Practice Subtraction: You must complete 6 problems. First change the columns to 3 then click new problem until you have a problem that is 3 numbers on the top and the bottom.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_155_g_2_t_1.html
When you have completed 6 problems click back to get back to this page.
Next - Practice your typing:
Get out your sheet and record the date next to Level 1 stage 1
Begin practicing - KEEP YOUR FINGERS ON THE HOME ROW!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Have fun!!
Math Help
Need some help with
Partial Sum Addition
or
Trade-First Subtraction ??
Your wish is my command! Couresy of South Western k-12 school!
Partial Sums Addition
Trade First Subtraction http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/baresvle/MathMaterials/powerpoints/trade_first_subtraction.pps
Computers Tues Sept 23
Today we are going to do a few things.
1st - Please visit http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_155_g_2_t_1.html
at the bottom click the down arrow by the word 'columns' until it says the number 3 then click 'New Problem' until you see a subtration problem that is 3 numbers long on the top and the bottom.
-Copy the problem on the 1/2 sheet I gave you.
-Complete the problem on your 1/2 sheet and on the computer
You must complete 6 problems before continuing.
2nd - Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
You have a worksheet to help you through this site. It will help you with your typing skills. Be sure to write todays date (9-23) next to each stage you finish before you go on to the next one. You need to finish level 1 stage 1 today!
3rd - Comment on the blog. Copy (ctrl c) and paste (ctrl v) the following into the comments section and fill in the blanks.
On Dance Mat Typing I got to
Level: __________
Stage: __________
My score was: __________
List 3 things you have learned abou during our study of explorers.
1.
2.
3.
1st - Please visit http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_155_g_2_t_1.html
at the bottom click the down arrow by the word 'columns' until it says the number 3 then click 'New Problem' until you see a subtration problem that is 3 numbers long on the top and the bottom.
-Copy the problem on the 1/2 sheet I gave you.
-Complete the problem on your 1/2 sheet and on the computer
You must complete 6 problems before continuing.
2nd - Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
You have a worksheet to help you through this site. It will help you with your typing skills. Be sure to write todays date (9-23) next to each stage you finish before you go on to the next one. You need to finish level 1 stage 1 today!
3rd - Comment on the blog. Copy (ctrl c) and paste (ctrl v) the following into the comments section and fill in the blanks.
On Dance Mat Typing I got to
Level: __________
Stage: __________
My score was: __________
List 3 things you have learned abou during our study of explorers.
1.
2.
3.
COOL
The 1st movie was one of my favorites. I found this and wanted to share. I can't wait for it to come out. :)
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This Week Sept 15-19
I am sorry that I have not written this week. It has been crazy. I am looking forward to seeing all of you next week at conferences (parents and kids!). If you don't remember your day or time please drop me an email or check the calendar.
Here is a recap of the week...
Quick Read: This week we read about Ice Fishing. ***Do you remember what the machine is called that they use to put their fishing line in? What happens when something bites at the line?*** Need a different book to read at home? Visit www.raz-kids.com and read a new book and take a quiz.
Writing: This week everyone made a spider map about what a teacher does. The students wrote a rough draft, edited their papers and wrote final copies. I am looking forward to reading them this weekend. ***Tell you parents what you wrote about!***
Next week we are going to be writing letters to Christopher Columbus. But this week we learned all about the parts to a letter. ***Can you name the 5 parts of a letter? *** Want to write a letter online? Visit readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/ . It will walk you through all the parts of a letter.
Spelling: New words came home on Thursday. Visit www.spellingcity.com to type in your words and practice.
Reading and Social Studies: We have jumped right into learning about explorers. Monday we read about Christopher Columbus. ***Do you remember where he landed ... and where he thought he was? What did he call the people that lived there? Why did he call them that?*** Then on Wednesday we read about Vasco De Gama. He was trying to reach the same place as Columbus but he tried a different way. ***Do you remember which way he went?*** On Thursday we read about John Cabot. AGAIN, he was trying to get to the same place as Columbus and De Gama but he tried a 3rd way. How did he go? All of these men where trying to reach the same place. ***BUT WHY?? What was there that they wanted? Which explorer came closest to where they were going?*** Today we made a recipe box with a recipe for hardtack in it. Students had to put the directions in order. They did a great job! Want to learn about more explorers? Visit sf.factmonster.com/biography/explorers.html
Math: This we not an easy week of math but I KNOW that everyone is getting better at partial sums addition. We looked at rule boxes and reviewed fact triangles on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday we read different story problems and tried to organize our information into part-part-total boxes. Then on Thursday we learned about partial sums addition. It is a little different the the "Old Fashion Carrying" addition but it really helps kids understand why they are carrying numbers. On Friday we spent over an hour practicing the partial sums addition. I think the kids are really getting it. Today an extra credit addition worksheet came home for over the weekend. Each problem that is completed and brought back Monday is worth 10 extra credit points! Good Luck!!!
435
+372
------
700
100
7
------
807
Need some help on this? Visit http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/baresvle/MathMaterials/powerpoints/partial_sums.pps#256,1,Partial Sums . This power point will walk you through the whole process.
Grades have been updated online and student work will be given out at conferences. See you all next week and have a great weekend!
Miss T :)
Here is a recap of the week...
Quick Read: This week we read about Ice Fishing. ***Do you remember what the machine is called that they use to put their fishing line in? What happens when something bites at the line?*** Need a different book to read at home? Visit www.raz-kids.com and read a new book and take a quiz.
Writing: This week everyone made a spider map about what a teacher does. The students wrote a rough draft, edited their papers and wrote final copies. I am looking forward to reading them this weekend. ***Tell you parents what you wrote about!***
Next week we are going to be writing letters to Christopher Columbus. But this week we learned all about the parts to a letter. ***Can you name the 5 parts of a letter? *** Want to write a letter online? Visit readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/ . It will walk you through all the parts of a letter.
Spelling: New words came home on Thursday. Visit www.spellingcity.com to type in your words and practice.
Reading and Social Studies: We have jumped right into learning about explorers. Monday we read about Christopher Columbus. ***Do you remember where he landed ... and where he thought he was? What did he call the people that lived there? Why did he call them that?*** Then on Wednesday we read about Vasco De Gama. He was trying to reach the same place as Columbus but he tried a different way. ***Do you remember which way he went?*** On Thursday we read about John Cabot. AGAIN, he was trying to get to the same place as Columbus and De Gama but he tried a 3rd way. How did he go? All of these men where trying to reach the same place. ***BUT WHY?? What was there that they wanted? Which explorer came closest to where they were going?*** Today we made a recipe box with a recipe for hardtack in it. Students had to put the directions in order. They did a great job! Want to learn about more explorers? Visit sf.factmonster.com/biography/explorers.html
Math: This we not an easy week of math but I KNOW that everyone is getting better at partial sums addition. We looked at rule boxes and reviewed fact triangles on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday we read different story problems and tried to organize our information into part-part-total boxes. Then on Thursday we learned about partial sums addition. It is a little different the the "Old Fashion Carrying" addition but it really helps kids understand why they are carrying numbers. On Friday we spent over an hour practicing the partial sums addition. I think the kids are really getting it. Today an extra credit addition worksheet came home for over the weekend. Each problem that is completed and brought back Monday is worth 10 extra credit points! Good Luck!!!
435
+372
------
700
100
7
------
807
Need some help on this? Visit http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/baresvle/MathMaterials/powerpoints/partial_sums.pps#256,1,Partial Sums . This power point will walk you through the whole process.
Grades have been updated online and student work will be given out at conferences. See you all next week and have a great weekend!
Miss T :)
Thursday and Friday Sept 11-12
We have started a new unit in class. The kids seem to be really excited to learn about history. The unit is on explorers. Over the next 4 weeks we will be learning about 12 different World Explorers. The unit will encompass reading, writing and unit time.
*** What does it mean to explore? What does it mean to discover? What is a European? ***
Quick Read Assessment: Students read a comparison story about city and towns. They had to answer 6 questions about the comparison. *** Which is bigger a city or a town? How do you know that? ***
Quick Write Assessment: Over all students were able to use commas in a list, capitalize titles, and use the correct form of your/you're. Students are still struggling with what a verb is and struggling even more with what a helping verb is. In two weeks we are going to focus in on verbs so the students can understand this better. To help out look at the blog from Wednesday to see an example.
Reading: Today we finished working on a reader's theater called Coyote Learns His Lesson. The students went to kinder and 1st grade classrooms today to perform their play. Here is what some of the teachers said!
Mrs Celaya - They were wonderful! Thank you for doing this with your class.
Mrs. Bennett - They did a great job. I was impressed….
Mrs. Green - My kids loved it! Come back any time!
Mrs. Weil - They did great. One kid was so nervous at first...very cute!
Mrs. Grunensfelder - The group that came to my room did an AWESOME job. Thanks.
Thank you teachers for letting us perform for you and for all your wonderful comments!
Math: We are working on mastering our basic facts and using those facts to help us with harder problems. For example: we know 3+5=8 then we can do 3+25..... by adding 20 more to our original answer. This concept really helps when we begin to try and do mental math or math in our heads. *** What is 14-6? Then what is 84-6? ***
Spelling: Students brought home new words on Thursday. They stapled them into their assignment books so they would not get lost. The test will be on Wednesday. Just as a reminder, students are pretested on 5 words. Any words they miss on the pretest are added to any words that they missed on their last test. Those missed words become their spelling words. I also pick words out of the classroom writing and homework writing and add those words to the list. If after all that students don't have 10 words they get to pick the rest of their spelling words from the dictionary.
Reminder: Use http://www.raz-kids.com/ to read stories online and take the quizzes. Visit http://www.spellingcity.com/ and enter in your spelling words to play games and study them. ALSO, visit the class links page to play math games or visit sites on explorers.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. The weather is getting so nice and beautiful. Try and do something fun outside.
Parents: I would love to hear any comments you have in regards to the school year, this blog, the website links, grades online, etc... Please drop me a comment or an email anytime.
*** What does it mean to explore? What does it mean to discover? What is a European? ***
Quick Read Assessment: Students read a comparison story about city and towns. They had to answer 6 questions about the comparison. *** Which is bigger a city or a town? How do you know that? ***
Quick Write Assessment: Over all students were able to use commas in a list, capitalize titles, and use the correct form of your/you're. Students are still struggling with what a verb is and struggling even more with what a helping verb is. In two weeks we are going to focus in on verbs so the students can understand this better. To help out look at the blog from Wednesday to see an example.
Reading: Today we finished working on a reader's theater called Coyote Learns His Lesson. The students went to kinder and 1st grade classrooms today to perform their play. Here is what some of the teachers said!
Mrs Celaya - They were wonderful! Thank you for doing this with your class.
Mrs. Bennett - They did a great job. I was impressed….
Mrs. Green - My kids loved it! Come back any time!
Mrs. Weil - They did great. One kid was so nervous at first...very cute!
Mrs. Grunensfelder - The group that came to my room did an AWESOME job. Thanks.
Thank you teachers for letting us perform for you and for all your wonderful comments!
Math: We are working on mastering our basic facts and using those facts to help us with harder problems. For example: we know 3+5=8 then we can do 3+25..... by adding 20 more to our original answer. This concept really helps when we begin to try and do mental math or math in our heads. *** What is 14-6? Then what is 84-6? ***
Spelling: Students brought home new words on Thursday. They stapled them into their assignment books so they would not get lost. The test will be on Wednesday. Just as a reminder, students are pretested on 5 words. Any words they miss on the pretest are added to any words that they missed on their last test. Those missed words become their spelling words. I also pick words out of the classroom writing and homework writing and add those words to the list. If after all that students don't have 10 words they get to pick the rest of their spelling words from the dictionary.
Reminder: Use http://www.raz-kids.com/ to read stories online and take the quizzes. Visit http://www.spellingcity.com/ and enter in your spelling words to play games and study them. ALSO, visit the class links page to play math games or visit sites on explorers.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. The weather is getting so nice and beautiful. Try and do something fun outside.
Kids: Leave a comment and you may have a suprise waiting for you on Monday!
Parents: I would love to hear any comments you have in regards to the school year, this blog, the website links, grades online, etc... Please drop me a comment or an email anytime.
Tues and Wed 9/9 and 10
Take a minute to read the Internet Safety Blog. This is an activity we completed in computer lab. You can read the comments all the students wrote. I hope they are on their way to being safe computer users.
Morning Quick Read - We are continuing a reading on Ghost Towns. ***What are two things you will find in a ghost town? ***
Quick Write: This weeks quick write is focusing on 4 concepts. The hardest one seems to be understanding what a helping verb is. Here is an example, the helping verb is in red and the main verb is underlined. The students will sing in music class tomorrow. ***Students: Can you find the main verb and the helping verb in this sentence? *** Everyone can ride a bike.
Reading: We started reading a readers theater, Coyote Learns His Lesson. Today student's focused on reading the story. Tomorrow they will begin to act out the story and on Friday they will perform it for the class. ***What is the Coyote's Lesson?***
Math: We started a new chapter of math. Today we reviewed fact triangles and fact families. ***What is the number at the top of the triangle called? What are the two numbers at the bottom called? ***
^^^ HOMEWORK^^^ Links 2.1
Spelling: Today was the spelling test. Scores are online and I will hand back the tests in the morning. New words will come home tomorrow. Students are also learning about the long o sound. We made a poster of all different spelling patterns for the long o sound. We found out that the letters oa make the long o sound. ***What other letters make the long o sound?***
Writing: In addition to writing in our journals and various other things with our reading we are focusing on a grammar concept each week. This week is nouns. We completed a word sort of nouns today. Last week we learned a song and read a poem on nouns. ***What is a noun? *** ^^^HOMEWORK ^^^ Nouns WS
Reminders:
Grades have been updated.
Visit www.raz-kids.com to read online
Please return the conference slips as soon as possible. I am looking forward to meeting with you all in two weeks.
Morning Quick Read - We are continuing a reading on Ghost Towns. ***What are two things you will find in a ghost town? ***
Quick Write: This weeks quick write is focusing on 4 concepts. The hardest one seems to be understanding what a helping verb is. Here is an example, the helping verb is in red and the main verb is underlined. The students will sing in music class tomorrow. ***Students: Can you find the main verb and the helping verb in this sentence? *** Everyone can ride a bike.
Reading: We started reading a readers theater, Coyote Learns His Lesson. Today student's focused on reading the story. Tomorrow they will begin to act out the story and on Friday they will perform it for the class. ***What is the Coyote's Lesson?***
Math: We started a new chapter of math. Today we reviewed fact triangles and fact families. ***What is the number at the top of the triangle called? What are the two numbers at the bottom called? ***
^^^ HOMEWORK^^^ Links 2.1
Spelling: Today was the spelling test. Scores are online and I will hand back the tests in the morning. New words will come home tomorrow. Students are also learning about the long o sound. We made a poster of all different spelling patterns for the long o sound. We found out that the letters oa make the long o sound. ***What other letters make the long o sound?***
Writing: In addition to writing in our journals and various other things with our reading we are focusing on a grammar concept each week. This week is nouns. We completed a word sort of nouns today. Last week we learned a song and read a poem on nouns. ***What is a noun? *** ^^^HOMEWORK ^^^ Nouns WS
Reminders:
Grades have been updated.
Visit www.raz-kids.com to read online
Please return the conference slips as soon as possible. I am looking forward to meeting with you all in two weeks.
Computers 9/9 - Internet Safety
The Internet can be a wonderful place for kids. We can use it to research school reports, talk with teachers and other kids, and play games.
Any child who is old enough to punch in a few letters on the keyboard can access the world. That is why Internet safety is very important. We need to know that there are some important rules or dos and don'ts that must be followed to keep us safe online.
First let's watch this video
http://www.ikeepsafe.org/assets/videos/?vid=fauxpaw_video
Next, let's watch and read this fun comic
http://disney.go.com/webtoons/badapple/index.html
Now work through this activity to answer questions about online safety
http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index2.html
When you have finished come back to this blog and comment on it by answering the questions.
Copy (ctrl c) and paste (ctrl v) the following information into a comment and fill in the blanks.
List 4 things you should NOT do when you are on the Internet.
1.
2.
3.
4.
List 3 things you CAN do on the Internet.
1.
2.
3.
Any child who is old enough to punch in a few letters on the keyboard can access the world. That is why Internet safety is very important. We need to know that there are some important rules or dos and don'ts that must be followed to keep us safe online.
First let's watch this video
http://www.ikeepsafe.org/assets/videos/?vid=fauxpaw_video
Next, let's watch and read this fun comic
http://disney.go.com/webtoons/badapple/index.html
Now work through this activity to answer questions about online safety
http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index2.html
When you have finished come back to this blog and comment on it by answering the questions.
Copy (ctrl c) and paste (ctrl v) the following information into a comment and fill in the blanks.
List 4 things you should NOT do when you are on the Internet.
1.
2.
3.
4.
List 3 things you CAN do on the Internet.
1.
2.
3.
Monday Sept. 8
Monday - I hope you had a great day today with Mrs. Welch.
Morning Work: As always students completed line 1 of Read 4 Today and Write 4 Today!
Quick Read: It is now week 5. Do you Believe in Ghosts? ***What did our story say a ghost town was? ***
Quick Write: Students learned how to capitalize proper nouns like song titles, find helping verbs, add commas, and choose the correct form of your (you're)
Spelling! Today students looked a different ways to spell the long o sound. Don't forget to study your words. Try playing a game at http://www.spellingcity.com/
We had library today! Students were able to check out new books if they returned theirs. If they forgot they can bring them in on Wednesday and check out new books at the end of the day.
Reading: The Rattlesnake and the Mouse was our story for today. Students were asked to read the story and answer some questions about it. Then they got to write a new ending.
Writing: Today in writing the students made a walk in the desert book. They were able write about what the desert looks like and draw pictures to go with their writing.
Line 1 of the Math 4 Today
Math Centers: Students were taught how to play Addition top it and Beat the Calculator. Ask them about the games!
Character Traits - Today the students created Responsibility Treasure Boxes. We have been focusing on being responsible. Today students decorated a tissue box or envelope. Inside they put slips of paper which had different ways that they could be responsible.
Again, I hope it was a great day for everyone!
Morning Work: As always students completed line 1 of Read 4 Today and Write 4 Today!
Quick Read: It is now week 5. Do you Believe in Ghosts? ***What did our story say a ghost town was? ***
Quick Write: Students learned how to capitalize proper nouns like song titles, find helping verbs, add commas, and choose the correct form of your (you're)
Spelling! Today students looked a different ways to spell the long o sound. Don't forget to study your words. Try playing a game at http://www.spellingcity.com/
We had library today! Students were able to check out new books if they returned theirs. If they forgot they can bring them in on Wednesday and check out new books at the end of the day.
Reading: The Rattlesnake and the Mouse was our story for today. Students were asked to read the story and answer some questions about it. Then they got to write a new ending.
Writing: Today in writing the students made a walk in the desert book. They were able write about what the desert looks like and draw pictures to go with their writing.
Line 1 of the Math 4 Today
Math Centers: Students were taught how to play Addition top it and Beat the Calculator. Ask them about the games!
Character Traits - Today the students created Responsibility Treasure Boxes. We have been focusing on being responsible. Today students decorated a tissue box or envelope. Inside they put slips of paper which had different ways that they could be responsible.
Again, I hope it was a great day for everyone!
Thursday and Friday Sept 4-5
The end of the week has arrived. I can hardly believe that this is the end of week 4! We will be starting a new unit at the end of next week. ***Can you guess what we will study next? ***
Morning Quick Read: We finished reading about the Cherry Blossom festival on Thursday. Today we read about the Midsummer Magic Festival in Norway. The reading assessments will be in the students homework folders tonight and the grades are online.
Writing: Yesterday we spent almost an hour editing our stories on our favorite meals. We found out that favorite is a hard word to spell. Today students had to rewrite their stories with all the words spelled correctly. Every sentence needed a capital at the beginning and an end mark. The writing was graded twice, once for content and once for editing errors. Those grades are online but I will be keeping the stories for the students writing portfolios. ***Students - Tell you parents what you wrote about!***
Reading: We continued reading The Mighty Saguaro yesterday and today. Students learned all about the cactus and where it lives and how it survives.
www.raz-kids.com - site for reading online - log in is tracy3rd
Spelling: New words came home on Thursday. The test will be on Wednesday Sept. 10th.
www.spellingcity.com - type your spelling words into this site and play games with them!
Math: Yesterday we took out Math MAP test in the computer lab. The students all did very well. For homework last night students brought home a review for chapter 1 of math. Today that very same review was given to the students as a test. They also were given a self reflection to complete AND... they were asked to try and complete a written response question. This question was a challenge but CONGRATS!!!! to Faith for solving the problem. Great job Faith!
Here is the problem in case anyone wants to try it at home:
Imad collects quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. This morning, he took $1.80 from his collection. He counted the coins and found that he had twice as many nickels as dimes. What coins could Imad have?
Science: The Circle of Life! We have been learning about the life cycle of two plants, one the cactus and two the bean. Today we looked more in depth into the bean plants life. The students started making a book about the beans life. ***Students - Can you tell about the cycle of the bean plant from when it starts as a seed until its seeds falls out of the fruit and it starts over. There are 7 steps. *** Also - can you name the 3 parts of the seed?***
http://www.amphi.com/~ctracy/progressreports/index.html - Check your grades online!
This year is off to such a great start. I am really enjoying having this group of students. They are hard workers and a lot of fun.
In your child's homework folders is a note with the day and time of teacher conferences. Conferences are the week of September 22. September 23-26 are 1/2 days which means all of those days will be like Tuesdays schedule.
Have a wonderful weekend and please drop me an email if you have any questions. Also, if you get a chance please leave a comment on the blog about how I could improve this blog or if you find it useful. Thanks!
Morning Quick Read: We finished reading about the Cherry Blossom festival on Thursday. Today we read about the Midsummer Magic Festival in Norway. The reading assessments will be in the students homework folders tonight and the grades are online.
Writing: Yesterday we spent almost an hour editing our stories on our favorite meals. We found out that favorite is a hard word to spell. Today students had to rewrite their stories with all the words spelled correctly. Every sentence needed a capital at the beginning and an end mark. The writing was graded twice, once for content and once for editing errors. Those grades are online but I will be keeping the stories for the students writing portfolios. ***Students - Tell you parents what you wrote about!***
Reading: We continued reading The Mighty Saguaro yesterday and today. Students learned all about the cactus and where it lives and how it survives.
www.raz-kids.com - site for reading online - log in is tracy3rd
Spelling: New words came home on Thursday. The test will be on Wednesday Sept. 10th.
www.spellingcity.com - type your spelling words into this site and play games with them!
Math: Yesterday we took out Math MAP test in the computer lab. The students all did very well. For homework last night students brought home a review for chapter 1 of math. Today that very same review was given to the students as a test. They also were given a self reflection to complete AND... they were asked to try and complete a written response question. This question was a challenge but CONGRATS!!!! to Faith for solving the problem. Great job Faith!
Here is the problem in case anyone wants to try it at home:
Imad collects quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. This morning, he took $1.80 from his collection. He counted the coins and found that he had twice as many nickels as dimes. What coins could Imad have?
Science: The Circle of Life! We have been learning about the life cycle of two plants, one the cactus and two the bean. Today we looked more in depth into the bean plants life. The students started making a book about the beans life. ***Students - Can you tell about the cycle of the bean plant from when it starts as a seed until its seeds falls out of the fruit and it starts over. There are 7 steps. *** Also - can you name the 3 parts of the seed?***
http://www.amphi.com/~ctracy/progressreports/index.html - Check your grades online!
This year is off to such a great start. I am really enjoying having this group of students. They are hard workers and a lot of fun.
In your child's homework folders is a note with the day and time of teacher conferences. Conferences are the week of September 22. September 23-26 are 1/2 days which means all of those days will be like Tuesdays schedule.
Have a wonderful weekend and please drop me an email if you have any questions. Also, if you get a chance please leave a comment on the blog about how I could improve this blog or if you find it useful. Thanks!
Wednesday
Spelling Test Day!
We took our 2nd spelling test today. We also pretested the 5 new words for next week. Grades on online from todays test. Tomorrow student will bring home a list of any words they missed and their new words. They will have 10 spelling words to study for next Wednesday. KIDS - Don't forget to study and remember you can go to www.spellingcity.com and type your words in. Then you can play all kinds of games with them.
This morning students worked on writing about their favorite meal. Yesterday we came up with ideas of what our favorite meal is and today we started writing. There are some great story beginnings. ***Can you think of one thing you want to add to your story? ***
We read a short text this morning about the Cherry Blossom Festival that is celebrated in Japan. ***How long does the festival last? ***
In reading we worked more with the vocabulary words for The Mighty Saguaro. Students become the teachers and experts on their words and taught the other students. We also had a little boy/girl competition on putting the table of contents in order. ^^^ HOMEWORK^^^ Read pages 4 to 8 tonight and answer the 4 questions in complete sentences.
***What does transpire mean? ***
Math was a little of a review today. We looked at frames and arrows. These are basically number patterns. Students worked as a class to find the rule of different patterns and to fill in the missing numbers ^^^ HOMEWORK^^^ Links 1.11
*** What's the rule? 29 26 23 20 ***
In class today we looked at the website http://www.raz-kids.com/ . Students can log on to this site using tracy3rd. Then they click on their name and they can read books and take quizzes on the books online. I showed them how to do it today. It is a really great site and it can be lots of fun to read books online .
Don't forget to bring in a tissue box for Monday!
Have a great evening!
We took our 2nd spelling test today. We also pretested the 5 new words for next week. Grades on online from todays test. Tomorrow student will bring home a list of any words they missed and their new words. They will have 10 spelling words to study for next Wednesday. KIDS - Don't forget to study and remember you can go to www.spellingcity.com and type your words in. Then you can play all kinds of games with them.
This morning students worked on writing about their favorite meal. Yesterday we came up with ideas of what our favorite meal is and today we started writing. There are some great story beginnings. ***Can you think of one thing you want to add to your story? ***
We read a short text this morning about the Cherry Blossom Festival that is celebrated in Japan. ***How long does the festival last? ***
In reading we worked more with the vocabulary words for The Mighty Saguaro. Students become the teachers and experts on their words and taught the other students. We also had a little boy/girl competition on putting the table of contents in order. ^^^ HOMEWORK^^^ Read pages 4 to 8 tonight and answer the 4 questions in complete sentences.
***What does transpire mean? ***
Math was a little of a review today. We looked at frames and arrows. These are basically number patterns. Students worked as a class to find the rule of different patterns and to fill in the missing numbers ^^^ HOMEWORK^^^ Links 1.11
*** What's the rule? 29 26 23 20 ***
In class today we looked at the website http://www.raz-kids.com/ . Students can log on to this site using tracy3rd. Then they click on their name and they can read books and take quizzes on the books online. I showed them how to do it today. It is a really great site and it can be lots of fun to read books online .
Don't forget to bring in a tissue box for Monday!
Have a great evening!
Tuesday Sept. 2nd
Today is the first day of September! *** What number month is September? ***
Today we began our journey through a book called The Mighty Saguaro. We looked at all the different parts of the book. We also used the smartboard to sort elements of fiction and non-fiction. Students were able to identify that elements like story, setting, characters, humor and events were from a fiction book, where elements like charts, graphs, diagrams, table of contents, heading, and caption were from a non-fiction book. Students were also assigned a vocabulary word to look up in the glossary. They had to write the meaning of the word and try to draw a picture of the word.
*** What was the word you looked up? *** What 2 things does a glossary have? ***
"Every person that you know and every place that you can go and every thing that you can know.... you know they're _____________, you know they're ________ " ***Can you fill in the blank to the cool School House Rock song we learned today? ***
^^^^^ HOMEWORK ALERT^^^^^ WS
From 10:30 to lunch time today we were in the computer lab taking a test. Student today took the MAP reading test. They will take the math one on Thursday.
With the short day today that is about all we got to today.
^^^^ HOMEWORK ALERT ^^^^^ Story Writing
Tomorrow - Spelling TEST!!!
Looking Ahead:
-Each child needs an empty tissue box for Monday Sept 8th
-Conference notes will come home on Friday (Conferences are Sept 22 to 26)
-Chapter 1 math test is on Friday
Please go back and read the blog from last Wed-Fri. There is a question for parents at the end. I would appreciate any feedback.
THANKS!
Today we began our journey through a book called The Mighty Saguaro. We looked at all the different parts of the book. We also used the smartboard to sort elements of fiction and non-fiction. Students were able to identify that elements like story, setting, characters, humor and events were from a fiction book, where elements like charts, graphs, diagrams, table of contents, heading, and caption were from a non-fiction book. Students were also assigned a vocabulary word to look up in the glossary. They had to write the meaning of the word and try to draw a picture of the word.
*** What was the word you looked up? *** What 2 things does a glossary have? ***
"Every person that you know and every place that you can go and every thing that you can know.... you know they're _____________, you know they're ________ " ***Can you fill in the blank to the cool School House Rock song we learned today? ***
^^^^^ HOMEWORK ALERT^^^^^ WS
From 10:30 to lunch time today we were in the computer lab taking a test. Student today took the MAP reading test. They will take the math one on Thursday.
With the short day today that is about all we got to today.
^^^^ HOMEWORK ALERT ^^^^^ Story Writing
Tomorrow - Spelling TEST!!!
Looking Ahead:
-Each child needs an empty tissue box for Monday Sept 8th
-Conference notes will come home on Friday (Conferences are Sept 22 to 26)
-Chapter 1 math test is on Friday
Please go back and read the blog from last Wed-Fri. There is a question for parents at the end. I would appreciate any feedback.
THANKS!
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