Weekly Update 03/30/12

Important Announcements:

*Happy Spring Break! I am excited to be going to Florida and relaxing on the beach for the week. Do you have any big plans? Whatever you plan on doing, please stay safe, have fun, relax, and ENJOY! See you on April 9^th!

*Thanks to Mrs. Angle for organizing another great party! I would also like to thank the parents that donated items for the spring party and that helped during the party. The kids always look forward to the parties!

*Mrs. Hopkins is looking for volunteers for track and field on Friday, May 11, 2012. If interested in helping her at a station, please e-mail or call her with the following information: whether you can work a.m., p.m., or all day; your phone number; your e-mail address. Volunteers help to make the day a successful one!

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health
Pushes and Pulls

Spelling

words with air and are

Reading

Story: Abuela

Skills: details; fluency

Daily Five: focus on read to self, listen to reading, partner reading

Math

Comparing costs, trade-first subtraction (YES! BORROWING FINALLY!!!!), multiplication stories, division number stories

Social Studies

Unit 5 – Past and Present; test on Thursday, April 12^th!

English

see, give, saw, gave

Writing

Who am I? papers and begin research reports

Weekly Update 03/22/12

Important Announcements:

*New Book-It calendars were sent home on Thursday, March 1^st. Use the calendar to track the number of minutes your child reads. If he/she reads for twenty minutes, he/she can color in the date on the calendar. In order to earn the free personal pan pizza coupon from Pizza Hut, your child will need to read for twenty minutes, four times a week. The calendar is due back on Friday, March 30th. This is the last month for Book-It.

*Spring Party will be Friday, March 30^th at 2:30 p.m.

*We will be having our Unit 10 math test on Wednesday, March 28, 2012!

*Mrs. Hopkins is looking for volunteers for track and field on Friday, May 11, 2012. If interested in helping her at a station, please e-mail or call her with the following information: whether you can work a.m., p.m., or all day; your phone number; your e-mail address. Volunteers help to make the day a successful one!

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health
Pushes and Pulls

Spelling

words with suffixes –er and –est

Reading

Story: Chinatown

Skills: details; fluency

Daily Five: focus on read to self, listen to reading, partner reading

Math

4-Digit and 5-Digit Numbers, review Unit 10, Unit 10 test, Buying Art Supplies

Social Studies

Unit 5 – Past and Present

English

Has, Have, Had

Writing

Who am I? papers

Weekly Update 03/16/12

Important Announcements:

*Book orders were sent home on Thursday. They are due on Wednesday. I am hoping to have the books in school before spring break. If you want to order online, our class code is: GVCWL

*Mrs. Angle sent information home about our upcoming Spring Party. Please make sure to return the form to school or contact her if you are interested in helping or donating. Thanks!

*Spelling has been challenging and next week’s words are no exception. Do you know what a petroglyph is? It is drawings on a cave. Happy studying!

*We did spring cleaning in our classroom today. I had the students take home things that were distracting to them that have been in desks. Individual pencil sharpeners are one thing that can no longer be here at school. Not only are children sharpening pencils constantly, but there have been numerous examples of messes being left on the floor from the pencil sharpeners. I am hoping since we have cleaned out our desks, we will be more focused!

*New Book-It calendars were sent home on Thursday, March 1^st. Use the calendar to track the number of minutes your child reads. If he/she reads for twenty minutes, he/she can color in the date on the calendar. In order to earn the free personal pan pizza coupon from Pizza Hut, your child will need to read for twenty minutes, four times a week. The calendar is due back on Friday, March 30th. This is the last month for Book-It.

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health
Pushes and Pulls

Spelling

words with ph and gh that sound like “f”

Reading

Story: Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope

Skills: retelling using beginning, middle, and end; fluency

Daily Five: focus on read to self, listen to reading, partner reading

Math

Area, Place Value, Counting by 10s, 100s, and 1,000s, 4-Digit and 5-Digit Numbers, Grouping with Parentheses

Social Studies

Unit 5 – Past and Present

English

Am, Is, Are, Was, and Were

Writing

Writing paragraphs

Weekly Update 03/09/12

Important Announcements:

*Happy early birthday to Kate! Kate will be celebrating her birthday on Sunday, March 11^th. Happy Birthday, Kate!

*Wow! I am so impressed with how our class acted at the Challenger today. They worked well together and had many compliments from the staff at the Challenger. I want to thank the parents that were able to come today and help to make our trip a successful one. Thanks to: Mr. Angle, Mrs. Fought, Mrs. Hogan, Mr. Matthews, Mrs. Meiners, Mrs. Newberry, Mr. Osborne, Mrs. Vaught, and Mr. Watson.

*The Lorax is tomorrow! I have already purchased tickets for those of you that planned on coming. If your plans change, and you can join us, we are going to the 2:35 showing. If you need to purchase tickets, get there early because the movie sold out last weekend!

*New Book-It calendars were sent home on Thursday, March 1^st. Use the calendar to track the number of minutes your child reads. If he/she reads for twenty minutes, he/she can color in the date on the calendar. In order to earn the free personal pan pizza coupon from Pizza Hut, your child will need to read for twenty minutes, four times a week. The calendar is due back on Friday, March 30th. This is the last month for Book-It.

*Does your child have a talent he/she would like to share with the school? Our annual DT’s Got Talent show will be held on Thursday, April 12^th at 6:30 p.m. If your child is interested in participating, the sign-up form is due on Wednesday, March 14^th.

*Our next snack sale will be held on Thursday, March 15^th. Snacks will be sold for $0.50.

*Yearbook order forms are due back by Friday, March 16^th. The cost of the yearbook is $15.

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health
Pushes and Pulls

Spelling

words with ew and ui

Reading

Story: Max Found Two Sticks

Skills: retelling using beginning, middle, and end; fluency

Daily Five: focus on read to self, listen to reading, partner reading

Math

How much?, Coin Values, Calculators and Money, Estimation to the Nearest 10 Cents, Making Change

Social Studies

Unit 5 – Past and Present

English

Past tense verbs

Writing

Writing paragraphs