Mrs. Lyons's Newsletter
September 22-26, 2014
Mark Your Calendar:
October 14 & 16: Early Dismissal and Parent Teacher Conferences
October 17: No School
This Week
- Spelling: We will begin working on new words this week. Students will be given a copy to practice at home to prepare for our test on Friday.
- Reading: Last week, our class read over 2,500 minutes at home and logged their reading time in their planners. That is an incredible start! If we keep that up, we may be able to beat last year's record of 95,000 minutes! Reading at home is strongly encouraged, even if it is 10 minutes here and there.
- Writing: This week we will continue writing a personal narrative, a true story from the writer's own life experiences.
- Math: This week we will take a brief assessment on place value and rounding. We will walk through a lot of the assessment together, and it will cover everything we have been learning in math so far this year. It will not require additional studying at home, but will simply recap the concepts students have learned so far. Then we will work on multi-digit addition and subtraction. At home, students should be practicing their multiplication facts, especially the 3x, 4x, and 6x tables. Don't forget to try www.multiplication.com/games and www.Sumdog.com.
- Social Studies: We will continue working on our social studies unit this week, taking a closer look at the Preamble, the three branches of government, and map skills.
- Student Planners: Check your child's planner for daily updates on what we are learning. If the assignment is to be done as homework, we will indicate this with HW.
Contact Information
Email: christy.lyons@cps.k12.ar.us
Website: http://www.cabotschools.org/schools/stagecoach-elementary
Location: 850 South Stagecoach Road, Cabot, AR, United States
Phone: 501 743-3574
Staying organized!
Our student planners help us stay organized and keep track of what we are learning. We are also keeping up with the amount of time students read outside of class in the planner.
Social Studies Projects
Students researched information about our Constitution and the three branches of government.
Multiplication Fluency
Students play math games in pairs or small groups to improve their fluency. Our goal is to be automatic with all our multiplication facts. This week we will be working on the 4X table.
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