Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Info: Week 5 (Oct. 5-9)
Reminders:
*We have begun our Enrichment Blocks in Reading and Math. This allows for smaller group differentiated instruction twice each day M-Th. We have also begun our Access time ELA rotations during our stamina time. The students are off to a great start!
*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day. Thanks!
*Weekly homework packets will go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.
*Please write a note in their agenda if there is a change to their regular dismissal location. Front door is car pick-up and back door is walkers and Boys/Girls Club.
*Wednesday, Oct. 7 we will be walking to the Holland Farmer's Market. We will also be reading a story the following week about a farmer's market.
MATH
Lesson Topics: Represent Addition, Addition with Circle Drawings, Addition Equations and Addition Stories.
READING
Amazing Words: classmate, polite, recess, applaud, success, education, principal, science, complicated
Plot, Questioning- School Day
Adjectives
EBLI Lessons
SCIENCE
We will wrap up our topic of the EARTH in SPACE. We are learning about the Earth, Moon, & Sun, Reasons for Day & Night, Reasons for the Seasons, and Rotations & Revolutions. We will also begin our new topic on the Earth's Surface. We will be learning about rocks, minerals, layers of Earth, earthquakes, volcanoes, and fast/slow changes to the Earth.
*We have begun our Enrichment Blocks in Reading and Math. This allows for smaller group differentiated instruction twice each day M-Th. We have also begun our Access time ELA rotations during our stamina time. The students are off to a great start!
*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day. Thanks!
*Weekly homework packets will go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.
*Please write a note in their agenda if there is a change to their regular dismissal location. Front door is car pick-up and back door is walkers and Boys/Girls Club.
*Wednesday, Oct. 7 we will be walking to the Holland Farmer's Market. We will also be reading a story the following week about a farmer's market.
MATH
Lesson Topics: Represent Addition, Addition with Circle Drawings, Addition Equations and Addition Stories.
READING
Amazing Words: classmate, polite, recess, applaud, success, education, principal, science, complicated
Plot, Questioning- School Day
Adjectives
EBLI Lessons
SCIENCE
We will wrap up our topic of the EARTH in SPACE. We are learning about the Earth, Moon, & Sun, Reasons for Day & Night, Reasons for the Seasons, and Rotations & Revolutions. We will also begin our new topic on the Earth's Surface. We will be learning about rocks, minerals, layers of Earth, earthquakes, volcanoes, and fast/slow changes to the Earth.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Monday, September 21, 2015
Week 4 (Sept. 28-Oct. 2)
Reminders:
*Wednesday, Sept. 30 is picture day. Info is sent from the office.
*We are beginning our Enrichment Blocks in Reading and Math the week of Sept. 28. This will allow for small group differentiated instruction twice each day.
*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day to help with consistency.
*Weekly homework packets will go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.
*Wednesday, Oct. 7 we will be walking to the Holland Farmer's Market. A permission slip and request for a quarter (to buy an apple from a vendor) has been sent home already. We will also be reading a story the week of Oct. 12 about a farmer's market.
MATH
Partners of 10, Math Chapter 1 Review & Assessment: Partners and Number Patterns Through 10
READING
Amazing Words: amusing, neighbor, trouble, porch, introduce, corner, deliver, squirrel
Realism & Fantasy, Questioning- The Big Top
Simple Sentences
EBLI Lessons
SCIENCE
We have begin on our topic of the EARTH in SPACE. We will learn about the Earth, Moon, & Sun, Reasons for Day & Night, Reasons for the Seasons, and Rotations & Revolutions.
*Wednesday, Sept. 30 is picture day. Info is sent from the office.
*We are beginning our Enrichment Blocks in Reading and Math the week of Sept. 28. This will allow for small group differentiated instruction twice each day.
*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day to help with consistency.
*Weekly homework packets will go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.
*Wednesday, Oct. 7 we will be walking to the Holland Farmer's Market. A permission slip and request for a quarter (to buy an apple from a vendor) has been sent home already. We will also be reading a story the week of Oct. 12 about a farmer's market.
MATH
Partners of 10, Math Chapter 1 Review & Assessment: Partners and Number Patterns Through 10
READING
Amazing Words: amusing, neighbor, trouble, porch, introduce, corner, deliver, squirrel
Realism & Fantasy, Questioning- The Big Top
Simple Sentences
EBLI Lessons
SCIENCE
We have begin on our topic of the EARTH in SPACE. We will learn about the Earth, Moon, & Sun, Reasons for Day & Night, Reasons for the Seasons, and Rotations & Revolutions.
Friday, September 18, 2015
Reading Stamina
Here's a little video about the importance of reading at home, even at a young age! :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqawFfXTPSs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqawFfXTPSs
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Week 3 (Sept. 21-25)
Reminders
9/21-9/24 there will be NWEA testing for about an hour each morning. This data will be used to help create effective differentiated small groups in ELA and Math beginning next week.
*Please send in only healthy morning snacks. Please avoid juice because it can be messy. Thanks!
*Fliptop water bottles are great in the classroom. Twist off tend to spill regularly.
*Signed Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day.
*Weekly homework packets will go home on Monday (or the first day of the week if it happens to be a shortened one) and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning (or the last day of the school week).
*Please write a note in their agenda if there is a change to their regular dismissal location. Front door is car pick-up and back door is walkers and Boys/Girls Club.
MATH
Partners of 7, Partners of 8, Partners of 9, Partners of 10
READING
Amazing Words: active, pavement, puddle, overflowing, lawn, newspaper, banner, patio
Plot, Story Structure- Tip and Tam
Verbs in Sentences
EBLI Lessons
SCIENCE
We will begin our first unit on the Earth and Sun in our Solar System.
*Please send in only healthy morning snacks. Please avoid juice because it can be messy. Thanks!
*Fliptop water bottles are great in the classroom. Twist off tend to spill regularly.
*Signed Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day.
*Weekly homework packets will go home on Monday (or the first day of the week if it happens to be a shortened one) and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning (or the last day of the school week).
*Please write a note in their agenda if there is a change to their regular dismissal location. Front door is car pick-up and back door is walkers and Boys/Girls Club.
MATH
Partners of 7, Partners of 8, Partners of 9, Partners of 10
READING
Amazing Words: active, pavement, puddle, overflowing, lawn, newspaper, banner, patio
Plot, Story Structure- Tip and Tam
Verbs in Sentences
EBLI Lessons
SCIENCE
We will begin our first unit on the Earth and Sun in our Solar System.
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