News letter Week 12; 10/29-11/2/12

Thank y'all for an awesome Fall Festival!! It was awesome!

Math: Continue learning about subtraction. Test on Friday, 11/2/12.

Language Arts: Continue Learning about sentences: complete, complex and compound. Main focus on compound sentences, 

Reading: Continue Reading Liberty Porter. Please remember to do your reading at night on the chapters read during class.

Science: Continue learning about the kingdoms; focus primarily on the fungi and plant kingdom

Spelling and Vocabulary:

1. set

2. put

3. end

4. another

5. head

6. bread

7. dead

8. sweat

9. deaf

10. mineral

1. He spread butter on the bread and ate it.

2. A rock and a mineral can both break. 

Vocabulary: 

1. announce- to tell something out loud to others 

2. proud/pride- to feel good about one's self about what they can or did do

3. horrified- completely shocked, scared and frightened about something 

4. lecture- a talk about something that is important; mostly about a specific topic 

5. harmless- with out harm; not able to harm anyone 

6. moan- to make a sound that does not have words which represents dislike or uncomfort

7. steer- to show the way to somewhere by using your words or body

8. giggle- laughing with little, happy laughs. 

9. monitor- someone who watches over others

10. autograph- a signature; a fancy way of writing someone's name    

Newsletter Week 10/11 10/22-10/26

Fall Break is Next Week(10/15-10/19)! I hope you all have a wonderful time.

The following week after Fall Break: 10/22-10/26

Reminders: Fall Festival will be on Friday, 10/26! We will have a special guest giving a yoga, Halloween inspired class. Children can and are encouraged to dress up in their costumes!! 

November Lunch Forms Are Due Wednesday, 10/24

Math: Starting a new unit on Subtraction 

Language Arts: Continue our study on Complete, Compound and Complex Sentence 

Reading: Continue with our story; there will be a reading quiz over chapters 1-4 on Thursday, 10/25

Science: Animal kingdoms and organisms  

Spelling words and sentences: Focus on -ea- 

• also
• around
• three
• small
• mean
• clean
• peak
• dream
• beach
• team
• In my dream, the beach was clean.
• The team is small, but they have big dreams.

Vocabulary Words and Definitions 

• twirl- to spin in a circle 
• polish- to make look good, to shine 
• mustache- hair above the top lip
• smear- rubbed messily 
• assure- to make someone sure or confident about something 
• spazzy- crazy, unexpectedly, out of control 
• precious- sweet looking, kind acting 
• miniature- a small version of something which is normally large 
• Oval Office- the room where the President does his business in the White House 
• photographer- someone who professionally takes pictures 

Homework Folders

Dear Parents,

    We have made some exciting changes in the classroom! One of the results in the changes is the way unpacking and packing up are carried out. There are no longer specific "Keep" and "Return" papers organized in their homework folders. Instead, you will have to organize your child's folder. The folder should be checked daily and all papers should be taken out. The only papers which should be returned to school in the folders are:

• Homework assignments
• Forms from BDS (field trip forms, script orders, book orders, lunch forms….)
• Signed and Return Papers

Please be checking your child's folder each day. We will be sending home work done in class to involve you in their learning process. Thank you for working with us to make our classroom a productive and positive environment! 

-Mary Katherine Wilson 

Week 9 Newsletter 10/8-10/12

Reminders: 

Field Trip from school at 10:00 a.m. There WILL be classes before we leave.

         

 Fall Break is October 15-19

         

Spirit Week is this week! Please check the BDS school newsletter for information on 

                      what to wear. 

         

This coming week marks the end of the first 9 weeks of school. Report cards will be sent

            out the week after Fall Break. 

This Week:

Math: We will finish the math unit and have a test on Friday, October 12, 

Science: Seasons

Language Arts: Complex, Compound and Simple sentences. 

Reading: We will begin incorporating reading centers into our daily classroom routines. I believe the practice of using centers will help the students to stay focussed and engaged in learning throughout the entire day by being able to focus on different activities for a reachable amount of time. Also, this will provide your child with the ability to engage in more individualized instruction. 

Please download "Liberty Porter, First Daughter" to your iPad.  

Spelling and Vocabulary Words

• follow
• came
• want
• nurse
• curve
• turn
• burn
• curl
• purse
• growth
• The boy wants to follow the nurse around the room.
• Will gravity affect the growth of the plant? 

Vocabulary Words and Definitions 

• liberty- freedom to do what you believe is right 
• press conference- a time when a group of people from the news come together to get information on a special topic. This information is given by someone who really knows what is going on with the topic and is given in person- normally as a speech followed by a question, answer section. 
• Secret Service Agent- someone whose job it is to guard a special person at all times and make sure they are safe; that person is always near by, even if you can't see them.
• nauseous- feeling sick in the stomach like you might throw up
• homeschooled- to learn school from your parents or a tutor at your own house. 
• announcer- someone who tells a video camera or group of people what is going on. 
• entire- whole, complete 
• traditional- something that has been done consistently over a long time and continues to be done in honor of what the action represents 
• chef- someone who is really good at cooking and normally does it as a job; a professional cook
• occasion- an important event   

Recycling and The Environment Links (In class)

pbs recycling information: http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/index.html?load=environment

                                           http://meetthegreens.pbskids.org/episode3/recycle.html

                                           http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/family/greenliving/article3.html

More links:
                        http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/actiongames/recycle-roundup/


                        http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/explore/reduce/

                       http://www.kidsrecyclingzone.com