Hensley's Happenings
News from Miss Hensley's Class
September 14, 2018
News and Information
Party Planner Wanted!
I'm looking for a person, or even a couple people, who would like to help organize our 3 parties this year. Basically I'd be giving you a list of volunteers to contact via phone, text, or email to ask for certain foods, a craft or a game. If you'd be interested in helping me out in this way, please let me know!
If you’d like to sit with your child at lunch we’d love to have you. Lunch begins at 11:47 a.m. If you wish to eat the school lunch, please call the office to order a tray.
Homework
Your child's nightly homework: Read 20 minutes every night!
Your child will not have homework this year unless:
1. They are absent and make up work for the day will be sent home.
2. They are falling behind on Rocket Math facts, at which time I will send a letter to inform you there will be homework until they catch up and/ or meet the expected level.
Reading
Charlie's Reading Challenge!
We are participating in Charlie's Reading Challenge sponsored by Ball State University. Each student who reads 4 books at their level and pass the AR tests during the month of September will earn 2 free tickets to the home Ball State Football Game on October 20th. We have been working this week here at school, but if your child read some at home let me know how many books and I will move their football on the chart accordingly!
Math
Addition fact strategies:
- doubles (2+2, 3+3, etc.)
- doubles plus one (3+4, 5+6, 6+7, etc.) Double the smaller number and add 1
- counting on when adding 1,2 or 3- start with the larger number and jump up 1,2 or 3
- ten's partners - Show 8+ 7 on 2 different 10 frames. Move 2 from the 7 frame up to the 8 frame. Now the equation becomes 10+5.
- adding 0 and adding 9- 9+6 -- think of it as 10 +5
- commutative property of addition - it doesn't matter the order of the addends, you will still get the same sum
I've sent home flash cards each night this week that correspond with the types of facts described above. Please feel free to use those to practice facts a few minutes each night. The faster they are in knowing their facts, the easier it will be when we get to adding and subtracting double digit numbers!
Rocket Math Facts Goals- all students should be at the following levels by:
Beginning of October: Level M of Addition facts
End of December: Level Z Addition of Addition facts
English and Writing
We started a new unit on personal narrative writing. We will be focusing on the steps of the writing process while writing in the personal narrative genre- that means the story really happened to us!
- SHOWING NOT TELLING when you write. Instead of saying "I felt sick." You could say, " I clenched my stomach and bent forward right before I lost my lunch." This helps the reader make a better picture in their mind while reading your piece.
- Using transition words to keep our story in sequence: first, next, then, last, etc.
- writing a rough draft
- adding facts and details
- editing and revising
- using a rubric to make our writing the best it can be
- publishing our work
English skills: interrogative and imperative sentences
Spelling Words
Pretest -Wednesday
Final test- Friday
dry dries dried lady ladies fly
flies baby babies crying trying
candy fry tried fries puppy
puppies happy cry cried
Homework Help and Hints!
Sequencing the events is a story is a difficult concept for many children. When you read a book aloud to your child or when they read one to you, try having them make a bulleted list of the events in the order they happened. You can even color code the events to show beginning, middle and end. Here is an example from Imogene’s Antlers, by David Small, a book we read earlier this year. By the way, using phrases for this activity instead of complete sentences takes some of the frustration away because they don’t have to focus on a capital, end mark and subject/ verb agreement. Also, they could verbally retell you the story and you could write it down for them.
- Thursday Imogene work up with antlers
- Trouble getting dressed and going downstairs
- Mother fainted
- No help from doctor and principal
- Brother Norman looked in encyclopedia- rare form of miniature elk
- Mother fainted
- Family called milliner
- Milliner made a huge hat
- Mother fainted
- Practiced piano and went to bed
- Woke up without antlers
- Grew peacock feathers
Growth Mindset? What is it?
Data Binders- Look for them Monday
Important Events
September
14 Picture Day
24 Otis Spunkmeyer Kick-off
October
5 End 1st Quarter
9 Otis Spunkmeyer orders and money are due
12 Report Cards posted to Skyward
12 Fall Party
15-19 Fall Break- No School
Contact Me
Email: staciehe@ohusc.k12.in.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/ohusc.k12.in.us/staciehensley/home
Location: 600 E Walnut St, Converse, IN, United States
Phone: 765-395-3341
Twitter: @staciehensley26