Mrs. Flick's Facts
January 5, 2018
Important Dates
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
January
15 - MLK Jr. Day- No School
19- PTO Family Movie Night 6:00pm-8:15pm
Upcoming Specials
Monday: Day 2 Gym
Tuesday: Day 3 Art
Wednesday: Day 4 Guidance
Thursday: Day 5 Library
Friday: Day I Music
Reminders!
-HOMEWORK is very important as it reinforces skills. Please be sure to check that your child has completed their nightly homework.
-Record that Reading!
EACH night the students should be recording their reading time on the November calendar page in their agendas. They know where this page is and should be able to record it themselves. An adult just needs to initial it each night :).
- 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! (remember that we are peanut and treenut free)
- Please check and sign your child's planner every night.
Math Updates
In Math this week, we worked with Money. The students began the week by comparing coins and determining the values of each. The students next rounded money to the nearest dollar. The students also subtracted money with zero digits to continue practicing trade first subtraction.
We ended our week by reviewing with a shopping trip!
We will have a Money Assessment on Monday.
Building a READING LIFE
In Reading this week, we began working on our Informational Reading unit. The students analyzed a nonfiction text and determined the important elements within. The students next learned how to stop, think, and paraphrase what was read to enhance comprehension skills. The students finally ended the week by learning how to organize information into categories while reading.
Word Study
Regular Word Study will be back next week!!!
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 should be completed in the word study notebook in their binder.
The notebook will then be returned to school Friday morning and handed in to me :).
Friday- there will be a test given
This means that before the notebooks are handed in on Fridays there will be...
1. an answer key made of the sort and discovery in class during sort introductions
2. Monday night homework practiced/written sort and discovery.
3. a blind sort and written discovery on Thursday night.
Writing Long & Strong
In Writing this week, we continued to focus on our Informational Writing Unit. The students began the week by analyze mentor texts to help improve their writing quality. They then revised their chapters and tables of contents to improve organization.
Special Areas
In Gym, students are working on team building activities and games including learning how to make fair team in large groups, and large group (Cone Goal) Soccer as well as Castle Ball.
In Music, students will be practicing singing in two and three part rounds in music class this week.
In Library, students are being introduced to Chromebooks and the library catalog Destiny.
In Art, Students are beginning a unit on the American artist (and Kutztown native), Keith Haring.
Scholastic Book Orders
If you are interested in placing book orders throughout the year from Scholastic, please go to www.club.scholastic.com
and use our class code: LDBK3
Giant Bonus Cards
Giant Bonus Cards are our BIGGEST fundraising source. The link to register Bonus Cards is: http://giantfoodstores.com/aplus/register-card/?_requestid=1157213
Cursive
This week the students worked on the letters v and y.
TECH
We used Google Classroom to explore money this week! We also used spell check on our iPads to help us spell unknown words in our informatonal writing!
Science: Rocks and Minerals
In Science this week, we began our unit on Rocks and Minerals. The students began the week by identifying the job of a geologist. The students next identified the layers of the Earth and described characteristics of each. The students also learned about the effects of tectonic plates on the Earth. The students finally learned the causes of a volcano eruption and parts of a volcano.