Monday, January 25, 2016

Week 20 (Feb. 1-5 Q3)



 *Our virtue for the month is Courage .  Each Monday, we celebrate "Moral Focus Monday" with lessons devoted to our school virtue. 
*Spelling words are introduced each Monday and the students are tested on Fridays.  Please take time to review these ten words throughout the week for mastery.
*Agendas and Take-Home Folders should go home and back each day. Please sign daily. 

Academic Opportunities at Home:
*https://student.frontrowed.com  (Login: First Name and Last Initial, Password: 7h5xwm)
*https://mobymax.com/signin (School Code: mi3748, students have individual codes)
*MAP Math/MAP Reading (Activities aligned to NWEA RIT scores)
*READ, read, READ, read!  :)
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*Big THANKS to Amber Shepard for copying for our classroom!
       
Monday, Feb. 1: Q2 Report Cards go home with Students
Friday, Feb. 12: No School, PD Day
Monday, Feb. 15: No School, Winter Break Day
Monday, March 15: Music Program at Christ Memorial Church, 6:30
March 21-25: Interim 3 Testing
Thursday, March 31: End of Q3
Friday, April 1- 8: Off, Spring Vacation
 

MATH next Week (Feb. 1-5)
 Chapter 4:  Add Tens and Ones, Practice Adding Tens and Ones, 2-Digit Numbers, 2-Digit Addition. 

READING next Week (Feb. 1-5)
Amazing Words: growth, public, teeter, makeshift, population, shuffle, crooked, spindly

High-Frequency Words: always, become, day, everything, nothing, stays, things

**Spelling Words Feb. 1-5: by, try, sunny, handy, fly, cry, lucky, silly, puppy, my **

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Idea & Details, Sequence, Summarize - A Place to Play

Action Verbs

   EBLI Lessons

Science
   We on the topic of MATTER and learning about solids, liquids, and gases and how they change states. 

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Valentine List

We currently have 25 students in our classroom.  If you choose to distribute Valentine cards, please include everyone.   Students include: Aliya, Lucas, Ian, Nolan, Angel, Cooper, Kylie, Luciano, Broderick, Grace, Jaydon, Evelin, Trace, Samson, Dineah, Jonathan, Malvelia, Saniya, Isaiah, Jose, Peyton, Jeremiah, Deyanira, Alexis, Ayanna. 

We will have a little party on the morning of Thursday, February 11.  If you would be willing to supply cupcakes, napkins, cups, or juice for that morning, please let me know! 

Week 19 ( Jan. 25-29 Q3)



 *Our virtue for the month is Perseverance.  Each Monday, we celebrate "Moral Focus Monday" with lessons devoted to our school virtue. 
*Spelling words are introduced each Monday and the students are tested on Fridays.  Please take time to review these ten words throughout the week for mastery.
*Agendas and Take-Home Folders should go home and back each day. Please sign daily. 

Academic Opportunities at Home:
*https://student.frontrowed.com  (Login: First Name and Last Initial, Password: 7h5xwm)
*https://mobymax.com/signin (School Code: mi3748, students have individual codes)
*MAP Math/MAP Reading (Activities aligned to NWEA RIT scores)
*READ, read, READ, read!  :)
.
*Big THANKS to Amber Shepard for copying for our classroom!
       
Week of Jan. 25: Interim 2 Testing

Monday, Feb. 1: Q2 Report Cards go home with Students
Friday, Feb. 12: No School, PD Day
Monday, Feb. 15: No School, Winter Break Day
Monday, March 14: Music Program at Christ Memorial Church 6:30

MATH next Week (Jan. 25-29)
 Unit 4:    Interim Testing will take the place of most of Math Lessons.  We will continue to review our most recent objectives. 

READING next Week (Jan. 25-29)
Amazing Words: individual, special, slither, eagerly, industrious, creep, romp, wander
High- Frequency Words: also, other, family, some, new, their

**Spelling Words Jan. 25-29: feet, he, we, she, be, green, tree, see, me, week  **

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Idea & Details, Compare/Contrast - Honey Bees

Nouns in Sentences

   EBLI Lessons

Social Studies
   Interim 2 Testing will fill Social Studies time after wrapping up our Economics Unit. 

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Friday Reading Buddies

On Friday, buddies read, worked on ABC order, proper nouns, and long vowels! 





Monday, January 11, 2016

Week 18 (Jan. 19-22)



 *Our virtue for the month is Perseverance.  Each Monday, we celebrate "Moral Focus Monday" with lessons devoted to our school virtue. 
*Spelling words are introduced each Monday and the students are tested on Fridays.  Please take time to review these ten words throughout the week for mastery.
*Agendas and Take-Home Folders should go home and back each day. Please sign daily. 

Academic Opportunities at Home:
*https://student.frontrowed.com  (Login: First Name and Last Initial, Password: 7h5xwm)
*https://mobymax.com/signin (School Code: mi3748, students have individual codes)
*MAP Math/MAP Reading (Activities aligned to NWEA RIT scores)
*READ, read, READ, read!  :)
.
*Big THANKS to Amber Shepard for copying for our classroom!
       
Friday, Jan. 22: End of Quarter 2
Week of Jan. 25: Interim 2 Testing

Monday, Feb. 1: Q2 Report Cards go home with Students
Friday, Feb. 12: No School, PD Day
Monday, Feb. 15: No School, Winter Break Day

MATH next Week (Jan. 19-22)
 Unit 4:  Add with Groups of Ten, Practice with Tens and Ones, & Use Place Value to Compare Numbers

READING next Week (Jan. 19-22)
Amazing Words: environment, thrive, slimy, capture, require, inhale, sludge, creature

**Spelling Words Jan. 19-22: huge, tube, cute, mule, June, use, flute, rule, cube, rude **

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Idea & Details - Life in the Forest

Singular and Plural Nouns

   EBLI Lessons

Social Studies
  Economics Unit

Jonathan reading his chapter book! I love to hear him reading!


Monday, January 4, 2016

Week 17 (Jan. 11-14)


 *Our virtue for the month is Perseverance.  Each Monday, we celebrate "Moral Focus Monday" with lessons devoted to our school virtue. 
*Spelling words are introduced each Monday and the students are tested on Fridays.  Please take time to review these ten words throughout the week for mastery.
*Agendas and Take-Home Folders should go home and back each day. Please sign daily. 

Academic Opportunities at Home:
*https://student.frontrowed.com  (Login: First Name and Last Initial, Password: 7h5xwm)
*https://mobymax.com/signin (School Code: mi3748, students have individual codes)
*MAP Math/MAP Reading (Activities aligned to NWEA RIT scores)
*READ, read, READ, read!  :)
.
*Big THANKS to Amber Shepard for copying for our classroom!
      
Week of Jan. 11: NWEA Winter Testing (Monday 1/11 & Tuesday 1/12)
Monday, Jan. 18: No School, Staff PD Day
Friday, Jan. 22: End of Quarter 2
Week of Jan. 25: Interim 2 Testing

Monday, Feb. 1: Q2 Report Cards go home with Students
Friday, Feb. 12: No School, PD Day
Monday, Feb. 15: No School, Winter Break Day

MATH next Week (Jan. 11-14)
 Unit 4:  Investigating Doubles, Understand Tens and Ones, Integrate Tens and Ones, & Practice Grouping Ones into Tens. 

READING next Week (Jan. 11-14)
Amazing Words: enemy, protect, holler, bluff, extinct, crater, swamp, boisterous

**Spelling Words Jan. 11-14: home, woke, hose, stone, hope, those, joke, rose, bone, rode  **

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Idea & Details - The Big Circle

Proper Nouns: Days, Months, Holidays

  EBLI Lessons

Social Studies
  Economics Unit