The Buzz
The Happenings in C106
What's Buzzing?
Welcome back for week six!
WEEK IN REVIEW:
Students have been working to write their own fable making sure to include characters, a setting, a problem and solution, as well as a moral and use of dialogue. They are now working on reviewing their draft and utilizing notes and questions from me to improve their writing. We are also working on learning how to correctly punctuate dialogue in our written pieces. Students have also started working on identifying and correctly using irregular and regular verbs in present, past, and past participle forms.
In reading we are focusing more on how to respond to a question by citing evidence directly from the text to support our thinking and reasoning. I am very impressed with the dedication and thought they are putting into our discussion of Frindle in our small guided reading groups. We are also going to start utilizing technology this week to respond to questions about our reading.
Students are continuing to work daily on Lexia for reading skills and IXL for math skills. We are required to complete 30 minutes a day of practice on each website. These websites can also be accessed at home. The username and password are the same for both and all students have these memorized.
Lexia: www.lexiacore5.com
IXL: https://www.ixl.com/signin/msdwarren
In math, we are now focusing on addition and subtraction with regrouping in numbers up to the thousands, as well as in word problems. Over the next two weeks we will also be focusing on counting money and determining if there is enough to make a purchase, as well as elapsed time.
HOMEWORK:
-Three tic tac toe activities due Friday
-Nightly math worksheet
-Read for 20 minutes at least EVERY night
Standards Spotted for the Week
3.C.1 Add and subtract whole numbers fluently within 1000.
3.AT.1 Solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers within 1,000 (by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem)
Coming Up in Math
-telling and writing the value of a collection of coins and bills
-determining if there is enough money to make a purchase
-telling and writing time to the nearest minute on an analog clock in a.m. or p.m.
-measure time intervals and real world problems involving the addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes
Language Arts
-Describe characters in a story and how their actions contribute to the plot
-Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots from stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters
-Participating in collaborative discussions that demonstrates a sharing of ideas and respecting others
-Writing personal narratives
-Use context clues (word, phrase or sentence clues) to determine the meaning of an unknown word
-Ask and answer questions to demonstrate an understanding of text and refer explicitly back to the text as the basis for answers
The Bee's Knees
Future Flutter
- September 2nd: Skating Party @ 6:30pm
- September 7th: Labor Day- NO SCHOOL
- September 24th: Family Literacy Night
- September 29th: Parent Teacher Conferences AND Report Cards- NO SCHOOL
Miss Kistler's Class
Email: akistler@warren.k12.in.us
Location: Brookview Elementary School, North Cumberland Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Phone: (317)532-3050