“December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come.” Fennel Hudson
We had a wonderful start to our week with a math lesson on square numbers. Students played Rolling and Recording Squares with partners in class. They will play the game with an adult at home for homework tonight. Other lessons this week focus on the Commutative Property of Multiplication, the Adding a Group strategy, and the Subtracting a Group strategy. Students will have a one sided assignment each night for homework.
Our Spelling Rule this week involves the double vowel syllables -ai, -ay, -ee and -ey. These vowel groups work together in a word to make one vowel sound. Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.
Students will choose their authentic name and role in their immigrant family this week. We will also learn about one family's choice to leave Italy in the story Journey to a New Land.
Scholastic book orders are due back to school on Friday, December 4th. A free book coupon went home today with your purchase of $10 or more.
Have a fantastic week!
Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
November 23-24
"Give thanks for each morning and its light
for rest and shelter of the night
for health and food
for love and friends
for everything thy goodness sends"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Students wrote Thankful and Grateful Acrostic Poems today. These poems will accompany their crayon resist water color paintings that they made on Friday. The poems were edited and then children chose to hand write or type them. It is my hope that they will share them with family and friends on Thanksgiving.
The class was broken up into five families today. Please ask your child what country s/he will be immigrating from in the coming weeks. We also finished reading Klara's New World. This historical fiction describes one family's journey from Sweden to Minnesota in the 1860s.
We will not have homework this week. Students have done a great job of completing their homework over the last few weeks so this is my thanks to them for their hard work!
Scholastic book orders are due back by December 4th. Feel free to order books online using our classroom code - HB244.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! :)
for rest and shelter of the night
for health and food
for love and friends
for everything thy goodness sends"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Students wrote Thankful and Grateful Acrostic Poems today. These poems will accompany their crayon resist water color paintings that they made on Friday. The poems were edited and then children chose to hand write or type them. It is my hope that they will share them with family and friends on Thanksgiving.
The class was broken up into five families today. Please ask your child what country s/he will be immigrating from in the coming weeks. We also finished reading Klara's New World. This historical fiction describes one family's journey from Sweden to Minnesota in the 1860s.
We will not have homework this week. Students have done a great job of completing their homework over the last few weeks so this is my thanks to them for their hard work!
Scholastic book orders are due back by December 4th. Feel free to order books online using our classroom code - HB244.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! :)
Monday, November 16, 2015
November 16-20th
"No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face." John Donne
We had a wonderful start to our week! Our Reading Buddies from PEA came to class to read with students. They will be reading If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island with our class for the next few weeks.
Students worked on the Counting Up method of subtraction today. Other lessons this week include the Expand and Trade Subtraction strategy, creating Scaled Bar and Picture Graphs and exploring Multiplication Squares. We will have a one-sided homework assignment each night this week.
We began our Immigration Unit this week. Our new read aloud is titled Letters from Rifka. This historical fiction is based on a true story and is a great introduction to the unit. It describes one Jewish family's daring escape from Russia in the early 1900s. Your child should be prepared to discuss some of the details of the story with you by the end of the week.
I will be breaking students up into their European families by the end of the week. We will have families from Ireland, Germany, Russia, Italy and Sweden. Students will choose their authentic names and role in their families next week.
Our Spelling Rule this week involves the Consonant -LE Syllable and the Exception. Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.
Have a wonderful week! :)
We had a wonderful start to our week! Our Reading Buddies from PEA came to class to read with students. They will be reading If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island with our class for the next few weeks.
Students worked on the Counting Up method of subtraction today. Other lessons this week include the Expand and Trade Subtraction strategy, creating Scaled Bar and Picture Graphs and exploring Multiplication Squares. We will have a one-sided homework assignment each night this week.
We began our Immigration Unit this week. Our new read aloud is titled Letters from Rifka. This historical fiction is based on a true story and is a great introduction to the unit. It describes one Jewish family's daring escape from Russia in the early 1900s. Your child should be prepared to discuss some of the details of the story with you by the end of the week.
I will be breaking students up into their European families by the end of the week. We will have families from Ireland, Germany, Russia, Italy and Sweden. Students will choose their authentic names and role in their families next week.
Our Spelling Rule this week involves the Consonant -LE Syllable and the Exception. Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.
Have a wonderful week! :)
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