Mrs. Flick's Facts
October 14, 2016
Important Dates
October
27th: REA Safe Trick or Treat at the High School 6pm
31st: NC Halloween Parade 1:30pm
Upcoming Specials
Tuesday: Day 4 Music
Wednesday: Day 5 Gym
Thursday: Day 1 Library
Friday: Day 2 Art
General Classroom Reminders
- Please send a snack with your child each day. Please do not send any drinks other than water- juices are sticky when they spill! Thank you!
- Please check and sign your child's planner every night.
-Please make sure your child is reading every night and recording his/her reading on the nightly reading log.
-Word Study practice nights (sort and study nights) can be done orally, on whiteboards, or on scrap paper.
-Any treasure chest donations would be greatly appreciated!
Math Updates
This week in Math we created mathematical representations for solving division problems. They also explored the idea of remainders within these problems and how we need to adapt our thinking to include these in our solutions.
Building a READING LIFE
This week in Reading, students worked to interact with the text on deeper levels through "talking back" to it and raising the level of their questioning. We also celebrated the end of this unit with the conclusion of our fabulous book...Stone Fox.
Word Study
There was no word study this week, but Monday it will be back!! :)
Monday nights- Students are to sort their words and record them in their notebooks. They are to also record their discovery or rule for the week.
Tuesday and Wednesday nights- Students should sort their words and read them as they sort. They can practice writing them on paper, whiteboards, or typing them. NO WRITTEN homework is required on these nights.
Thursday nights- Students are to ask an adult to quiz them on their words. They write the headers and then record the words as they are called out. The adult should use the notebook to correct the sort and ask the student to practice any words that were spelled incorrectly. This can be done on the back of the homework sheet. This paper should then be returned to school Friday morning.
Friday- there will be a test given
Writing long & strong
This week in our drafting booklets we revised our beginnings and endings using mentor texts as guides.
Simple Machines
Halloween
Giant Bonus Cards
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Cursive
We learned f and l this week!!!
Technology
This week we got ourselves ready to use storia during reading time. We previewed the books we will be reading.
The students also had a rotation to practice time skills on the ipads during math this week!