November 26-30

"November comes
And November goes,
With the last red berries
And the first white snows.

With night coming early,
And dawn coming late,
And ice in the bucket
And frost by the gate.

The fires burn
And the kettles sing,
And earth sinks to rest
Until next spring."

We began the week with poetry, a writing prompt and reading comprehension questions. Students worked hard to produce quality written responses. We will finish our work with Bat Loves the Night tomorrow. 

Students will take the Lesson 8 spelling pretest tomorrow morning. Please expect homework each night this week. The test will be given on the following Tuesday, December 4th. 

We will finish Unit 3 in math this week. Please see your child's Home Link each night for our daily Learning Objective. We will review for the test on Friday. The assessment will be given on Monday, the 3rd. We will begin Unit 4 the following day. 

We will study the Native Americans of the Plains this week. Students will continue to recognize how the lives of the People were affected by the land, climate and ecosystem that they lived in.   

We will see a TIGER program on Wednesday afternoon. This assembly for third and fourth graders will focus on building a kind community.

Have a wonderful week! :) 

November 19th & 20th

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! :)

November 13-16

"November comes
      And November goes,
      With the last red berries
      And the first white snows.
With night coming early,
      And dawn coming late,
      And ice in the bucket
      And frost by the gate.
The fires burn
      And the kettles sing,
      And earth sinks to rest
      Until next spring."

We began our week with a writing prompt and reading activity. Students read and analyzed text. They used evidence from the story to support their written answers. I'm very proud of how far students have come in regard to responding to literature using text evidence.  

Students took the spelling pretest for Unit 6 on Tuesday. They will have a spelling assignment due each day this week. The test will be given next Tuesday, November 20th. 

We will continue with Unit 3 in math this week. Please see your child's Home Link each night for our daily Learning Objective. 

We will discuss the characteristics of carnivores, herbivores and omnivores this week as well as their role in the ecosystem. We will continue to study producers, consumers and decomposers too. Students will learn more about the Native Americans who lived in each region of the United States and how the climate and environment affected their existence. 

Have a lovely week! :)

November 5-9

"November is chill, frosted mornings with a silver sun rising behind the trees, red cardinals at the feeders, and squirrels running scallops along the tops of the gray stone walls."

No school on Tuesday due to parent conferences and voting. Students will have their Lesson 5 spelling test on Wednesday. Look for new words to go home on Thursday.

We will continue with Unit 3 in math this week. Students will have homework on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Please look for the daily Learning Objective on each Home Link.

Report cards went home on Friday. Please be sure to sign and return the gold envelope at your earliest convenience. You do not need to return the report card.

School will be closed on Monday in honor of Veteran's Day.

Have a great week! :)

October 29-November 2nd

"October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins.... Merry October!"

It's an exciting week for students at LSS! We will try and fit as much learning into the week as possible, despite the expected sugar rush. :)

Students were given the spelling pretest for Lesson 5 on Tuesday morning. They will have a spelling assignment each night this week. The test will be given next Wednesday, the 7th. There will not be school on Tuesday due to Parent Conferences. 

We began Unit 3 in math this week. Please see your child's Home Link each night for our daily Learning Objective.

Students are reading Food Chain Frenzy with their PEA Reading Buddies. This chapter book works as a great introduction to our Biome and Life Science Units.

We'll have our Halloween celebration on Wednesday afternoon. Thank you to our Room Parents for organizing and planning this fun event! Thank you to all the parents who contributed to it as well.

Have a wonderful week and a happy Halloween! :)

October 22-26

"In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October."

We began our week with Literacy and Language Arts. Students worked on a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast characters in Pop's Bridge. We also worked on common and proper nouns. We will finish Lesson 4 on Wednesday. Students have two more spelling assignments due by that date. 

We will finish Unit 2 in math this week. Students will review for the test on Wednesday. The assessment will be given the following day. Please check your child's Home Link for our Learning Objective each day. Students will have homework on Monday and Tuesday. They will not have any homework for the rest of the week. :)

Students worked on Growth Mindset during our PBL time this week. We will continue to practice using the word 'yet' and staying positive about our learning experiences even when writing or work gets hard. We also worked on our Community Google Slideshow and created valuable questions to ask at our visit to Saint Vincent dePaul. We are excited for our Walking Field Trip on Friday. Parent volunteers need to meet us in our classroom at 8:45am please. 

Our Cornfield Character Celebration will take place on Friday as well. I'm so proud that my class has been chosen to perform a small concert for the retired teachers and community members that afternoon. Thank you to parents who helped to make this fun day so special for our school by working on Cornfield Characters and/or being a part of the set up on Friday morning. 

Have a wonderful week! :)

October 15-19

"October was always the least dependable of months ... full of ghosts and shadows."

We started the week with Literacy and Language Arts. Students are about to wrap up Lesson 3 in Journey's. We have been working on character traits, feeling and motivations as well as a story's message. They enjoyed our Anchor Text titled Destiny's Gift. Tomorrow and Wednesday we will focus on their Leveled Readers. 

Students will complete a STEM project this morning when they return from Art. They will work in small groups to "Help Harry" by building the highest perch for him possible so he can see more easily around the classroom. Students will be given a bag full of materials that they can use to design and construct their perch. Students will have to evaluate their teamwork after completing the task.

Students have one more spelling assignment due before tomorrow's test. No spelling homework will be given on Tuesday. We will begin Lesson 4 with a spelling pretest on Wednesday. Students will have a Spelling Menu choice on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

We will continue with Unit 2 in math this week. Students will have a Home Link each night to complete for homework. Please see the Learning Objective on your child's homework for more information on what we learning each day.

Early Release on Wednesday!

Please sign and return Field Trip permission forms ASAP.

Have a fantastic week! :)