Fall Festival

We need volunteers to run a game. There is a sign up sheet outside my door. You can come by or just leave a comment here. Thanks.

Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts came today to tell about a meeting they will be having at the school tomorrow at 6:30pm. All the boys were invited.

Journal Writing

Most people have had to make a presentation in front of a group, like classmates or family. Think about a time when you had to present something in front of a group. Now, write a story about that occasion. Be sure to describe what you were presenting and who your audience was.

Problem of the Day

There were 3,760 visitors at an art exhibition. There were 1,565 men and 1,005 women. The rest were children. How many children went to the exhibition?

Math Homework

Practice book lesson 2.6

Grammar Skills--Review

Declarative and Interrogative Sentences; Imperative and Exclamatory
Sentences: Interjections; Subjects and Predicates; Complete and Simple
Subjects and Predicates

Vocabulary--Next Week

culinary - Culinary skills or tools are related to cooking.
downcast – Someone who is downcast is feeling sad and has no hope.
consternation – Someone who feels consternation is upset or worried about what
is happening.
vivid – Something that is vivid has very bright colors.
extensive – Something extensive includes a large amount of things.
serenely – If something is done serenely, it is done in a calm and quiet way.
reminiscent – If something is reminiscent of something else, it brings back
memories of that other time or place.
pensive – Someone who is pensive is thinking deeply about something.
recruit – When you recruit someone, you get him or her to join a group for a
special purpose.
commenced – Something that has commenced has begun.

Spelling Words for Next Week--Review

tread, broad, split, chief, season, brain, throw,
goal, scrape, choice, allow, auction, flaw, daughter, destroy, renew, boyhood,
returned, chopped, counting

A New Beginning

As of today we are back up and running!! I will post important information pertaining to our class here. For instance--Space Posters are due tomorrow!!

Vocabulary

1. magnificent – Something magnificent is very beautiful and impressive.
2. insisted – If you insisted on something, you said it very firmly and you
refused to change your mind.
3. declared – Something that has been declared has been announced in a clear
way.
4. confidently – When you do something confidently, you are sure about what
you are doing.
5. distressed– Someone who is distressed feels very sad and helpless.
6. gloated – If someone gloated, he or she bragged about something in a mean
way.
7. anxiously – If you waited anxiously for something, you worried about how it
would turn out.

Words with Irregular Plurals and Possessives

Spelling Words: babies’, baby’s, child’s, children, classes’, class’s, sheep, feet, elk, fish, fishes’, goose’s, geese, jeans, mouse’s, mice, teeth, women, woman’s, moose
Challenge Words: crossroads, family’s, headquarters, person’s, people’s

CluesLetter

Man, it seems like this year is flying by. With Christmas break, MLK Day, and the snow day thrown in, I do not feel like we have been on a good schedule yet!. We are getting there, though. You will not see a lot of papers coming home this week because we spent a lot of time reviewing last week, but please ask your children to share with you some of the notes and things we do in class. This is a lot of their grade, and I am beginning to understand how little of it you see. I find their work (that is supposed to be neatly in folders) in the back of the room, or shoved in the back of the desk, or on the floor when students leave. Now, do not get me wrong I expect a lot of this, but I do want you to know what your children are learning. I do not take this work up and grade it because I want the students to use it to study throughout the week. They do, however, receive daily grades for doing and having this work.

Since the beginning of January, we have learned division by two digit numbers, writing an autobiography and persuasive paragraph, fact and opinion and theme in reading, and ecosystems in science. We have read over 30 AR books, and two stories from our reading book. We have had spelling words and vocabulary words in every subject. We have, also, carved out time to review previous math concepts at the end of the day.

Next week, we will be on lesson 19 in the reading book. We will study theme again, our spelling words will be plurals and possessives, our writing will be fables, and our vocabulary will come from the story Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn’t Tell a Lie. In math you will be glad to hear that we are finished with division, and will be moving to fractions. Believe me, the division will be harder than the fractions. For the students who are still struggling with division, I will pull them out and work with them in smaller groups. In science we will continue with ecosystems.

I had gotten away from checking the agendas, to make sure they were signed, before the break, but I really think it is necessary because it gives us a better chance to communicate on a day to day basis. So, please sign you child’s agenda every night, and I will make it a habit to make sure you child is writing in it.

Thank you for all your support,

Christmas Party

Christmas Party
Trevor Coca cola Cake
Jennifer M & M Cookies
Jacob Brownies
Dakota Triple Chocolate Cake
Trent Apple Pie
Declan Key Lime Pie
Nina Fudge
JT Banana Pudding
Sydney Plates, napkins, cups, forks, knives and spoons
Alex Pies
Arionne Cookies
Austin Cookies
Jessica Hot Chocolate
Skyler Brownies
Benjamin Cookies with Heath Bar
Madison Chocolate Cake
Kitana Christmas Cookies
Bryce Rice Krispies Treats
Dylan Cupcakes

CluesLetter

As the holidays approach, we will spend more and more time reviewing the concepts we have covered the first 90 days of school. I find this approach helps students retain information over the two week break. We will also review the first week back. Homework will exist, but it will be light. A lot of the work will be done in class. I am also looking forward to some of the holiday activities I have planned for next week.

If you are like me, you are busy, busy, busy. It seems like every night and weekend day is filled with more than one place to go or thing to do. I will try and keep this in mind, as well.

You have done a great job volunteering for the party on the back is a list, just to remind you.

I will talk to students about portion control. You can help by making bite sizes pieces of your treats.

The students voted to exchange gifts. Each student (who wants to participate) needs to bring in a paperback book or an activity book. We will exchange them randomly at the party.


Thanks, and have a great holiday season,

CluesLetter

We have really been busy in class. Long division—I can remember when I was in school everyone thought this was the hardest thing we learned, and that was in middle school. The students are really getting the hang of it though, and I want thank you for all the work you are doing at home with them. It really shows. Every day the students who are doing their homework and getting it checked by parents are more confident with each problem they do. Again thanks!!

Christmas Party
We have discussed the Christmas celebration, and the students said that they wanted you to make your best dessert and bring in enough to share. I know this sounds like a lot of sweets, but it’s only one day, so I said what the heck. The party will be after lunch on Thursday, December 17. Can you please tell me what you would like to bring by signing below? That way I can organize and send out reminders.

________________________ will bring _________________________________.

You can also let me know if you plan to attend—Yes No.

Thanks

Looking ahead--Math—Chapter 10 Divide by One Digit Numbers
Reading—Imagination @ Work—Lesson 16—So You Want to Be an Inventor?
Spelling—words ending with the “L” sound
Writing—Narrative
Language—pronouns