Mrs. Flick's Facts
January 12, 2018
Important Dates
January
15- MLK Jr. Day- No School (Sign your family up for a day of service via the PTO Newsletter )... click here to be directed to the information!
16- PTO Meeting 7pm
16-26- Art Goes to School during Art classes
19- PTO Movie Night 6PM- Come watch Trolls! Admission is 10 Box Tops or 10 dimes
February
2- NC Night at Bounce U- 6-8pm- cost $15
Please note this is not a drop-off event
9- PTO Canvasses and Cookies night- more info to come soon!
Upcoming Specials
Monday: Day 2 Gym
Tuesday: Day 3 Art
Wednesday: Day 4 Guidance
Thursday: Day 5 Library
Friday: Day 1 Music
Reminders!
-HOMEWORK is very important as it reinforces skills. Please be sure to check that your child has completed their nightly homework.
-Record that Reading!
EACH night the students should be recording their reading time on the November calendar page in their agendas. They know where this page is and should be able to record it themselves. An adult just needs to initial it each night :).
- Please send a snack with your child each day. Please do not send any drinks other than water- juices are sticky when they spill! Thank you! (remember that we are peanut and treenut free)
- Please check and sign your child's planner every night.
Math Updates
In Math this week, we started our unit on Fractions and Multiplication strategies. We started the week learning about how fractions are a part of a whole. We then represented fractions is words, pictures, and numbers. We then identified fractions that were equivalent, or equal, to each other. We ended the week reviewing and identifying helper facts for those still hard to solve multiplication facts.
Building a READING LIFE
In Reading this week, we continued our nonfiction reading unit. We used the box and bullet method to help us identify main idea and details in the text- we "listed" them across our palms and fingers. At the end of each section of reading we took the time to make sure we could identify these things before reading on. If students could not recall or identify the main ideas and details, they reread until they were successful. We then used this "listing" across palms and fingers to teach our peers about the nonfiction books that we are reading independently.
Word Study
Regular Word Study will be back again next week!!!
Monday nights- Students are to sort their words and record them in their notebooks. They are to also record their discovery or rule for the week.
Tuesday and Wednesday nights- Students should sort their words and read them as they sort. They can practice writing them on paper, whiteboards, or typing them. NO WRITTEN homework is required on these nights.
Thursday nights- Students are to ask an adult to quiz them on their words. They write the headers and then record the words as they are called out. The adult should use the notebook to correct the sort and ask the student to practice any words that were spelled incorrectly. This should be completed in the word study notebook in their binder.
The notebook will then be returned to school Friday morning and handed in to me :).
Friday- there will be a test given
This means that before the notebooks are handed in on Fridays there will be...
1. an answer key made of the sort and discovery in class during sort introductions
2. Monday night homework practiced/written sort and discovery.
3. a blind sort and written discovery on Thursday night.
Writing Long & Strong
This week in Writing, we continued to focus on our Informational Writing Unit. We started the week by looking at mentor texts and identifying that authors write facts in nonfiction books AND they also include some of their own ideas or stories that they have heard and know to be true. We went into our books and added ideas so that our book wasn't just rattling off facts, and so that we could keep our readers' attention. We then went to kid-friendly and teacher picked websites to fact check our information. We wanted to make sure that everything we are writing is actually true! Finally, we continued to revise our books based on all of the new information we learned about writing informational books.
Special Areas
In Gym, students are playing floor hockey.
In Music, students are practicing singing in two and three part rounds.
In Library, students are working on Final Destiny.
In Art, students are experiencing Art Goes to School. See the section below regarding this fun time in Art class!
Scholastic Book Orders
If you are interested in placing book orders throughout the year from Scholastic, please go to www.club.scholastic.com
and use our class code: LDBK3
Giant Bonus Cards
Giant Bonus Cards are our BIGGEST fundraising source. The link to register Bonus Cards is: http://giantfoodstores.com/aplus/register-card/?_requestid=1157213
Cursive
This week the students finished lowercase cursive letters!
Next week they will begin capitals!!!!!
TECH
We used Google Classroom to access kid-safe research portals to enhance our informational writing!
Science: Rocks and Minerals
We continued our unit on Rocks and Minerals this week. The students learned about volcanoes and igneous rocks (rocks formed from lava and magma). We ended the week learning about sedimentary rocks.
Art Goes to School!
Dear Parents and Guardians,
An ART GOES TO SCHOOL volunteer will be visiting your child’s art class in the next couple of weeks. During this time, your child will see, discuss and have some fun with reproductions of the famous artworks listed below. Your child may not get to see all of them, but why not ask about a favorite? You can also visit our website to view these selections so you can share together.
ARTIST
Pablo Picasso
Dane Tilghman
Claude Monet
Pieter Breughel the Elder Frederic Remington Berthe Morisot
Indian Punjab Hills- Mankot (artist unknown) Charles Wilson Peale
Giotto di Bondone
Maurice de Vlaminck
Marcel DuChamp Salvador Dali
Paul Delvaux
Andrew Newell Wyeth Alice Neel
David Johns
Native American Inuit (artist unknown) D. S. Gordon
D. S. Gordon
PAINTING
Mother and Child
The Game
Haystacks at Sunset
The Numbering at Bethlehem Dismounted
The Cradle
Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhana Staircase Group
Madonna and Child
The Locks at Bougival
Nude Descending a Staircase #2 Persistence of Memory
La Gare Forestière
Benny’s Scarecrow
Still Life
Melodies of Nature
Woman Holding a Seal (SCULPTURE) Apprised (MURAL) Acknowledgement (MURAL)
Our volunteers have a wonderful time in the ART GOES TO SCHOOL program. You do not need any experience to volunteer, as our program is designed to enable you to both learn and share. It’s great fun!
Want to learn more? Click on the link below to see some of the venues we have explored as a group (choose the More icon and select the Learning and Sharing tab). Also on view are samples of our current Portfolio under the 2017-18 Gallery tab. Please visit http://artgoestoschoolojr.myfreesites.net/ .
If you would like more information about joining AGTS, please email Carrie at artgoestoschoolojr@yahoo.com
or call Joanne at 610-326-6357.