Newsletter Week 22 1/28-2/1

Reminders:
   - Letters to the Troops are due 1/31/13; This is for a 50 point grade in Language Arts.
   - The End of the Unit Performance is Friday, 2/1/13
   - Continue Working on Multiplication Facts. Friday, 2/1/13 will be a test over the 4's.
   - Homework: I know that there are days when homework doesn't fit in, however it is not something that should become a habit. Homework is taken for a grade and can greatly weigh your child's average in the class. I always make an effort of rewarding hard work, whether it is in class, a school activity or homework. If you are unable to complete the homework for sickness or an excusable reason, please let me know.

This week:

Math: Continue Division: Math Test over unit 7 on Thursday, 1/31/13
Language Arts: Summarization and inferring information from a text
Reading: Finish "Who Was Amelia Earhart" and take a test over the book on Friday, 2/1/13 

Spelling and Vocabulary: Focus on Final -gh/-ph pattern

1. graph
2. laugh
3. photograph
4. tough
5. telegraph
6. phonograph
7. glyph
8. analyze
9. verify
10. cough 

Spelling Dictation: 

1. My mom had to laugh when she saw the photograph of the cat. 

2. He was rough and tough, but he still had a cough.

Vocabulary:

1. 1. manager- someone who helps people to do the right thing and get good jobs. 
2.    2. interviews- a meeting with another person where they ask you questions and you answer 
3.    3. publicity- getting known by the public
4.    4. purchase- to buy
5.    5. cross-country- from one side of the country to the other side of the country 
6.    6. committee- a group of people who work together to make rules about events 
7.    7. landing fields- fields which were made smooth enough to land and take-off from in an airplane   

Science: Investigation of weight and mass 

Newsletter Week 21 1/22-1/25

Reminder:

• There is NO school on Monday! Happy MLK day!!
• If you bring a dollar for a student council, students may wear P.J.'s on Friday, January 25!
• Student Council is doing a school wide project where students are writing letters to the troops. This will be a homework activity. Write this letter with your child. They are due January 31st. Please make sure they are spelled correctly, have proper punctuation and are neat. I will take this for a 50 point test grade in Language Arts. Thank you for supporting our troops and our student council as we embark on this new adventure together!    
• On Friday, 1/31/13 there is free dress for those who purchase SCRIP 

Math: Division

Reading: Continue with Amelia Earhart

Language Arts: Phonics: emphasis on digraphs and blends

Spelling and Vocabulary:

Focus on Final -th pattern

1. moth
2. sloth
3. breath
4. mouth
5. tooth
6. death
7. month
8. hour
9. minute
10. second

Spelling Dictation: 

1. I like to do mental math when I take a bath.

2. His tooth fell out of his mouth a second ago.

Vocabulary:

1. 1. display- laid out so everyone can look at it
2.    2. stunt- dangerous tricks
3.    3. loops- circles 
4.    4. altitude- height; how high something is in relation to the sea.
5.    5.  instruments- tools/gadgets that are attach to a machine/airplane/car which helps to tell the driver/pilot how fast, how high, how much fuel the equipment is in the machine. 
6.   6. cockpit- the place where the pilot sits to fly the plane. 
7.   7. attempt- to try to do something 
8.   8. fail- to break; to stop working 
9.   9. temporarily- for a short time, but not forever. 
10. 10. convertible- a car that has a roof that can go up and down.

Social Studies:

    The 7 Continents and Oceans around the world. 

The students will have a test where they will correctly label and spell the 7 Continents and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

The students will work with partners to complete a research project on one of the 7 Continents and present it to the class. In their research, students will provide information on: 

           The geography of the landscape, the weather patterns, the people, food and size of the Continent. 

Newsletter Week 20 1/14-1/18

I'm sorry about the mix up. I posted the newsletter on the wrong blog.

Math: Continue Multiplication. Every day spend at least 5 minutes on multiplication facts.This Thursday, we will have a multiplication facts quiz over the 3's.  FRIDAY 1/18/13, we will have a TEST over this unit in math! 

Language Arts: Continue with our story on Amelia Earhart. Continue focussing on verbs: Primarily Linking Verbs and Irregular Verbs

Spelling and Vocabulary:

Focus on Final -ing pattern

1. thing
2. string
3. sing
4. bring
5. fling
6. sting
7. wing
8. chart
9. identify
10. greater

Spelling Dictation: 

1. The boy made a thing out of string to bring to the park.

2. Bring the king his new gold ring! 

Vocabulary:

1. 1. opinion- the way you feel about something  
2.   2.  independent- not needing any help; about to do it on your own
3.   3. admire- to respect someone 
4.   4. charming- having a personality that is easy to like
5.   5. hand-me-downs- clothes and things that someone else use to have that you now use. 
6.   6. The Great War- World War 1 
7.   7. allies- someone who is on your team  in a war 
8.   8. trench warfare- battles which were fought in ditches  
9.   9. Career- a job that someone does for the rest of their life or for a very long time 
10.  10. incredible- something that is really hard to do 

Social Studies: 

 Flat Stanley Presentations 

Classroom Newsletter January 7-11, 2013

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful break and are ready to rock and roll!

Please download "Amelia Earhart"by Kate Boehm 


Math: Continue Multiplication. Please work on multiplication facts 1-12 with your child. We are learning many strategies to multiplication in class, and we do not have enough time to review every fact each day. We try to do at least 2 multiplication tables each day, but doing them at home will really help! I'm also, going to start doing multiplication fact quizzes at the end of each week. This week we will have multiplication fact quiz on the 1's and 2's times tables on Friday.

Langauge Arts: We are going to be spending the next several weeks learning about Verb Tense.

Spelling and Vocabulary:
Focus on Final "es"

1. boxes
2. foxes
3. churches
4. dishes
5. couches
6. brushes
7. whole
8. fraction
9. fair
10. share

Spelling Dictation:
1. A fraction is only part of a whole.
2. Put the boxes of dishes by the door.

Vocabulary:

1. 1. pioneer- someone who begins a new and important idea, action, or event. 
2. 2. invention- something that is created for the first time
3. 3. unusual- not normal 
4. 4. fashion designer- someone who creates clothes, purses, shoes, and accessories to fit a new style 
5. 5. Women's suffrage- women's right to vote 
6. 6. deduce- to guess about something using smart thinking
7. 7. detective- a person who investigates crimes and gathers information
8. 8. evidence- something, such as a witness statement or object that is used as proof of a crime
9. 9. mystery- something that is secret and unknown
10. 10. suspect- a person who is suspected (thought of doing) a crime  

Science: We will be learning about the stages of the moon, the stars and space research 

Social Studies: Please finish up your Flat Stanley Projects. We will begin presentations next Monday, 1/14/13. Presentations may be via iPad, Powerpoint or poster-board.