Wednesday, September 30

October Reading Logs are due tomorrow. The subway program has not started yet, so each student who reaches the 400 minute goal will be given a McDonald's Happy Meal certificate. A reading log can be found on my web page if your child lost their copy.

Your child will be bringing home information about a Solar System Project for Science. They need to have their idea for the project by Friday. A copy of the letter and rubric can be found on my web page.

Reading - Read 20 minutes
Reading group due tomorrow. See yesterday's blog for more details.

Math - study flashcards
Homework 1-2, Remembering 1-2

Tuesday, September 29

September Reading Logs are due Thursday.

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Reading Groups. Each student needs to have 1 connection and 1 "I wonder..." question. Due Thursday

Space - page 20 - 25
Coober Pedy - page 18 - 22
Plains - pages 18 - 22
USA - pages 12 - 15

Math - study flashcards
Cursive L
Field Trip money, if not already turned in.

Monday, September 28

September Reading Logs will be due on Thursday. If your child lost their copy, you can find one on my web page. Students who do not turn in a log on Thursday will be using their recess time to read to reach their 400 minutes.

We are reading the book "Chasing Vermeer" for our classroom read-aloud. Pentonimoes play an important part in solving the mystery. Today we played pentonimoes on the internet. Your child can find this game at www.scholastic.com/chasingvermeer if they would like to play at home.

Students were given 20 minutes to work on their math homework today. It is amazing the progress students who are studying their Math flashcards nightly are making on Rocket Math. Please continue to study the cards. Students who struggle with multiplication facts also struggle with division, fractions, decimals, etc.

Reading - Read 20 minutes
Reading group work due Tuesday. Each student needs to have one connection and one "I wonder..." question when I call back their reading group tomorrow.

Specifics for reading groups can be found on Friday's blog.

Social Studies - study Vocabulary sheet and Theme sheet for quiz tomorrow

Math - study flashcards
Homework 1.1, Remembering 1.1

Other - field trip money (if not already sent in)
Cursive J
Design pen pal letter for sister school in Japan

Friday, September 25

School pictures went home today. All students should have their reading books and Social Studies sheets to study as I checked each folder before they went home.

Reading - Read 20 minutes
Reading groups due Tuesday. Each student needs to have at least one connection and and I wonder question written down by Tuesday for their assigned pages.

Space - pages 13 - 19
Coober Pedy - pages 12 - 17
Plains - pages pages 12 - 17
USA - pages 8 - 11

Math - study flashcards
Homework 16, Remembering 16

Social Studies - Study vocabulary and theme sheet for a quiz on Tuesday.

Cursive J

Wednesday, September 23

I will be at a meeting all day tomorrow and won't be able to blog.

We started reading groups today. Your child's homework is due on Friday.

Reading groups: All groups must write down connections they make to their reading and after reading must write something they are still wondering about.

Space: pages 4-12
C.B.: pages 4 - 11
Plains: pages 4-11
USA: pages 2-7

Language Arts - Australia Story

Reading - read 20 minutes

Math - study flashcards
Homework 13, Remembering 13

Other - Field Trip Money
Cursive H

Tuesday, September 22

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Math - Study flashcards
Homework 11, Remembering 11

Other - Field Trip Money
Cursive H

Monday, September 21

The scanner is working again so I was able to link today's Math homework to my web page.

Reading - read 20 minutes

Math - study flashcards
Homework 10, Remembering 10 (please choose either number 5 OR number 6)

Japanese - packet 1-30

Field trip money and chaperone form

Friday, September 18

The scanner is still not working at school so I haven't been able to link things to my website. Sorry for this inconvenience.

Students were given a study hall time of 45 minutes today to work on missing work and/or current homework. If your child used their time wisely, they should have a minimal amount of homework over the weekend.

Reading - read 20 minutes

Math - Study flashcards
Homework 9, Remembering 9

Cursive G

Thursday, September 17

Letters went home today regarding two field trips - Heckrodt Nature Center and Madison. Please read through the letter and let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Book orders are due tomorrow if you wish to order books.

Reading - read 20 minutes

Math - Study flashcards
Homework 5 and remembering 5

Cursive F

Wednesday, September 16

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Math - Study flashcards

Cursive E

Tuesday, September 15

The scanner function at school has not been working for a few days so I was unable to attach today's math homework to my web page. Sorry about any problems this may cause.

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Social Studies - finish Mayor poster

Math - study flashcards
Homework 5, Remembering 5

Cursive D

Book orders are due Friday if you are interested in purchasing anything.

Monday, September 14

I am almost finished with the DRA Reading Assessment and will be able to begin reading groups soon.

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Math - Study flashcards

Friday, September 11

The following is homework for this weekend:

Reading - Read 20 minutes
complete DRA survey - if not already turned in

Math - study flashcards
Homework 3, Remembering 3

Cursive C

Thursday, Sept 10

The following homework is for tonight:

Reading - read 20 minutes
DRA Survey

Math - study flashcards

I will be doing the fall reading assessment on Friday, Monday and possibly the rest of next week, if needed. Once the assessment has been completed by all students I can set up guided reading groups.

Wednesday, September 9

Reading - read 20 minutes

Math - study flashcards
Homework 2
Remembering 2

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Math - study flashcards.
There is also a Family Letter that should be coming home tonight from our Math Expressions workbook. Please read this letter and keep it where it can be helpful.

Cursive A paper

Book Orders were given out today. If you wish to place an order, please have the money to school by Friday, Sept 18

Friday, September 4

Everyone had a fun time shopping with their tickets and were given the opportunity to buy healthy snacks, little treats and/or trade in tickets for Cougar Cash. Thank you for all your support and help this week in establishing school routines. It has helped us get off to a great start.

Next week we will begin switching for Social Studies and Science, which will be a new experience for most.

Homework:

Reading - read 20 minutes

Math - practice flashcards.

Thursday, September 3

I still have a considerable amount of Emergency Release packets (given at Open House or on the first day of school) and the signed rules sheet not turned in. If your child has not turned these in, please have them do ASAP.

Tomorrow is picture day. If you would like to order a picture packet, please send back the order form with payment, if you have not done so already, by tomorrow

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Math - Study flashcards

Wednesday, September 2

Ask your child about our experiment in the sun today.

The following homework is for tonight:

Reading - read 20 minutes

Math - study flashcards
Homework 1, Remembering 1 - if your child forgot this paper, it can be found on my webpage

Other - bring Quick Words book if they have one at home
bring sock for eraser, if not already done

Tuesday, September 1

I had an enjoyable first day, I hope that your child feels the same way. Your child has the following homework:

Reading - read 20 minutes

Math - study flashcards (they cut these out today and should have brought them home)

If your child has their Quick Word book at home from last year, please have them bring it to school.

Please have them bring a sock to school to use as an eraser for the individual whiteboards.