Our math lessons this week include exploring the Student Reference Book, playing Number Grid Difference, reviewing and using a variety of tools, and using an open number line to round numbers. Students will have a one sided math assignment each night for homework with the exception of Thursday night. I will not give any homework on Open House night. Please take a moment to notice the Learning Objective or I Can statement located on a sticky label on your child's math homework. I have children add the objective to their homework each day so that parents are aware of what we are learning.
We will work on our map and globe skills this week. Students will learn to make a map legend. They will use that knowledge to create a classroom map for parents to use on Thursday night at Open House.
Students will practice writing Friendly Letters this week. They will write their first Learning Wheel entry this week for parents to find at Open House.
Have a fantastic week! :)
We had a wonderful beginning to our week. Students worked cooperatively on a STEM project this morning. They had 20 minutes to build the highest tower possible using only two pieces of newspaper and 12 inches of tape. It was a difficult task, but students worked well together. We reflected on our strengths and challenges after the project in our PBL notebook (more about that later). :) We also watched an inspiring video from the Kid President.
Our math lessons this week include exploring the Student Reference Book, playing Number Grid Difference, reviewing and using a variety of tools, and using an open number line to round numbers. Students will have a one sided math assignment each night for homework with the exception of Thursday night. I will not give any homework on Open House night. Please take a moment to notice the Learning Objective or I Can statement located on a sticky label on your child's math homework. I have children add the objective to their homework each day so that parents are aware of what we are learning.
We will work on our map and globe skills this week. Students will learn to make a map legend. They will use that knowledge to create a classroom map for parents to use on Thursday night at Open House.
Students will practice writing Friendly Letters this week. They will write their first Learning Wheel entry this week for parents to find at Open House.
Have a fantastic week! :)
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