I wanted to let you know about a couple of things happening in our classroom the rest of this week.
Tomorrow, Thursday, December 20, we will have our Winter Celebration at 2:45pm. Feel free to stop by and have fun with us!
Friday, December 21 is our last day before Winter Break. The school will be having an All School Sing Along in the gym at 2:00pm this day. Please come by and sing along with us if you wish!
On a sadder note, Anyang will be moving to Iowa over Winter Break. Her last day with us will be tomorrow, Thursday, December 20. We are all sad to see her leave us, but we wish her well in Iowa.
I hope all of you have a safe and happy holidays. I look forward to seeing all the students back on Monday, January 7th!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
We're Back On-Line!
First off, I need to apologize for not posting since Thanksgiving. My computer crashed here at school and I didn't have a way of getting to the information I needed to keep you up to date.
Since Thanksgiving, we have completed a lot of work! The students have finished chapters, started research, and everything in between.
In MATH, we have finished chapter 3 on multiplication and division and have started chapter 4. Chapter 4 is on data and graphs, so we are learning about the different types of graphs including bar, plot, and line graphs, as well as how to use the information given to us in the graphs. This is a very short chapter that we will be trying to finish up before Winter Break next week!
In READING, the students finished their novel studies with Mrs. Whitten and we have gone back to the textbook. We started a new story this week about Mimicry and Camouflage with different types of animals. We learned the new vocabulary on Monday, read the story on Tuesday, and will complete different activities to go along with the story. The focus skill this week is Cause and Effect relationships in stories as a way for an author to organize their writing. In the story, we have found several different cause/effect relationships. On Wednesday, we will discuss these in more detail, as well as learn about prefixes and suffixes and different reference sources. Thursday, we will read the story again and discuss it and then on Friday is our comprehension test. All students are encouraged to take their books home during the week to read the story again on their own or with their parents. The more they read it, the more they will comprehend. Our vocabulary test will be next Wednesday, since next Friday will be kind of crazy with the last day before Winter Break.
In LANGUAGE ARTS, we are talking about common and proper nouns this week. We will also learn about possessive nouns and the difference between all three of these so we can start using them more in our writing.
In SOCIAL STUDIES, we have started our unit on the SouthEast region of the United States. The students are researching a state with a partner and creating a PowerPoint presentation they will be giving to the class next week. They have had a lot of fun learning about the different states in this region and all these states have to offer.
We also held a class Geography Bee last week to determine our classroom representative for the school Geography Bee that was held today. Dayne Aschenbrenner was the winner from our classroom. He represented us well by winning the school Geography Bee today! Dayne will go on to take the test for the State Geography Bee to determine if he gets to move on to the National Geography Bee! CONGRATULATIONS, DAYNE!
Next Friday, December 21, is the last day of school before Winter Break. We will have a full day of school that day. Students will return to school on Monday, January 7. I hope all of you enjoy your time off over the holidays.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me! Have a great week!
Since Thanksgiving, we have completed a lot of work! The students have finished chapters, started research, and everything in between.
In MATH, we have finished chapter 3 on multiplication and division and have started chapter 4. Chapter 4 is on data and graphs, so we are learning about the different types of graphs including bar, plot, and line graphs, as well as how to use the information given to us in the graphs. This is a very short chapter that we will be trying to finish up before Winter Break next week!
In READING, the students finished their novel studies with Mrs. Whitten and we have gone back to the textbook. We started a new story this week about Mimicry and Camouflage with different types of animals. We learned the new vocabulary on Monday, read the story on Tuesday, and will complete different activities to go along with the story. The focus skill this week is Cause and Effect relationships in stories as a way for an author to organize their writing. In the story, we have found several different cause/effect relationships. On Wednesday, we will discuss these in more detail, as well as learn about prefixes and suffixes and different reference sources. Thursday, we will read the story again and discuss it and then on Friday is our comprehension test. All students are encouraged to take their books home during the week to read the story again on their own or with their parents. The more they read it, the more they will comprehend. Our vocabulary test will be next Wednesday, since next Friday will be kind of crazy with the last day before Winter Break.
In LANGUAGE ARTS, we are talking about common and proper nouns this week. We will also learn about possessive nouns and the difference between all three of these so we can start using them more in our writing.
In SOCIAL STUDIES, we have started our unit on the SouthEast region of the United States. The students are researching a state with a partner and creating a PowerPoint presentation they will be giving to the class next week. They have had a lot of fun learning about the different states in this region and all these states have to offer.
We also held a class Geography Bee last week to determine our classroom representative for the school Geography Bee that was held today. Dayne Aschenbrenner was the winner from our classroom. He represented us well by winning the school Geography Bee today! Dayne will go on to take the test for the State Geography Bee to determine if he gets to move on to the National Geography Bee! CONGRATULATIONS, DAYNE!
Next Friday, December 21, is the last day of school before Winter Break. We will have a full day of school that day. Students will return to school on Monday, January 7. I hope all of you enjoy your time off over the holidays.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me! Have a great week!
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