Mrs. Cole's Column
Monday, October 19, 2015
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Please use this link to sign up for a conference. This link was also sent in the email.
If you see that none of the times or days work for you, please email me to schedule another time or a phone conference. It is my goal that I meet with every family to discuss their child's progress.
What's happening this week in Room 512!
Math-
If your child is in my classroom, we will beginning Unit 6 - Division. Other classrooms are also starting this same unit. Other classes are continuing in Unit 6, while others have started Geometry. Your child may bring home their individual packet for you to see their schedule of lessons.
We will have Math Fact Mastery time tests this Friday. Please encourage studying math facts at home.
Social Studies-
We will be starting Chapter 2 in our Social Studies book.
Writing-
We finished our personal narratives before we left for Fall Break. We will review and discuss our work on Monday and begin our research for Informational Writing on Tuesday.
Reading-
We will be starting Unit 2 Week 2 this week.
- Strategy: Make, Confirm, and Revise Predictions
- Skill: Theme
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- Vocabulary Skill: Figurative Language: Similes
Spelling-
1.) heel
2.) creek
3.) street
4.) freeze
5.) weekly
6.) free
7.) sixteen
8.) seal
9.) speaks
10.) clean
11.) peanut
12.) repeat
13.) weakest
14.) field
15.) chief
Vocabulary-
1.) arrived- If you arrived, you got to where you were going.
2.) immigrated- Immigrated means “came to a new country to live”
3.) inspected- Inspected means “looked at something closely and carefully.
4.) moment- A moment is a very short amount of time.
5.) opportunity- An opportunity is a chance for good things to happen.
6.) photographs- Photographs are pictures taken with a camera.
7.) valuable- Something that is valuable is worth a lot of money, or means a lot to someone.
8.) whispered- Spoken in a very quiet voice
Report Cards
I will save a copy to discuss during Parent/Teacher conferences.
Fall Party
Scholastic book order
Reminders
Math homework packet due Friday, October 23
Reading homework Tic-Tac-Toe due Friday, October 23
Report Cards go home - Friday, October 23
Math Fact Mastery time test - Friday, October 23
Websites to use at home
Riddle of the Week
The first person to give the answer to Mrs. Cole will receive some $!