Ms. Arnold's Weekly News
Week of 10-1-18
Ms. Arnold's Super Star Learners
Homecoming Pep Assembly
MC Mania
This Week
Tues: PJ DAY; gym
Wed: WACKY WED; computers
Thurs: CRAZY SOCK DAY; MC MANIA (PM); gym
Fri: MC PRIDE DAY; PARADE; HOMECOMING GAME; No specials; Lexia minutes due; I-Ready Math minutes due; red folders come home
*11:25-12:10 Daily (Lunch/Recess)
*3:23 Dismissal
Classroom/Keicher Upcoming Dates
Picture Day: Oct 2nd
Count Day: Oct 3rd
Orchestra Field Trip: Oct 11th
No School/PD Day: Oct 15th
Conferences: October 15-17th (sign ups coming soon)
Keicher Lock-In: Oct 26th (6-9pm)
Weekly Learning Targets
Reading:
On a daily/weekly basis, students get focused lessons on good reading habits, fluency and comprehension, shared reading, book of the day read-alouds, conferencing, a variety of reading skills and strategies, the tools in the classroom to help them, choice reading, content area reading, goal setting, booktalks and book trailers, and author and genre discussions and reflections.
Ongoing Reading Learning Targets...
-I can pick a just fit book that's just right for me using the IPICK Strategy.
-I can use the BHH reading strategy (book, head, heart).
-I can practice good reading habits by rereading to check my comprehension.
-I can demonstrate my comprehension through writing which includes providing evidence from the text to support my thinking. (summarizing-reflecting and discuss-evidence)
-I can infer my character's thoughts, actions, traits, as well as my book's theme or message.
-I can work hard to meet my Lexia minutes by the end of the week.
This Week's Writing Learning Targets... (unit: personal narrative)
-I can free write about a variety of topics including personal stories from my life.
-I can identify the six features of a personal narrative.
Math Learning Targets: (unit: geometry)
-I can identify the 3 types of angles.
-I can identify a variety of shapes and their names.
-I can identify the three attributes of a polygon.
-I can draw different polygons.
-I can work hard to meet my I-Ready minutes by the end of the week.
Science Learning Targets: (unit: forces/motion and STEM Challenges)
-I can build a strong bridge that will hold a lot of pennies.
-My group and I can build a free-standing tower using only straws and tape.
-My group and I can observe a HOPPER'S FORCE and determine the height it hops.
Side Note:
Students will not have science and social studies unit tests throughout the year nor will they have homework in those areas. Math is the only subject where students could have some homework but never on a weekly basis. At the end of a math unit, students will have a unit test. Writing pieces are not sent home until the end of the unit. Our first piece, the narrative, takes most if not all of the first trimester. I will help keep you informed on what your child is doing in school on a regular basis.
***Social Studies content standards are mostly covered in the third trimester.
Keicher News
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Ms. Arnold
Email: Stacy.Arnold@mccardinals.org
Website: smore.com
Location: Keicher Elementary School, Broad Street, Michigan Center, MI, United States
Phone: 5177645200
Facebook: facebook.com/KeicherArnold
Twitter: @MsArnoldClass3