The Week of December 17th through 21st, 2018

Spelling: We will do some spelling activities with common winter and Christmas words in class.  No test to study for this week. 

Reading/ELA:

• Working on Possessive Nouns 
• Fun Christmas Riddles and Games
• Reading Passage and writing activity.
• We will finish our novel,  Mouse and the Motorcycle and enjoy watching the movie on Wednesday.  

Math:

• This week we will be continuing Topic 4:  Using Multiplication to Divide.
• Monday: 4-7  Practice Multiplication and Division Facts.
• Wednesday:  4-8  Solve Multiplication and Division Equations.
• Christmas Math activities and games.
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• What is the coldest place on Earth? 

Social Studies: 

• Christmas Traditions 

Character Education Focus:  

• Our December Character focus is on Responsibility. 

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Dec. 17th:  Lesson 4-7 Practice Multiplication and Division Facts.
• Wednesday, December 19th:  Lesson 4-8  Solve Multiplication and Division Equations

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
•  November Reading Calendars were due on December 3rd.  Please send in signed calendars as soon as possible.
• December Reading Calendars will be due January 8th, 2019.

Snow Day Information:

• In the event that school is closed for snow days exceeding 2 days, students will need to complete 4 hours to count the day as a school day.  I am sending home a snow day packet with work outlined for the four hours that would need to be separated from the packet and returned to school once school resumes.  I will send an electronic copy as well as a paper copy and will email parents to let them know when those days of school work would need to be completed.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  If we have only 1 or 2 snow days, no work from the packet would be required.  I will always email when work would be needed.  

Dates to remember:

• November Reading Calendars are due now.
• Class Christmas Party is on Thursday, December 20th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
• Christmas Vacation is December 22nd through January 7th, 2019.

The Week of December 10th through 14th, 2018

Spelling: List #13 Homophones:  Words that sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings.
Regular list: ant     aunt     there     their     they're     brake     break     your     you're     beat     beet     sail     sale     bare     bear
Review words:  license     distance     yesterday
Challenge words:  clothes      close
Need to Know words:  by     buy     right     write     one     won

Alternative List:  there     their     they're     your     you're     sail     sale     clothes     close     right     write     one     won    (there are 13 words this time due to the homophones matching).

**Test will be on Friday, December 14th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home on Fridays/last day of the week.  Students who pass the pretest on Monday with 100% will not have to take the test at the end of the week.

Reading/ELA:

• Working on writing:  Beginning our Informational Writing Unit
• Reading focus:  Asking and Answering Questions
• Vocabulary focus:  gradually, merchant, essential, fortunate, immense and WOW word:  submarine
• We started our new class novel, Mouse and the Motorcycle and are having a lot of fun reading it!

Math:

• This week we will be continuing Topic 4:  Using Multiplication to Divide.
• Monday: 4-5 Multiplication Patterns:  Even and Odd Numbers 
• Wednesday:  Division Involving 0 and 1.
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• STEM Manipulative Sets

Social Studies: 

• Intermediate Directions on a Map

Character Education Focus:  

• Our December Character focus is on Responsibility. 

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Nov. 26th:  Lesson 4-5  Multiplication Patterns:  Even and Odd Numbers.
• Wednesday, Nov. 28th:  Lesson 4-6  Division Involving 0 and 1.
• Spelling words:  Practice this weeks spelling words for our test at the end of the week.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
•  November Reading Calendars were due on December 3rd.  Please send in signed calendars as soon as possible.

Snow Day Information:

• In the event that school is closed for snow days exceeding 2 days, students will need to complete 4 hours to count the day as a school day.  I am sending home a snow day packet with work outlined for the four hours that would need to be separated from the packet and returned to school once school resumes.  I will send an electronic copy as well as a paper copy and will email parents to let them know when those days of school work would need to be completed.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  If we have only 1 or 2 snow days, no work from the packet would be required.  I will always email when work would be needed.  

Dates to remember:

• November Reading Calendars are due now.
• Class Christmas Party is on Thursday, December 20th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. I will send an email to sign up for helpers and supplies needed.  
• Christmas Vacation is December 22nd through January 7th, 2019.

The Week of December 3rd through 6th, 2018

Spelling: List #12 Ending with -ed/-ing:
Regular list: studying     joking     served     dropped     exciting     noticing     cared     beginning     dripping     changed     stopped     walking     sleeping     acting     trying 
Review words:  address     errand     collect 
Challenge words:  decorating     prepared
Need to Know words:  clothing     stopping     going     fixed     tried

Alternative List:  joking     served     dropped     cared     stopped     walking     sleeping     trying     clothing     stopping     going     tried

**Test will be on Thursday, December 6th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home on Fridays/last day of the week.  Students who pass the pretest on Monday with 100% will not have to take the test at the end of the week.

Reading/ELA:

• Unit 1 Review
• Working on writing:  Beginning our Informational Writing Unit
• Reading focus:  Asking and Answering Questions
• Vocabulary focus: Reviewing all of the words we have learned and preparing for an assessment on those words.   Test will be Thursday, December 6th.
• We will be starting our new class novel this week, Mouse and the Motorcycle!  We really enjoyed Charlotte's Web!

Math:

• This week we will be starting Topic 4:  Using Multiplication to Divide.
• Monday:  Lesson 4-3  Use Multiplication to Divide with 6 and 7.
• Wednesday:  Lesson 4-4 Use Multiplication to Divide with 8 and 9.
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• Why is Mars Red?

Social Studies: 

• Using a Map Grid

Character Education Focus:  

• Our December Character focus is on Responsibility. 

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Nov. 26th:  Lesson 4-3 Use Multiplication to Divide with 6 and 7.
• Wednesday, Nov. 28th:  Lesson 4-2 Use Multiplication to Divide with 8 and 9.
• Spelling words:  Practice this weeks spelling words for our test at the end of the week.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
•  November Reading Calendars will be due on December 3rd.  

Dates to remember:

• November Reading Calendars are due now.
• Class Christmas Party is on Friday, December 21st from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. More details will follow soon.   

The Week of November 26th through 30th, 2018

Spelling: List #11 /s/ and /z/:
Regular list: daisy     vase     plastic     zipper     reuse     sense     does     license
closet     season     bicycle     distance     service     classes     yesterday
Review words:  fashion     photograph     enough
Challenge words:  sincerely     citizen
Need to Know words:   because     clothes     news    once     please

Alternative List:  daisy     plastic     zipper     reuse     does     closet     bicycle
classes     because     clothes     news     please 

**Test will be on Friday, November 30th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home on Fridays/last day of the week.  Students who pass the pretest on Monday with 100% will not have to take the test at the end of the week.

Reading/ELA:

• Focusing on irregular plural nouns 
• Working on writing:  Beginning our Informational Writing Unit
• Reading focus:  Asking and Answering Questions
• Vocabulary focus: Reviewing all of the words we have learned and preparing for an assessment on those words.   
• We are enjoying our class chapter book, Charlotte's Web!  We are putting together our project piece by piece as we focusing on comprehension, story elements and characters.  We should finish our book this week!  

Math:

• This week we will be starting Topic 4:  Using Multiplication to Divide.
• Monday:  Lesson 4-1  Relate Multiplication and Division
• Wednesday:  Lesson 4-2 Use Multiplication to Divide with 2, 3, 4, and 5.
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• Why do our skeletons have so many bones?

Character Education Focus:  

• Our November Character focus is on Responsibility. 

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Nov. 26th:  Lesson 4-1  Relate Multiplication and Division
• Wednesday, Nov. 28th:  Lesson 4-2 Use Multiplication to Divide with 2, 3, 4, and 5.
• Spelling words:  Practice this weeks spelling words for our test at the end of the week.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
•  November Reading Calendars will be due on December 3rd.  

Dates to remember:

• November Reading Calendar is due December 3rd,

The Week of November 12th through 16th, 2018

Spelling: List #10 Double Consonants:
Regular list: spill     berry     happy     really     messy     lettuce     carrot  puzzle     traffic     pizza     errand     litter     address     collect     happen 
Review words:  however     about     flower
Challenge words:  successful     necessary
Need to Know words:   small     summer     letters     pretty     matter

Alternative List:  spill     happy     really     messy     puzzle     pizza     errand    address    collect    small    summer    pretty

**Test will be on Friday, November 16th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home on Fridays/last day of the week.  Students who pass the pretest on Monday with 100% will not have to take the test at the end of the week.

Reading/ELA:

• Focusing on regular plural nouns 
• Working on writing:  Beginning our Informational Writing Unit
• Reading focus:  Asking and Answering Questions
• Vocabulary focus:  We had a busy week last week so we will focus on these words this week:
• Our words this week are: acquire, thesis, loathe, rapidly, convey
• Our WOW word will be:  unsuccessful
• We are enjoying our class chapter book, Charlotte's Web!  We are putting together our project piece by piece as we focusing on comprehension, story elements and characters.

Math:

• This week we will be learning about the multiplication strategy, the Associative Property, which says 2x3x5 can be solved by doing (2x3) x 5 or (3x5) x 2 or (5x2) x 3.
• Monday:  Lesson 3-6  The Associative Property-Multiplying with 3 factors.
• Wednesday:  Lesson 3-7 Math Practices and Problem Solving: Repeated Reasoning.
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• Growth Mindset

Character Education Focus:  

• Our November Character focus is on Respect.

Respect is caring enScough about others’ feelings to think before you act.

Scholastic Book Orders were sent home last week and the order will be placed on Friday, November 16th. You can send in orders with cash or check to school with your child or use the link on the right side of our blog to order online and use credit cards.  Our class code is GWNL2.  

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Nov. 12th:  Lesson 3-7 The Associative Property 
• Wednesday, Nov. 14th:  Lesson 3-8 Practices and Problem Solving
• Spelling words:  Practice this weeks spelling words for our test at the end of the week.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
• October reading calendars were due on Thursday, November 1st.  

Dates to remember:

• Scholastic Book Orders Due.  You can use our link on the right side of this page.  Our class code is GWNL2. 
• Thanksgiving Break is November 19th through 23rd.  
• November Reading Calendar is due December 3rd,

The Week of November 5th through 9th, 2018

Spelling: List #9 /f /
Regular list:  golfer     felt     farmer     full     feelings     family     cough     enough     roof     rough     forgetful     fashion     photograph     tough     phrase
Review words:  smile     arrive     confuse
Challenge words:  downspout     allowance 
Need to Know words:   power     account     mountain     now     about

Aternative List:  farmer     full     feelings     family     enough     roof     rough     tough     noise     half     father     front

**Test will be on Friday, November 9th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home on Fridays/last day of the week.  Students who pass the pretest on Monday with 100% will not have to take the test at the end of the week.

Reading/ELA:

• Focusing on pronouns continues
• Working on writing:  How authors use dialogue in their personal narratives. Fine tuning our stories.
• Reading focus:  Asking and Answering Questions
• Vocabulary focus:  We had a busy week last week so we will focus on these words this week:
• Our words this week are: literal,  dialogue,  rival,  passion,  claim.
• Our WOW word will be: believable 
• We are starting our class read aloud of Charlotte's Web!  We will be working on a project as we read the book together.

Math:

• This week we will be continuing using distributive property combined with focusing on 8 as a factor and multiplication facts
• Monday:  Lesson 3-5  Focusing on 8 as a factor.
• Wednesday:  Lesson 3-6 Multiplication Facts
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• Growth Mindset

Character Education Focus:  

• Our November Character focus is on Respect.

Respect is caring enough about others’ feelings to think before you act.

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Nov. 5th: Lesson 3-5 Apply properties: 8 as a factor.
• Wednesday, Nov. 7th: Lesson 3-6 Multiplication Facts
• Spelling words:  Practice this weeks spelling words for our test at the end of the week.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
• October reading calendars were due on Thursday, November 1st.  

Dates to remember:

• Thanksgiving Break is November 19th through 23rd.  
• November Reading Calendar is due December 3rd, 

The Week of October 29th through November 2nd, 2018

Spelling: List #8 /ow/
clown    cloud     crown     flour     flower     brown     sound     mouth     however     towel     trout     around     meow      shout     about 
Review words:  smile     arrive     confuse
Challenge words:  downspout     allowance  
Need to Know words:   power     account     mountain     now     about

**Test will be on Thursday, November 1st.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home on Fridays/last day of the week.  Students who pass the pretest on Monday with 100% will not have to take the test at the end of the week.

Reading/ELA:

• Focusing on pronouns
• Working on writing:  How authors use dialogue in their personal narratives.
• Reading focus:  Asking and Answering Questions
• Vocabulary focus:
• Our words this week are: literal,  dialogue,  rival,  passion,  claim.
• Our WOW word will be: believable 
• We will wrap up Robin Hood as our school-wide book selection for October with a movie comparison.  Students will be able to dress up as characters from the book, Robin Hood on October 31st! Don't be afraid to be creative! 

Math:

• This week we will be continuing using distributive property combined with focusing on 4, 6, and 7 as factors.
• Monday:  Lesson 3-3  Focusing on 4 as a factor.
• Wednesday:  Lesson 3-4 Focusing on 6 & 7 as factors.
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• Growth Mindset

Character Education Focus:  

• Our October Character focus is on Respect.

Respect is caring enough about others’ feelings to think before you act.

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Oct 29th: Lesson 3-3 Apply properties: 4 as a factor.
• Wednesday, Oct 31st: Lesson 3-4 Apply properties:  6 & 7 as factors.
• Spelling words:  Practice this weeks spelling words for our test at the end of the week.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
• October reading calendars due on Thursday, November 1st.  

Dates to remember:

• October 24th:  End of 1st quarter.
• October 29th:  Harvest Festival from 6:30-7:30 pm. (Kiss the Pig @7:30 pm.   
• October 31st:  Book Celebration based on the classic, Robin Hood.  We will be enjoying the Disney version of Robin Hood and enjoying any treats we have.  If you would like to send in treats for the class please let me know.  Thank you ! 
• November 2nd: Parent Teacher Conferences from 8 am to 7 pm. NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS. I sent the sign up email on Friday, Oct. 26th. If you have not signed up for time please do so as soon as you can.  If you have any problems signing up please let me know.

The Week of October 22 through 26th, 2018

Spelling: List #7 /oi/
toys     annoy     point     noise     boy     broil     joyful      join     soil     destroy
loyal     avoid     voyage     coins     voice
Review words:  fruit     rescue     computer
Challenge words:  enjoyable     poisonous
Need to Know words: 

**Test will be on Friday, October 26th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home on Fridays.  Students who pass the pretest on Monday with 100% will not have to take the test on Friday.

Reading/ELA:

• Focusing on adverbs.  
• Working on writing:  How authors use dialogue in their personal narratives.
• Character Traits:  Looking at Characters in stories and identifying character traits used.
• Vocabulary focus:
• Our words this week are: redundant, gesture,  acknowledge, clutch, persevere..
• Our WOW word will be: silently.
• We will wrap up Robin Hood as our school-wide book selection for October.  Students will be able to dress up as characters from the book, Robin Hood on October 31st! Don't be afraid to be creative! 

Math:

• This week we will be learning about the distributive property of multiplication and 3 as a factor, multiples of 3.  
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• Scientific Process:  Focusing on identifying the problem, finding a possible solution, trying to solve with the materials provided and solving the problem.  

Character Education Focus:  

• Our October Character focus is on Respect.

Respect is caring enough about others’ feelings to think before you act.

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Oct 22nd: Distributive Property of Multiplication
• Wednesday, Oct 24th: 3 as a factor

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
• Reading calendars for September were due by Friday, Oct 5th.  They are a part of your student's grade in Reading.  

Dates to remember:

• October 24th:  End of 1st quarter.
• October 26th:  Harvest Festival from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm 
• October 31st:  Book Celebration based on the classic, Robin Hood. Party information will be sent in October.
• November 2nd: Parent Teacher Conferences from 8 am to 7 pm.  I will send sign up information in October.

The Week of October 8th through 12th ,2018

Spelling: List #6 Silent E
smile     note     skate     cube     plate     arrive     globe     stripe     flame     rose
white     pancake     beware     confuse     become
Review words:  though     option     lollipop
Challenge words:  extreme     escape
Need to Know words: able     done     above     table     because

**Test will be on Friday, October 12th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home on Fridays.  Students who pass the pretest on Monday with 100% will not have to take the test on Friday.

Reading/ELA:

• Focusing on adjectives
• Working on writing:  How authors use dialogue in their personal narratives.
• Character Traits:  Looking at Characters in stories and identifying character traits used.
• Vocabulary focus:
• Our words this week are:  oppose,  snide,  heap,  diverse,  origin
• Our WOW word will be: connection
• We are starting Robin Hood as our school-wide book selection for October.  Students will be able to dress up as characters from the book, Robin Hood on October 31st! Don't be afraid to be creative! 

Math:

• This week before Fall Break we will be going over all of the multiplication basics we have been studying.  We will be covering the Identity Property of Multiplication, Zero Property of Multiplication, and Commutative Property.
• Homework will be on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• Scientific Process:  Focusing on identifying the problem, finding a possible solution, trying to solve with the materials provided and solving the problem.  

Character Education Focus:  

• Our September focus will be on TRUSTWORTHINESS. 

 Trustworthiness is 

• Being reliable; do what you say you’ll do
• Having the courage to do the right thing
• Being loyal; stand by your friends
• Being honest
• Not deceiving, cheating or stealing

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Oct 8th:  Commutative Property of Multiplication
• Tuesday, October 9th:  Fact Fluency Practice
• Wednesday, Oct 10th: Identity Property and Zero Property of Multiplication.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
• Reading calendars for September were due by Friday, Oct 5th.  They are a part of your student's grade in Reading.  

Dates to remember:

• October 15th through 19th:  NO SCHOOL for Fall Break
• October 24th:  End of 1st quarter.
• October 26th:  Harvest Festival from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm 
• October 31st:  Book Celebration based on the classic, Robin Hood. Party information will be sent in October.
• November 2nd: Parent Teacher Conferences from 8 am to 7 pm.  I will send sign up information in October.