Upcoming Events

12/3 Book Report note packets are due

12/19 Holiday Shop

 

12/20 Holiday Shop
          Winter Party 2-3

12/21-1/6 Winter Break

 

Reading

Book report historical fiction note packets are due Monday

 

The students practiced asking questions about characters to better understand their books. We also continued working with cause and effect relationships. The student can match cause and effect relationships and also create a cause for an effect or effect for cause. Next week we will continue working with asking questions about characters, find cause and effect relationships in our own books and start our book report projects.

Writing

Students brainstormed creative verbs they could use in their own writing. This week they focused on how their word choice can draw in the reader. We also practiced writing notes by writing thank you  notes.  Each student wrote a note to the Mader Foundations for giving each student a dictionary.

 

Math
This week focused on place value to millions. Students practiced reading, writing and identifying each place value.

Science

This week we studied how the sun, clouds and precipitation effect the weather. Next week we will study the difference between weather and climate. The students will also start to look at different characters to climates around the world.

 

Social Studies
In social studies we are practicing conflict resolution skills. The students are acting out different conflict scenarios and practicing effective ways to solve conflict. We are studying common conflict starters and easy ways to stop conflicts when they occur.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Ray

 

A Time to be Thankful

Upcoming Events

11-15 Mid Quarter

 11/20 Midterms come home

11/21-11/25 Thanksgiving Break

Midterms

Midterms will be coming home with each student on Tuesday. They will include letter/percentage grades for math, language, social studies and science. The reading update will include your students current skills in asking and writing questions. The 2^nd quarter grades will be just like the 1^st quarter grades given at parent teacher conferences. Please return signed midtem section by November 30th.

Reading

This week the students worked with cause and effect. We have been reading books filled with cause and effect relationships. The students have been working with finding a effect when given a cause. We also used out independent reading time to find cause and effect relationships in our own books.

 We learned a helpful trick to check each cause and effect relationship. The students read the “effect” then say “because” and read their “cause” box. If their sentences makes sense they have a correct cause and effect relationship.

 Writing

We completed our first 5 paragraph essay this week! We brainstormed reasons we are thankful and then used a graphic organizer to brainstorm about our top three choices. The students then used a 5 paragraph format to construct their rough drafts. The final copies will come home on Tuesday with their midterms. The students are excited to share their published works with their families!

 

Math

The unit 4 test will be Tuesday. Study guides for the test will go home on Monday.

The test will include questions:

Word problems creating like groups

Perimeter

Area

Multiplication by 1 and 2

Place value

Comparisons

 

The students collected data on rock, paper, sissors to decide if the game was fair or not.

 

Science

The students now to get compare the weather for this week and last week. We also calculated the length of each of our days. We brainstormed all the different types of weather we have. The students will continue to learn about weather and studying climate.

There will be no post next week. Have a wonderful holiday break!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Ray

October 9th Update

Upcoming Events

 

11-12 9:15 Veteran’s Day Assembly

11-15 Mid Quarter

11/21-11/25 Thanksgiving Break


Reading

Book reports were completed and shared this week. The student were also to share all about their biography. While presenting the other student wrote down notes about people they would like to read about after hearing their classmates project.

 

Genres for future book reports

November: historical fiction

December: NO BOOK REPORT

January: Folktale

February: Fantasy

March/April: Non-fiction

 

The students explored using their thick and thin questions to ask questions about the setting. We used both fiction and non-fiction books to explore how different setting effect the story. The student were able to ask meaningful questions. They also practice finding the answers to their questions by looking for clues from the author in their book.

Writing

 I can show emotions through voice in my writing.

The students experienced many different writing samples and decided what emotions the author was trying to convey with their voice. Then students picked their own emotion and used their personal writing voice to convey the emotion. Their writings were inspired by Memoirs of a Goldfish. Each students picked a domesticated animal and an emotion and created their story. The story were taken through the editing process and each student produced a final copy.

Math

We had the following goals in math this week.

How multiplication and division are inverse properties and can undo one another

Using multiplication and division fact families to create number sentences

Practicing multiplication short cuts

 

The students are being exposed to the relationship between multiplication and division. They are also using array and repetitive addition to solve multiplication problems. We also practiced with fact families and creating 2 multiplication and 2 division problems from each family. Learning the 0 and 1  short cut helped the students recognize what will happen anytime you multiply by 1 or 0. 



Social Studies

The students were able to experience their own mock classroom on Tuesday. After studying each candidate the student cast their own vote for president. We also studied character traits of different character in election themed books. After collecting the responsibilities of president the students decided which book character would make the best president.

 

Here are some pictures of the classroom election

 

 

Science

This week the students started their unit on weather. We are tracking everyday weather temperatures, wind speeds and directions, sunrise and sunset times. The students are also describing each day and even predicting tomorrow's weather.

 

 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Ray

November is here!

 

Upcoming Events

11-6 Late Start

11-12 9:15 Veteran’s Day Assembly

11-15 Mid Quarter

Writing Cadre

11-25 No School

11-26 Return to School

Reading

Book reports and asking meaning questions have been our focus this week. The students have been working toward asking meaningful questions, which help them better understand their book. You can work on this skill at home by having them ask questions while they read. After they ask their questions help them look for the answer. Did their questions help them better understand their book? If it did then they asked a meaningful question!

 

Almost every student has completed the rough draft of their biography book report. Next week we will finish up the final copies and begin sharing our book reports with the class!

 

Writing

This week in writing we worked on our organization by trying different methods of pre-writing. The student were able to see how planning before you begin writing makes your story easier to write. Look for their spooky stories they wrote coming home in their backpacks tonight!

 

Math

We have started Unit 4 and we have began working with mutiplication arrays and basic multiplication facts. Please let me know if you are having any issues with xtra math and helping your students access the program from home. We will continue to work with multiplication word problems next week.

 

Science

This week we further explored friction. The students completed a two day lab deciding if more items in the same place would create more friction or less friction. From our lab we concluded a water bottle with more rice created enough friction to lift the bottle off the desk using a dowel rod. The students created more friction by tapping the bottle on the desk and and adding more rice.

Social Studies

The election is almost here! This week we used our reading and writing skills to study and collect information about two of our presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. They shared their research by creating a Venn diagram to compare and contrast these president. Next week we will learn about the election process and hold a mock election in our class Tuesday.

 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Ray