Macek's Memo
November 15, 2019
Weekly Report
We are still reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and loving every minute of it. The kids really enjoy the book better than the movie. Please ask them about it at home. They should be able to provide you with many details.
Reading---Our story this week is Soccer Shootout and is realistic fiction. We will focus on text and graphic features, asking and answering questions, theme, and literary elements. Our quiz will be on Friday.
Math--Topic 4 will finish up. We will have a test on Topic 4 on Thursday. We will review in class.
Spelling--Our words this week focus on diphthongs oi, and oy. Our test is on Friday.
Social Studies--We will start a new Scholastic News with dinosaurs as the cover story. We will be reading from it for awhile. I will post the issue on Google Classroom so that you can read over it with your child at home too. Science--We started our first module on variation of traits. It will take us until mid December to finish the entire module. There is alot of class participation required. Just an fyi--PLTW makes it hard to find ways to grade.
English--We will focus on helping verbs. Look over the keynote I post on google classroom. The quiz will be on Friday.
Reminders/Odds & Ends
*Keep sending in Stracks' receipts and Box Tops.
*Module 5 Wk 1 list is below.
*Dress for the weather! It is cold outside! Recess is outdoors when weather permits.
*Scholastic Book orders are due by 11/22. Email me if it is a gift. More info is below.
*Charge those iPads at night. They have been coming to school not fully charged.
*We've been experimenting with different uses for the app Popplet. Below are some of our creations. Next week the kids are going to create a reading log in Popplet. I put an example of a reading log in Google Classroom to give them some ideas. I included it below too for you to see.
*We did some turkey story writing with our cadet teacher, Miss Figueroa. A picture of the bulletin board is below.