Look What We Did!!!

Today we went to the science lab to create our very own volcanoes. The students were very excited and learned a lot.

One more week of September to go

Reminders:

* If you have not yet signed up for a time for parent conferences on October 10, please do so soon. I will be creating the final list and sending confirming times with parents by this Thursday. I really hope to meet with everyone. Thank you to those of you who have already signed up!

* I have added a new item to our classroom wish list. Headphones!!! We do a lot of computer work in the classroom, and some of it involves listening. I am trying to get a set of headphones for every student in the class. They dont have to be the fancy kind, just able to work.

What we are learning:
 Math: Rounding and Estimating
Science: Mixtures and Solutions
Social Studies: Natural Disasters
Reading/Writing: Sequencing and publishing personal narratives

HW;

Monday: Number Line Mice- math rounding
Tuesday: Sam the Detective
Wednesday: Lets Get Friendly
Thursday:

Have a great week!

Lauren Derrington

September 19-Septemeber 23

I hope everyone had a safe and relaxing weekend!

We are half way through the first 9 weeks and progress reports will be sent home on Thursday.  Please note that grades on the progress report are not final, but show how your child is doing so far.  If there are missing grades, he/she can still turn in the assignment for a grade.  Any graded work below a 70 can be redone and turned back in for a grade up to 70.

Its Education Go Get it Week next week! Here is the schedule of events for the week.

Monday: Show your college spirit day! - wear your favorite college shirt.
Tuesday: Map it out - Where did your teacher go to school? Staff will highlight where they went to college on a map displayed in front of the Counselors' office. 

Wednesday: "Parents and their Work Day"- Students interview their parents. Students are encouraged to draw or write about their parents' skills or what their parents do for a living. Photos and props may be included. The students can share their interviews with their classmates.
** Volunteer Opportunity***I think it would be really exciting if we could get some parent volunteers to come into the classroom to share where they went to college, and what they are doing now. I am looking for parents who would like to come talk to us about college. Please email or call me if you are interested. This will be on Wednesday at 12:45. I will send more details once I know how many parents would like to volunteer!

Thursday: Design College Bound Pennants of the year your class will graduate a 4-year college. This will be done in class.

Friday: "I Want to be…." Each class stops by the graffiti wall to express their career ambitions.

What we're learning this week:

Social Studies--Wetlands, Plains, and Sod Houses
Science--Changes from Heat and Mixtures
Math--2-Digit Addition and Subtraction
Reading--Genre Study- Fairy Tales, Legends, Myths, and Fables
Writing--Publishing  our personal narratives

Homework for Sept. 19-23

Monday--Adding on a Hundred Chart p. 30

Tuesday--Reading-Real or Fantasy

Wednesday--Adding on a Hundred Chart p. 31

Thursday--Comparing Traditional Fiction

Daily--Read for 20 minutes


Spelling Homework- Changing Y to I **All spelling homework is due on Friday**
Monday: Spelling Word Sort WS
Tuesday: Write the basic word or words in the blank WS
Wednesday: Rainbow Words-Write each spelling word using 3 different colors.

Thursday: Practice Spelling Test-Have an adult or older sibling to give you the spelling test. Then check it and have the adult or older sibling initial the spelling test. Test on Friday!

Have a great week!

New Math Game!!!

I just found out about this Math game. I think the kids will like it because you can log in and then play against people in our class or school. I've included the link and directions below

CarotSticks Multiplication Game

 

Directions:

1. Click on the link.
2. Click "play now" at the top of the page (white font).
3. Create your own character.
4. It will allow you to create your login and password. (I suggest first name and grade number for both the login and password. Example: Lauren3)
5. Have fun!!!
6. Hint: You can adjust the difficulty and operation on the right side of the screen once you are playing the game.

Week of Sept 12-Sept 16

We had a great Friday with all the grandparents who came for lunch last week! It was so exciting to see all the smiling faces.

What we are learning this week

Social Studies: Its freedom week and we are discussing the past events of September 11 and how our country became what it is today.

Science: Matter and how it can change from one state to another.

Math: Working with patterns on a 100 board and introducing addition strategies. We will be working a lot on addition and subtraction in the next few weeks. It would be great to practice simple facts at home to help your child succeed.

Language Arts:  Inferencing and writing personal narratives.

Reminders: **If you have not yet signed up for a parent conference, please complete the form on the left. Times are filling up quickly! Mark your calendar for October 10th.**

Here is a sample of what how we made Adobe bricks last week.

Sept 6-Sept 9

We had a great week last week. Our class is moving along well, learning together, and following classroom and school-wide expectations.

We had lots of kiddos absent last week due to illness. Please make sure you remind your kids how important it is to wash hands and not share water bottles or anything else that can transfer germs. I will be reminding them to wash their hands often at school and keep their hands away from their mouths and to cover their coughs. I heard more coughing last week that I've heard in a very long time! :(

Reminders:

Grandparents luncheon- Friday Sept 9 11:17am

Parent Conferences- Monday Oct 10th- please fill out the parent conference sign up sheet.

What we are learning:

This week in Social Studies we will continue to study about different areas of the world and we are talking about deserts. So far we have compared the San people in the Kalahari Desert with the Pueblo Native Americans. On friday we will be making our own adobe bricks. I hope they turn out as planned :)

Science is all about matter right now. Students are investigating the different properties of matter and also the 3 states as well. They will know what matter is and will be able to tell you if something is a solid, liquid, or a gas.

In Math, we are moving quickly and learning about money. All students should know the values of all the coins including the half dollar. We are working on determining the value of a collection of coins and bills. At home, it would greatly benefit your child to talk with them about money. While at the grocery store you can remind them of what things cost and what they would use to buy certain items. We are always looking to enhance learning with real life situations.

This week in Reading and Writing students are learning how to use their inner voice to help them understand their reading. They have been and will continue to practice writing down what their brain is telling them while they read. This will make them become better readers. We will also be creating story maps which include characters, setting, problem and solutions to stories.

Enjoy the rest of this short week!