3 weeks!

Hello Families,
We have 3 weeks until we get another break. Between now and then we will administer mid year assessments in history, science, and math.  Please review the study guides sent home on all topics covered thus far.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and is ready for these 3 weeks to fly by!

Take care,
Mrs. P

update- Sight words

Here are this week's sight words.

show

another

answer

nurse

computer

three

through

end

around

should

Homework

This week is a modified homework schedule. BINGO will come home on Friday, for next week.
Below is teh plan for this week!

Modified Homework for the week of 11/29/10

Due to the Thanksgiving Break, homework did not come home on Friday. As a result, this week we will have a modified homework policy. Please return to school by Friday, December 3^rd. New homework will come home in the BINGO format on Friday.

Each night please read 15-20 minutes with your child.

Monday- Cut and Sort your word study words. After sorting read them to a grown up.

Tuesday- Use your sight words to write 5 different sentences. Make sure to underline your sight word.

Wednesday- extend the following patterns

a b a bb a bbb a bbbb

2, 4, 6, 8,

red, yellow, blue, red red, yellow, blue, red red red, yellow, blue

Thursday- Glue your word study words down and review for spelling tests.  Practice reading your sight words

Homework is due on Friday J

Homework 11/19/10

No homework next week! Have a great Thanksgiving!!!!

Grandparent's Day!

Tuesday was Grandparent's Day here at school! In celebration our fabulous team in the office put together a spectacular event.  There were treats, coffee, pictures, singing, visits, and warmth spread throughout the building. We had the treat of being joined by some of our Grandparents! Here are some pictures that captured part of the visit! We hope the grandparents that joined us had a great time too.

Homework

Homework will come home on Monday.  We had a hairy afternoon full of Interims, Spirit Shirts, and Sharing bags! 
I am posting homework  and sight words, if you would like to get a jump on some of the activities. If you need extra time to complete homework, let me know and we can work something out!

Have a great weekend!

Homework for November 5th

Happy Friday! This week's homework will be coming home today! Have a great weekend!

 

A contribution is a gift or something that is done for others. What contribution do you make to our classroom? Is it your kindness, smile, helpfulness...?	We are collecting fall items as a project this week. Write a clue about 1 of your items and see if a family member can guess your item! Use lots of describing words.	Make flashcards for this week’s sight words.  Practice flashing them with an adult.	Creative Writing: All of the leaves turned colors when _____	Architecture – are things that are built in a community! Be your own architect and design (illustrate) a building.  Label it with words or phrases to help you remember the definition
Read a story with a grown up.  What book did you read? Before you read make 1 prediction about what will happen. After reading the book, check to see was your prediction correct?	Cut and sort your word study for the week. After you sort, read your words out loud twice. Keep in a safe place to practice for your test.	Sort your word study words and write them 1 time.  Read them three times.	Answer the following subtraction facts: 20-9= 12-3= 17-7= 18-2=	Read a book with a grown up. What book did you read? What did it make you think about, or remind you of?
SCIENCE REVIEW: Write the 3 states of matter and illustrate them. Illustrate what needs to change (hint: on a thermometer) in order to change the states!	Solve the following word problem- use illustrations and words to show how you came up with your answer! 27 students were at lunch, 8 friends joined in. How many friends are eating together?	START HERE Cut, sort and read your word study words	Sort your Word Study Words and glue them down onto paper.  Read through them 2 times.	Write your sight words in crazy colors. Read them 3 times.
Draw a circle and write the word happy in the middle. Have a grown up help you brainstorm synonyms for the word- and write and illustrate the synonyms around it.	Write your sight words in ABC order. Read through them 3 times	Synonyms are words with similar meanings, antonyms are opposites. Write and illustrate antonyms for these words: nice, up, big, in, on	We’re back to addition and subtraction! Make and practice your flash cards for 10’s and doubles facts.   Practice them with a timer! See how fast you can get with your facts!	Read a story. Write 2 or more sentences telling me the characters and setting.  What was the problem in the story?
Have a grown up call out your Word Study Words.  Write them down like you are taking a spelling test.  Sort your words and check to see how you did!	Use your sight words in 5 sentences. Underline your sight word in each one. Find the ACTION WORD and circle it. Find the noun (person, place or thing) and put a box around it.	Climate is the type of weather that happens most in an area. Illustrate the climate we see in Virginia- hint it changes 4 times a year! Write your kid friendly definition of climate on your illustration.	Find a family member to read with.  What book did you read? Where did the book take place? Who were the characters?	Read through your list of sight words! Use 5 of them in silly nonsense sentences. Circle each sight word.

Your sight words are:
mother
answer
study
still
learn
should
America
world
high

What's new in the classroom!?

Welcome to November! By now we have setteled into the Second Nine Weeks of school. Interim report cards will come home next week. In History we have learned about Ancient China and Egypt. We are ready to take our unit test tomorrow. In Math we are wrapping up place value, however will still use it as we dive into addition. More to come from the students about that this week- hopefully a video about how we use place value!

Before you know it, the holidays will be right on top of us.  Please continue to find the time to read nightly with you child, as our fluency is increasing dramatically!

Finally, I leave you with few snapshots of our busy workers in class.