This week we will be focusing on the words from the seventh Reading story, “A Big-City Dream.” The words we are studying are:
often, they, caught, really, everybody, camera, beginning, might, remember, island, several, interesting, December, February, known, surprised, finally everyone, swimming, and evening. The students pretest on Monday. They will bring the list home in their Home Folder. Spelling homework is always Tuesday night (due Wednesday morning). I would like them to keep the Spelling list in their home folder so it can be used at home and at school. This week the homework is to write each word in a sentence. They should number the sentences and underline the spelling word. Please remind your child to review the words each night to be ready for the spelling test on Friday.
READING
The reading skill we will be working on this week is CAUSE AND EFFECT. A cause is why something happens. A cause can have more than one effect. An effect can have more than one cause. Sometimes there aren’t any clue words to help figure out what happened and why. Lots of people showed up to help Luz clean up the lot. Her dream of having a garden came true. The first sentence (cause) explains why Luz’s dream came true (effect). Talk with your child this week about “cause and effect” to help them better understand the concepts.
HOMEWORK-Very Important for Success!
READING-Each night your child should be reading a minimum of 20 minutes. Once they have finished reading they need to write a short summary (paragraph) about what they just read. Reading their summary with them will help them further understand their story.
MATH-Your child has Math homework each night. One-fourth of each daily EXCEL sheet is HW. Please look over your child’s work and guide them as necessary in the completion of the problems.
MATH FACTS PRACTICE
We had several students pass their math facts test last Friday. Please continue to practice 5 minutes each night on the number your child is working on. They need to practice the basic facts through 10. We have also been learning about factor rainbows. Ask your child to show you how to make a factor rainbow for the numbers 2 through 12.
BOOK REPORTS
The students have their October book report form. It is for a fiction book about an animal. Please check with your child to see that they are reading an animal book, if not, they can check one out at the library on Thursday. It is very helpful if you can look at a calendar and plan when would be a good time to work on their book report so it doesn’t end up being a last minute activity. The report is due Friday, October 29th.
AAI means “ALL ASSIGNMENTS IN.” Each Monday I will send home a sheet that will tell you if your child is missing any work in each subject area. Please review it with them Monday night, sign it, and have them return it to class on Tuesday. Anything that shows up missing on that sheet is work that was to be completed in the previous week (or before). The students need to complete the work and turn it in to me as soon as possible. When they complete the work and turn it in, I will sign them off on their missing assignment sheet so you know their work has been turned in. The Life Skill of responsibility is very important to learn at a young age. Several students were only missing one assignment. The following students were responsible about all of their work this term. They are on AAI:
Sydney A., Tyler, Jazmin, Jeffery, Anthony, Jorgie, Juan, Andrea, Grace, Trinity, Steve, and
Sydney W.
Nice job!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
WEEK OF OCTOBER 18TH
Last week our class was learning about Food Webs and Food Chains. As part of that process they were able to take apart an owl pellet and identify the bones they found inside. What an exciting day!!
This week we will be focusing on the words from the first story of Unit 2 (U2S1) “The Cricket in Times Square.” We are studying the vowel sounds that are heard in the words put and out. The words are:
stood, football, July, pudding, pudding, shower, house, cloud, took, brook, cushion, power, crowd, outside, proud, wood, bush, butcher, however, loud mountain. The students pretest on Monday. They will bring the list home in their Home Folder. Spelling homework is always Tuesday night (due Wednesday morning). I would like them to keep the Spelling sheet in their Homework folder so it can be used at home and at school. This week the homework is to write each word in a sentence. They should number the sentences and underline the spelling word. Please remind your child to review the words each night to be ready for the spelling test on Friday.
READING
This week we will be reading a story called “The Cricket In Times Square”. Chester Cricket gets much more than he bargained for when he climbs into a picnic basket in his Connecticut meadow. He gets a trip all the way to New York City. There, in the Times Square subway station,, Mario Bellini, the son of the newsstand owners, finds Chester and makes a home for him in a matchbox. One evening, after the newsstand closes, Chester makes friends with Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat, who take him above ground to see the sights of the city. The reading skill we will learn about is visualizing. To visualize means to form a picture (mind movie) in your mind as you read. Because everything in the subway is new to Chester, he observes and describes it in detail. Details that tell how things look, smell, sound, taste, and feel help readers create vivid pictures in their minds. Ask your child to visualize and describe things this week. Use the senses to make the description vivid.
BOOK REPORTS
The students have their October book report form. It is for a fiction book about an animal. Please check with your child to see that they are reading an animal book, if not, they can check one out at the library on Thursday. It is very helpful if you can look at a calendar and plan when would be a good time to work on their book report so it doesn’t end up being a last minute activity. The report is due Friday, October 29th.
AAI means “ALL ASSIGNMENTS IN.” Each Monday I will send home a sheet that will tell you if your child is missing any work in each subject area. Please review it with them Monday night, sign it, and have them return it to class on Tuesday. Anything that shows up missing on that sheet is work that was to be completed in the previous week (or before). The students need to complete the work and turn it in to me as soon as possible. When they complete the work and turn it in, I will sign them off on their missing assignment sheet so you know their work has been turned in. The Life Skill of responsibility is very important to learn at a young age. Several students were only missing one assignment. The following students were responsible about all of their work this term. They are on AAI:
Sydney, Eddie, Tyler, Jazmin, Jeffery, Anthony, Juan, Andrea, Grace, Trinity, Sydney
Nice job!
Saturday, October 9, 2010
The Week of October 11th
SPELLING
This week we will be focusing on the words from the fifth Reading story, “Addie in Charge.” The words are:
throat, scratch, street, squeeze, thrill, strawberry, squirm, through, scream, strike, threat, scrub, strength, squirt, screen, strange, square, thrown, skyscraper, and squeal. The students pretest on Monday. They will take the list home in their Home Folder. Spelling homework is always Tuesday night (due Wednesday morning). I would like them to keep the Spelling sheet in their homework folder so it can be used at home and at school. This week the homework is to write each word in a sentence and then write each word three times. They should number the sentences and underline the spelling word.
READING
Our Target Skill this week is CHARACTERS. Characters are the people or animals in a story or non-fictional article. You can learn about the characters by what they think, do, and say. You can also learn about the characters by paying attention to how other characters in the story treat them and what these other characters say about them. The main characters in “Addie in Charge” are Addie and Burt. In a crisis, Addie stays calm and does the right thing. When then others return, they praise Addie for her courage and intelligence.
The vocabulary words that we will be learning this week are:
bellows, billows, crouched, smarted, and tufts. Knowing the meanings of these words is important to reading “Addie in Charge.”
We will also be learning about three types of sentences. The first kind is a simple sentences which is one complete thought. The second type is a compound sentences which is two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction, such as and, but, or or. Addie hid in the well, and she took Burt with her. The third kind is complex sentences which contain a simple sentence and a group of words that cannot stand on its own, with a connecting work such as because or when. When the fire came close, Addie and Burt hid.
BOOK REPORTS
The students have their October book report form. It is for a fiction book about an animal. Please check with your child to see that they are reading an animal book, if not, they can check one out at the library on Thursday. It is very helpful if you can look at a calendar and plan when would be a good time to work on their book report so it doesn’t end up being a last minute activity. The report is due Friday, October 29th.
AAI means “ALL ASSIGNMENTS IN.” Each Monday I will send home a sheet that will tell you if your child is missing any work in each subject area. Please review it with them Monday night, sign it, and have them return it to class on Tuesday. Anything that shows up missing on that sheet is work that was to be completed in the previous week (or before). The students need to complete the work and turn it in to me as soon as possible. When they complete the work and turn it in, I will sign them off on their missing assignment sheet so you know their work has been turned in. The Life Skill of responsibility is very important to learn at a young age. Several students were only missing one assignment. The following students were responsible about all of their work this term. They are on AAI:
Sydney, Dawna, Tyler, Jazmin, Jeffery, Anthony, Juan, Trinity, Teeona, Simone, Steve, Sydney
Nice job!
This week we will be focusing on the words from the fifth Reading story, “Addie in Charge.” The words are:
throat, scratch, street, squeeze, thrill, strawberry, squirm, through, scream, strike, threat, scrub, strength, squirt, screen, strange, square, thrown, skyscraper, and squeal. The students pretest on Monday. They will take the list home in their Home Folder. Spelling homework is always Tuesday night (due Wednesday morning). I would like them to keep the Spelling sheet in their homework folder so it can be used at home and at school. This week the homework is to write each word in a sentence and then write each word three times. They should number the sentences and underline the spelling word.
READING
Our Target Skill this week is CHARACTERS. Characters are the people or animals in a story or non-fictional article. You can learn about the characters by what they think, do, and say. You can also learn about the characters by paying attention to how other characters in the story treat them and what these other characters say about them. The main characters in “Addie in Charge” are Addie and Burt. In a crisis, Addie stays calm and does the right thing. When then others return, they praise Addie for her courage and intelligence.
The vocabulary words that we will be learning this week are:
bellows, billows, crouched, smarted, and tufts. Knowing the meanings of these words is important to reading “Addie in Charge.”
We will also be learning about three types of sentences. The first kind is a simple sentences which is one complete thought. The second type is a compound sentences which is two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction, such as and, but, or or. Addie hid in the well, and she took Burt with her. The third kind is complex sentences which contain a simple sentence and a group of words that cannot stand on its own, with a connecting work such as because or when. When the fire came close, Addie and Burt hid.
BOOK REPORTS
The students have their October book report form. It is for a fiction book about an animal. Please check with your child to see that they are reading an animal book, if not, they can check one out at the library on Thursday. It is very helpful if you can look at a calendar and plan when would be a good time to work on their book report so it doesn’t end up being a last minute activity. The report is due Friday, October 29th.
AAI means “ALL ASSIGNMENTS IN.” Each Monday I will send home a sheet that will tell you if your child is missing any work in each subject area. Please review it with them Monday night, sign it, and have them return it to class on Tuesday. Anything that shows up missing on that sheet is work that was to be completed in the previous week (or before). The students need to complete the work and turn it in to me as soon as possible. When they complete the work and turn it in, I will sign them off on their missing assignment sheet so you know their work has been turned in. The Life Skill of responsibility is very important to learn at a young age. Several students were only missing one assignment. The following students were responsible about all of their work this term. They are on AAI:
Sydney, Dawna, Tyler, Jazmin, Jeffery, Anthony, Juan, Trinity, Teeona, Simone, Steve, Sydney
Nice job!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 4TH
NO SCHOOL FRIDAY
This Friday, October 8th, there will be no school. It is a teacher’s furlough day. C1 will be doing all of our weekly tests on Thursday.
SPELLING
The words this week are:
station, vacation, wild, lion, invite, broke, remote, danger, cable, behind, hide, arrive, drove, stole, April, bacon, pint, decide, whole, and smoke. The students pretest on Monday. They will have the list home in their Home Folder. Spelling homework is always Tuesday night (due Wednesday morning). I would like them to keep the Spelling sheet in their Home Folder so it can be used at home and at school. This week the homework is to write each word in a sentence. They should number the sentences and underline the spelling word. Please remind your child to review the words each night to be ready for the spelling test this Thursday.
READING
This week we will be focusing on the words from the fourth Reading story, “Family Pictures.” We will be learning about “Author’s Purpose” which is the reason or reasons an author has for writing. We have to figure them out. Four common purposes are to inform, to entertain, to express, and to persuade. We will also be learning about imperative and exclamatory sentences.
READING LOGS
Thank you so much for helping your child read, do a reading response, and get their Agenda signed every day. Reading to your child, listening to them read to you, having them read to a brother or sister, or encouraging them to read to themselves will go a long way in helping them be successful in school. Please encourage them to find a quiet spot to read each night.
BOOK REPORT
The October book report (Fictional animal story). Each child was given a copy of the book report form last Thursday. We went over the questions and how they need to be answered. We go to the library every Thursday and they can also check books out before or after school to check out their books. Please have them answer the questions on a piece of regular notebook paper. The answers need to be in complete sentences using capitals letters and correct punctuation. The book report is due on Friday, October 29th.
AAI means “ALL ASSIGNMENTS IN.” Each Monday I will send home a sheet that will tell you if your child is missing any work in each subject area. Please review it with them Monday night, sign it, and have them return it to class on Tuesday. Anything that shows up missing on that sheet is work that was to be completed in the previous week (or before). The students need to complete the work and turn it in to me as soon as possible. When they complete the work and turn it in, I will sign them off on their missing assignment sheet so you know their work has been turned in. The Life Skill of responsibility is very important to learn at a young age. Several students were only missing one assignment. The following students were responsible about all of their work this term. They are on AAI:
Sydney, Dawna, Tyler, Jazmin, Jeffery, Anthony, Juan, Andrea, Grace, Trinity, Teeona, Steve, Sydney, Layla, Apolonia Nice job!
This Friday, October 8th, there will be no school. It is a teacher’s furlough day. C1 will be doing all of our weekly tests on Thursday.
SPELLING
The words this week are:
station, vacation, wild, lion, invite, broke, remote, danger, cable, behind, hide, arrive, drove, stole, April, bacon, pint, decide, whole, and smoke. The students pretest on Monday. They will have the list home in their Home Folder. Spelling homework is always Tuesday night (due Wednesday morning). I would like them to keep the Spelling sheet in their Home Folder so it can be used at home and at school. This week the homework is to write each word in a sentence. They should number the sentences and underline the spelling word. Please remind your child to review the words each night to be ready for the spelling test this Thursday.
READING
This week we will be focusing on the words from the fourth Reading story, “Family Pictures.” We will be learning about “Author’s Purpose” which is the reason or reasons an author has for writing. We have to figure them out. Four common purposes are to inform, to entertain, to express, and to persuade. We will also be learning about imperative and exclamatory sentences.
READING LOGS
Thank you so much for helping your child read, do a reading response, and get their Agenda signed every day. Reading to your child, listening to them read to you, having them read to a brother or sister, or encouraging them to read to themselves will go a long way in helping them be successful in school. Please encourage them to find a quiet spot to read each night.
BOOK REPORT
The October book report (Fictional animal story). Each child was given a copy of the book report form last Thursday. We went over the questions and how they need to be answered. We go to the library every Thursday and they can also check books out before or after school to check out their books. Please have them answer the questions on a piece of regular notebook paper. The answers need to be in complete sentences using capitals letters and correct punctuation. The book report is due on Friday, October 29th.
AAI means “ALL ASSIGNMENTS IN.” Each Monday I will send home a sheet that will tell you if your child is missing any work in each subject area. Please review it with them Monday night, sign it, and have them return it to class on Tuesday. Anything that shows up missing on that sheet is work that was to be completed in the previous week (or before). The students need to complete the work and turn it in to me as soon as possible. When they complete the work and turn it in, I will sign them off on their missing assignment sheet so you know their work has been turned in. The Life Skill of responsibility is very important to learn at a young age. Several students were only missing one assignment. The following students were responsible about all of their work this term. They are on AAI:
Sydney, Dawna, Tyler, Jazmin, Jeffery, Anthony, Juan, Andrea, Grace, Trinity, Teeona, Steve, Sydney, Layla, Apolonia Nice job!
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