September 30th Update

Upcoming Events

October

5 High School Homecoming

9 Late Start

11 First Quarter Ends

17 McTeacher Night

22 Parent-Teacher conferences

24 Parent-Teacher conferences

31 Fall Party 2:00 pm

Spirit Week
Spirit week flyers went home with the students today.

Behavior Goals
The students tracked their goals all last week and brought them home on Friday. We will continue to track goals this week.

Each day students will record if they were able to meet their goal. At the end of the week, any students who had issues with their goal will bring it home and it needs to be signed and returned. If the students is able to make it through the week and meets their goal they will get a new behavior goal the next week.


Reading
The students will be given their reading test this week. This reading assessment will be shared during parent teacher conferences. I will be able to tell you your students reading strengths and weakness. As well as things to try at home. The students are also working on the characteristics of fairy tales this week.  

Writing

We will continue to practice writing personal narratives. The students are working on writing in paragraphs. We are also writing a concluding sentence or paragraph which effectively wrap up our personal narratives.

Science

The students have switched back to science this week. We are learning how force effects the motion of objects. We will continue to learn about force next week too.

Have a wonderful week,

Mrs. Ray

September 23rd

Upcoming Events

October

5 High School Homecoming

9 Late Start

11 First Quarter Ends

17 McTeacher Night

22 Parent-Teacher conferences

24 Parent-Teacher conferences

31 Fall Party 2:00 pm

Behavior Goals
The students will be tracking a personal behavior goal and I goal I have assigned them started today. At the end of the week the students will bring home their goal sheet. Each day students will record if they were able to meet their goal. At the end of the week, any students who had issues with their goal will bring it home and it needs to be signed and returned. If the students is able to make it through the week and meets their goal they will get a new behavior goal the next week.  


Reading
The students worked hard last week with asking questions while they read. This week we are learning how to support the answers to our questions using details or evidence from the text.  

Writing

We will continue to practice writing personal narratives. The students are working on using different leads to catch the reader's attension. This week we will also work on sequencing our stories in a lagical order using transition words.

 

Social Studies

Last week the student learned 10 cocflict starts and stoppers. This week we are using these starters and stoppers to help us solve real life conlficts we have at school. We are also seeing study larger real world conflicts and discussing how they could have been prevented.

 

Have a wonderful week,

 

Mrs. Ray

9/16 Miderms

September

17 Mid terms come home

18 Picture Day

October

5 High School Homecoming

9 Late Start

11 First Quarter Ends

17McTeacher Night

22 Parent-Teacher conferences

24 Parent-Teacher conferences

31 Fall Party 2:00 pm

 

Midterm

Along with a math and science grade students’ midterms will show their mastery on our skills of focus for the first half of first quarter. The midterms are coded as follows to describe their mastery level:

 

A stared skill indicates the skills has been mastered and the students can independently teach someone else to do the skill.

 

A blank skill means the student needs assistance or reminders to complete the skill.

 

A highlighted skill means the students cannot complete this skill without one-on-one attention.

 

Reading

Now we have established our rules and procedures for sharing what we have learned from reading, the students are asking questions while they read. This week we will practice asking questions (thick questions) which deepen the understanding of what they are reading. We will also begin to look for the answers to their questions and what to do if they author doesn't give them their answer.

 

Writing

We will continue to practice writing personal narratives. The students are working hard to share true stories about their lives. We are also working on the grammar skills including writing complete sentences and using dialog in their writing. At the end of the quarter students will choose their favorite personal narrative piece to publish!

 

Science

The students completed their weather and climate unit last week. You can find the skills we worked on in your students’ midterm report.

 

Social Studies

This week the students have begun their conflict unit. Over the next two weeks the students will learn common conflict starters. Then they will also practice conflict stoppers to solve problems on their own. We are working with the language we use to keep conflicts from escalating or starting in the first place. This unit allows students to see how social studies concepts can be used in their everyday lives.

September 3rd

Upcoming Events

September

4 Fundraiser ends

12 Late Start

 

October

5 Grain Valley High School Homecoming

9 Late Start

11 First Quarter Ends

17 McTeacher Night

22 Parent Teacher conferences

24 Parent Teacher conferences

 

Reading

The students are finishing their unit based on speaking and listening skills. Each students has also shared their reading interests. We reviewed the difference between fiction and non-fiction books and the genres which fall under each category.

 

Math

We will continue unit 1 in math this week, and finish unit 1 next week. The students will be working with skip counting, comparing amounts of money and finding the difference between numbers.

 

Writing

Our focus this quarter is writing personal narratives. The students will continue to take their pieces through the writing process.

 

Science

The students have been learning to record daily weather data. We will use this information o practice using different graphs to display our data. We are also learning how the earth’s tilt effects effects the climate in different areas.  

 

Have a great week,

Mrs. Ray