The Weekly Roar
March 26, 2018
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible!" ~ Audrey Hepburn
LIVE HISTORY MUSEUM!
We had a work day in class last Friday, and we will have a few more work days, but as the letter states, most of the work should be done outside of class.
Below you will find a few examples of Live History Museum projects. One is from one of my former students and two are from students this year.
Our Week Coming Up At A Glance:
- Spelling words for the week. (Homophones): steel, steal, aloud, allowed, ring, wring, lesson, lessen, who's, whose, manor, manner, pedal, peddle, berry, bury, hanger, hangar, overdo, overdue Challenge: canvass, canvas, site, sight, cite *****Your student will NEED to know the definitions of these words for this quiz.
- Quiz: Thursday, March 29, 2018
- We will continue working on words with ie or ei: Write i before e - except after c or when rhyming with say, as in neighbor and weigh. We will also begin looking at how to use the right word. For example: 1.) An iguana is one type of lizard.A llama has valuable wool. 2.) Mom will accept no pets in the house except her cat. 3.) Abe Lincoln read aloud. Scruffy is not allowed on the couch.
Reading:
- Reading Assessment: Tuesday, March 27, 2018.
NO VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS WEEK!
- We will continue to work on summarizing using GIST and checking our comprehension by using Author’s Portrait.
- We will continue to practice our choral reading. This is a great way to help with fluency. We read a paragraph together out loud as a class at a pace that I set. The more we practice this, the faster we will get and the more fluent we will become.
- Your child should continue reading or be read to nightly for 20 minutes and then getting their reading log initialed.
- We will continue our novel study on, Old Yeller.
- We will continue our study of Manifest Destiny and the Westward Expansion.
How Can Your Student Practice At Home?
From The Seele Office:
We will be having a practice lock down drill on Monday, March 26th. This procedure is to help your children feel safe every day and reassure all of our families of our commitment to keeping our schools safe.
From PTA: Let’s get together for Family Movie night, Thursday, March 29 at 5:30 p.m. Bring your own lawn chairs, blankets, etc. for seating.
Dates To Remember:
Thursday, March 29th: Banner Rally - 8:15 (Kinder-2nd) 9:00 (3rd-5th) - Cafeteria
Friday, March 30th: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday, April 2nd: 3rd STAAR Release Test
Thursday, April 4th: PTA Meeting in LCR at 1:30
Thursday, April 5th: Kindergarten Registration from 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Monday, April 9th: STAAR Rally at 8:00am in the cafeteria
Tuesday, April 10th: STAAR Testing - 4th Grade Writing & 5th Grade Math
Wednesday, April 11th: STAAR Testing - 5th Grade Reading
Thursday, April 12th: STAAR Make up test
Monday, April 16th: College Day/5th Grade Science Benchmark
Tuesday, April 17th: GT Showcase
Thursday, April 19th: Last Club Day
If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me. yferrier@nbisd.org or 830-627-6779.
Always With A Roar,
Ms Ferrier