So sorry for my absence

I have been home for a few days with a sick toddler (and a sick Mrs. Plato), so I apologize for my absence on the website.

Math: Math Minute assessment; Quiz Works; handed in Division booklets; x10 and x11 facts assessment
Math homework: x12 facts assessment Monday; study flashcards

Language arts: Influenza booklet and worksheets; DEAR; handwriting; Halloween packet

Thanks to the Vasquez's for planning a slime activity for the class today. Thanks also to those who brought in treats. Safe trick-or-treating to all! Sounds like the weather will finally cooperate.

Mark chart slips are due Monday.

Happy weekend!

Just a reminder, the students do not have school tomorrow. Enjoy an extra day!

Math: Math Minute 25; x9 tests
Math homework: Study facts; x10 test Tuesday

Social studies homework: Study for test on Tuesday

Science: Test on Ch. 1

Language arts: Six-Minute Solution read and quiz; The Thing About Georgie; Spelling City

Mark chart summary slips must be signed and returned by Tuesday.

Red-Ribbon Week begins Tuesday: Twin Day! Rely on your BFFs to keep you from using drugs and alcohol.

Conferences tonight

Hello!

Today is a very busy one! Here's the scoop:

Math: Math Minute 24; facts tests
Math homework: x9 test tomorrow; STUDY FACTS!!

Social studies: played review game; studied for test
Social studies homework: study for test on Tuesday

Science homework: study for test tomorrow

Language arts: centers; noun-verb-noun sentences; Spelling City; Soliloquy

Conferences:
4:30 Shyanna
4:50 Thomas
5:50 Jon
6:10 Nala
6:30 Ardit
7:20 Rachel V.
7:40 Sa'mond

Conference Week Continues

It is such a pleasure to have time to conference with parents this week! Thanks so much for your time.

Tomorrow is a big conference day. Here is the schedule:

7:30 - Cindy
7:50 - Rachel H.
8:10 - Madison
4:30 - Shyanna
4:50 - Thomas B.
5:50 - Jon
6:10 - Nala
6:30 - Ardit
7:20 - Rachel Z.
7:40 - Sa'mond

Math: Math Minute 23; x7 facts tests; money packet; homework check
Math homework: Study for your x8 test (and previous tests if you have not passed yet); division booklet, p. 214, 215, 216, 217 (if the directions say to color, you must color... no exceptions)

Science: reviewed for Friday's test; checked crossword puzzle; gathered all Ch. 1 information and formed a study packet
Science homework: study for test on Friday

Social studies homework: study guide due tomorrow

Language arts: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; The Thing About Georgie; Noun-Verb-Noun sentence patterns

Book fair is going on all this week!

Conference Week

Hello!

I have the following conferences scheduled for today:
Jozalynn - 3:30
Andrew - 3:50
Beronica - 4:30

Students copied into their planners the dates and times for their conferences today. I will post them here as well.

Math: Math Minute 21; math fact tests for 5s
Math homework: Study your x6 facts and your multiplication/division fact families; division timed test tomorrow

Language arts: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; letters for conferences

Science: finished Lesson 5, Ch. 1; crossword
Science homework: review game Wednesday; test Friday; review Lesson worksheets; finish crossword puzzle

We were visited today by the Air Force Band! What a treat!

Weldon Springs

Although the weather was not the best, we were still able to take our trip to Weldon Springs State Park on Thursday. Carol Thompson, our guide, shared her incredible wealth of knowledge with the students. The science lessons from our book came alive all in one day! Please view the slide show and video below for different shots of the students.

Because of last week's shortness, no mark chart slip will be sent home. There was a slip that several students need to return from the week before.

Also, students should be studying their multiplication facts flashcards every night. We will be testing on the 5s Monday. Some students will be retesting on the 4s, also. If they know all of their facts by Veterans' Day, they will be able to participate in an ice cream party.

Enjoy the sunshine while it lasts!

Slide Show:

Fishing Video:

Just a few reminders

Tomorrow, we will go to Weldon Springs on a field trip. Please ask your student to show you the checklist we discussed today.

Students should be studying math facts flashcards each night. Today they were tested on their 4s, and some students could have done better had they practiced. On Monday, we will have retakes of their 4s, and we will have tests on their 5s.

Keep your fingers crossed...

...for good weather for Thursday!

Math: Math Minute review; multiplication timed test; x 3 assessment
Math homework: Multiplication booklet p. 172-176; get study guide signed; prepare for Math Minute assessment; prepare for x 4 multiplication facts assessment

Language arts: took SRI assessment; DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; Spelling City; The Thing About Georgie read-aloud; Flying Horse

Get mark chart slip signed.

Happy weekend!

Just a friendly reminder of safeguards against the flu:
-wash hands regularly and with soap
-sneeze into your elbow rather than your hand
-get plenty of sleep
-drink plenty of water
-if you feel sick, stay home
-if you have had a fever, and it has ended, give yourself 24 hours before returning to school

We have had a pretty healthy room so far! We are very lucky.

This week:
-School is closed on Monday in honor of Columbus Day.
-Mark chart slips will go home Tuesday. No slips will be sent home for this coming school week, since it will be so short.
-Our Weldon Springs field trip is scheduled for Thursday. Students who indicated they will bring a lunch should remember one for this day.
-Students have no school on Friday. It is a Teacher Institute Day.
-The first quarter ends Friday.

Today's Learning

Math: Math Minute 19; students created flashcards for multiplication facts - by November 11, students will be tested on all facts from 2 x 2 through 12 x 12
Math homework: correct Math Minute 19; study the 2s facts for tomorrow

Language arts: read and wrote Haiku; Vocabulary Lesson 2; handwriting
Language arts homework: study flashcards for vocabulary

Science: Ch. 1, Lesson 4

Get planners signed tonight.

A rainy Tuesday

Math: Math Minute 18; Corrected HW; timed division test
Math homework: Multiplication booklet, pages 164, 166, 167; study fact family triangles

Language arts: DEAR; Six-Minute solution; extended response; Vocabulary, Lesson 2
Language arts homework: study Lesson 2 flashcards

Social studies: Geography challenge 2A; learned about specialty maps

Music homework: quiz tomorrow; study guide provided

United Way fundraiser this week; bring pennies for the jar or dollars for mustangs, if you wish.

A Beautiful Monday

Math: Math Minute 17; Timed multiplication test; Terrific Triangles
Math homework: Multiplication booklet p. 159-160; practice triangle fact families; get assessment signed

Science: created foldable for ways plants make more plants (seeds/cones/spores); completed Ch. 1, Lesson 3; started Lesson 4

Language arts: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; extended response; Vocabulary Lesson 2; demonstrated Spelling City
Language arts homework: study Lesson 2 flashcards

Enjoy your weekend!

Happy weekend!

There will be no book order form this month so as to not interfere with the school's Scholastic Book Fair during the week of October 19. When you come for conferences, be sure to give yourself time to browse the books!

Math: Math Minute 17; checked HW; Graphiti (coordinate graphing practice)
Math homework: Keep plugging away at those multiplication facts! Timed tests take place each Monday.

Language arts: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; Handwriting
Language arts homework: If you did not pass the RC! test on Grandfather's Journey, please re-read the story so you can retake the test on Monday (and pass!)

Mark chart slip needs to be signed. Parent conference reminders were sent home.

Happy October!

Math: Math Minute assessment; Terrific Triangles; coordinate graphing
Math homework: Graphiti worksheet #4; Multiplication booklet p. 156, 157, 158

Language arts: Grandfather's Journey multiple choice; took Reading Counts! test for Grandfather's Journey; Vocabulary, Lesson 2; handwriting

Social studies: Geography challenge 2A