Atkinson Gazette
Room 203's Weekly Newsletter
What's UP in Room 203?
I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend! I was able to go to the fair and went out to Globe Life Ballpark today in this blazing heat! Where is our fall weather?! We have a busy and exciting week ahead!
Super Student: None (short week!)
Pawsitive Panther for September: Jack Provost
Atkinson's Arrows!
Academic News for the Upcoming Week
Math
Last week, students finished up rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, and 10,000. Your children did great! They loved being able to round numbers using the number line! Monday we will have our rounding assessment (Friday's are so busy for us!)
Next week, we will start our second topic: Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers. Students will learn the properties of addition, how to use mental math, and how to estimate addition and estimate subtraction. This unit will take us 2 weeks.
Keep in mind, students will continue to have daily math homework to reinforce skills learned in class as well as Daily 6 Review on Thursday nights. Also, please please please continue to work addition/subtraction facts at home.
Reading
Science/Social Studies
In science lab, students are continuing to learn about animal adaptations and played the food chain game in lab on Friday.
Writing
This week we will finish up the prewriting stage, and focus on one quick write students have written. This quick write will be one student's can see themselves taking through the whole writing process.
In nouns, we will be taking our noun test tomorrow since we ran out of time. Students will be allowed to use their grammar notebooks to help them. Then, we will move onto verbs. We will define what a verb is and the three different types: action, linking, and helping verbs.
Pictures: Students were engaged in the writing roulette prewriting strategy. I shared with them the wordless picture book Tuesday and they each had 30 seconds to write about what they saw as a storyteller. Then after time was up, I had them pass their journals to the left and then I turned the page and they continued working on the other person's writing. This continued until we finished the book. They LOVED this!
Spelling
We will be taking our Unit 2 spelling test tomorrow. I will also send home the next spelling unit home with your child tomorrow.
Rule: When a word ends in a consonant and “y”, change the “y” to “i” before adding a suffix.
Example: family to families
Non-Negotiables:
well
sound
world
animal
earth
Dash and Dot (Robotics!)
The kids sometimes get stumped and this is where I try to get them to think like problem solvers and to work as a team. Everyone will have different thoughts and ideas.
Friday Reader
Important Dates
Individual School Pictures
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2015, 08:00 AM
University Park Elementary School, Amherst Avenue, Dallas, TX, United States
Red Ribbon Week
- Monday, October 19: "Respect Yourself - be Drug Free" - Wear: Red
- Tuesday, October 20: "Join the Fight Against Drugs" - Wear: Camo
- Wednesday, October 21: "Your future is bright without drugs" - Wear: Rainbow of Colors (by Grade!) (Kinder - Red / 1st - Orange / 2nd - Green / 3rd - Blue / 4th - Purple)
- Thursday, October 22: "Team Up Against Drugs" - Wear: Favorite Sports Team shirt
- Friday, October 23: "Show your Spirit against Drugs" - Wear: Panther wear
Monday, Oct 19, 2015, 09:00 PM
University Park Elementary School, Amherst Avenue, Dallas, TX, United States
Early Release
Friday, Oct 23, 2015, 01:00 PM
University Park Elementary School, Amherst Avenue, Dallas, TX, United States
About Miss Atkinson
Email: atkinse@hpisd.org
Website: http://up.hpisd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=419982&type=u
Location: 3505 Amherst Avenue, Dallas, TX, United States
Phone: (214) 780-3400