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Reading- Read story 2 times and then do Tuesday's sheet
Speliing- Cancelled for tonight. Most of the children have done some of Tuesday's activity. They can skip the rest.
English- Subject and Predicate Test Thursday, September 29th. Study guide in homework folder
Math- Most students have Practice Workbook pg. 23 1-19 odds, some students have Challenge Workbook pg. 23 1-9, and a couple of children have Reteach pg. 23 1-4
Social Studies- Finish Flipbooks for Geographical Features
Reading- Read new story 2 times ( 1time aloud and 1 time silently) and complete Monday's page. Reading log due Monday
Spelling- New words- Homophones, complete Monday's assignment
Grammar- Subject and Predicate (Complete) on Thursday
Math- Practice Facts October 14th is the deadline to pass addition and subtraction tests
**A HUGE thank you goes out to ALL the moms that have been helping us get copies and games made to help make learning fun for the children. We would also like to thank Mrs. Letts for coming in on Wednesday and reading to us. She shared a wonderful story that the children seemed to really enjoy.
** Our class has reached our 15 compliments, so we will be deciding how we want to celebrate next week. YEAH!!
Reminders-
* Don't forget that you and your child can check the BLOG daily for homework. On the BLOG your child can also find links to practice many different standards.
*Don't forget to sign behavior sheets when you child receives a check and sign the agenda nightly. Please remember we are trying to teach the children responsibility, so it is their job to ask you to sign the agenda.
*Please sign the Reading Log on Sunday or daily next to where your child logs in his or her reading. You would just have to squeeze your intials in by the title or time read. This will insure that your child is reading on most days or nights. We have told them any reading done independently at school may be recorded on the log. Also remind your child that the reading log is a way for us to make the children accountable for the reading they do, so they should be putting in the time and effort. We are looking for quality over quantity.
*If your child received an Academic Update, please remember to keep a copy for home and send a copy back to school signed. They are due Monday, September 26, 2011.
Important Dates:
Monday, September 26, 2011- Signed Academic Updates are due
Wednesday, September 27, 2011- SUPER Specials in the afternoon
Thursday, September 29, 2011- Subject and Predicate Test
Friday, September 30, 2011- Class Store
Wednesday, October 5th-Friday, October 7th- CoGat Testing (8:00am-11:00am)
Monday, October 10th- Friday, October 14th- ITBS Testing (8:00am-11:00am)
Wednesday, October 12, 2011- Art Awareness
Friday, October 14, 2011- Deadline to pass addition and subtraction tests
Friday, October 21, 2011- Popcorn and Movie reward for passed addition and subtraction tests
Monday, October 24th- Friday, October 28th- Conference Week
Friday, October 28, 2011- Class Store
Friday, October 28, 2011- Book Character Day
Monday, October 31, 2011- Wellstar Program "Temper Tamers"
Curriculum:
Reading Workshop- Next week, during stations we will work on Making Connections and Comparing/Contrasting Story Elements. During Guided Reading, we will begin using our National Geographic to help us find main ideas and details in Nonfiction Texts.
Math Workshop- Next week, our focus will be on Adding and Subtracting with Regrouping. Our class will also continue to find unknowns. This past week, we learned how to use our KWLE graphic organizers for problem solving. Our struggle and what we will continue to work on this year is how to Explain our answers and our steps on how we got to the solutions.
Writing Workshop- We have continued working on our Personal Narratives. Today, most of the children began working on revising and editing their narratives. Mr. Massey and I have been conferencing with the children trying to help them understand that it is so important to "Show Not Tell" in our stories. Our focus has been: A hook or grabber, adding strong verbs, juicy adjectives, transitions, and adding a Take-Away ending. Next week, we will finish our Personal Narratives and begin writing Fairy Tales "Imaginative Stories".
English- Our focus has been on identifing Subjects and Predicates. We have explained that the verb starts the complete predicate, and it is the simple predicate. The subject is who or what the sentence is about. the simple subject is the Subject noun. An example of the question and answer flow that we use is- The dog jumped over the fence. What jumped over the fence? the dog What is being said about the dog? dog jumped ( SN= dog and Verb= jumped). Next week, we will continue learning about subjects and predicates and take a test on Thursday. **Ask you child to sing the Noun and verb jingle for you. These will help them identify nouns and verbs.
Spelling- Next week, we will learn about Homophones- Words that sound like, but they are spelled differently and mean different things.
Social Studies- Geographical Features- The features the children are responsible for are- Equator, Lines of Latitude, Prime Meridian, Lines of Longitude, and where Greece is located.
09/23/2011 in Newsletters | Permalink
Reading- Read the passage aloud once and silently once. Do Tuesday's homework in packet. Reading Logs need to be worked on all week.
Spelling- Complete Tuesday's activity- Cut out letters from old newspapers and magazines to spell each of your spelling words. Glue the words onto a piece of notebook paper or a piece of construction paper.
** We will be taking the class to the book fair on Thursday for anyone who needs or wants to purchase books.
Upcoming Dates:
September 19
19-22 Scholastic Book Fair
19 7:15-7:50 Donuts with Dad
20 7:15-7:50 Donuts with Dad
20 Tellus Field Trip
20-22 Jump Rope for Heart during PE
22 8-9:30 PTSA Parent Info. Mtg
Academic Updates Sent Home
30 Spirit Day
October
4 Reflections projects Due
5-7 CoGat Testing for 1st/3rd Grade
14 Fall Festival
10-17 ITBS Testing for 3rd/5th Grade
Curriculum:
Math- Last week we learned how to find an unknown and worked on addition with expanded form. Next week, we will be subtracting with larger numbers without regrouping. New math stations will begin Monday. The children are doing great with the addition and subtraction time tests. They have until October 14th to pass all tests. We will have a popcorn and movie celebration October 21st.
Reading- Next week, we will be working on making text to self, text to text, and text to world connections. New reading stations will start Monday.
Writing- Continue with Personal narratives and each day we will be doing mini lessons to make our narratives better and better.
English- Continue with identifying subjects and predicates
Spelling- Long vowel patterns
Social Studies- Maps and Globes skills
09/18/2011 in Newsletters | Permalink
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(678) 594-8298
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