Friday, December 20, 2013

Happy Holidays!

Thank you so much for letting me work with your students.  It has been wonderful to get to know all the children and I am very lucky to have such wonderful classes.  I hope you all have a lovely holiday with your family and friends.  Enjoy your time together!


A Look at Next Week:
Spelling- We will be doing Lesson 15 and we will take the test on Friday.

Social Studies- We will begin Chapter 6 on Colonial Life.

Reading- We will begin our unit on historical fiction.  Students will be reading some stories out of our literature book.

Language Arts- Students will continue to do some descriptive writing, and will begin our unit on punctuation.

Science- We will continue to study Chapter 14 on Matter.  Students will read and take notes on Lesson 2:  Phases of Matter.

Math-  Students will work on some problem solving skills and then we will begin Unit 6 which deals with decimals.


Friday, December 13, 2013

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:
Spelling- Students will do two spelling activities with a list of holiday words, but there will be no test.

Social Studies- We will begin reading Chapter 6, Lesson 1 in our books, about colonial life.

Reading- We will meet in our literature circles on Tuesday, and we will continue to work on skills out of our ISAT books.

Language Arts- Students will be working on their descriptive writing.

Science- We will continue our chapter on Matter.  Students will have an open note assessment on Lesson 14.1 on Wednesday.

Math-  We will finish Chapter 4 and take a Ch.4 test on Wednesday.

Important Days:
Tuesday-  Early Dismissal
Wednesday- Bowling Field Trip

Have a wonderful weekend!

Friday, December 6, 2013

Dividing with Two Digit Videos

Here are the video clips I showed in class to summarize and re-teach dividing with two digits.

Quick Summarizing Video

Longer Re-teaching Video

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:
Spelling- We will be doing Lesson 14 and we will take the test on Friday.

Social Studies- We will be reviewing Chapter 5  and take the chapter test on Thursday.

Reading- We will meet in our literature circles on Tuesday, and we will continue to work on skills out of our ISAT books.

Language Arts- Students will review the unit and take an Adjective test on Wednesday.

Science- We will begin our next chapter on Matter.  Students will have an open note assessment on Lesson 14.1 on Wednesday.

Math-  We will continue to divide with two digits.  There will be a Lesson 4.1-4.3 quiz on Thursday.

Important Days:
Tuesday-  9:00 AM Band and Choir Concert
Friday- Movie Night

Have a wonderful weekend!