Mrs. Flick's Facts
December 14, 2018
Important Dates
December
21- Holiday Party 1:45-2:45 p.m.
22 – Jan 1 – Winter Break – No School
January
10 - Spelling Bee
18 - Spirit Day- Color Wars!
21 - No School, MLK Jr. Day!
Upcoming Specials
Monday: Day 4 Music
Tuesday: Day 5 Art
Wednesday: Day 1 Gym
Thursday: Day 2 Library
Friday: Day 3 Music
General Classroom Reminders
- 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!
- Log into Connected for math resources. Login information is in your child's planner.
- Please check and sign your child's planner every night.
Math Updates
In Math this week, we continued our study of area and perimeter. The students learned how to find the area of a rectilinear figure by decomposing it into smaller rectangles.
Unit 4 Test was on Wednesday and Friday this week. Tests will come home next week to be signed; Please be on the look out!
We will start our mini money unit next week with a learning check at the end of the week. When we come back in January we will start with Unit 5!
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Building a READING LIFE
In Reading this week, we continued our Poetry unit. We learned that songs are poems and even looked at a few lyrics of songs we know! This is an exciting time, as they can truly begin to appreciate the poems we read because they have already learned how to write them!
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Word Study
We are having word study be aTWO WEEK sort this time! All tests will be on Friday, Dec. 21st.
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 can be done on the back of the homework sheet. This paper should then be returned to school Friday morning.
Friday- there will be a test given
Writing long & strong
This week in Writing we continued working on publishing our poems. :) We hope to finish our hard copies and make a digital copy to enjoy!
Box Tops for Education
Holiday Celebration
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
We continue to work on our loop group letters.
Technology
This week we did Xtra Math and Rocket Math on the iPad. We used the app A+ Spelling to practice our words all week. We continue to See Saw. Finally, we played many math games to practice Math skills.
Social Studies
This week we continued our mini economy unit. We are learning about goods, services, producers and consumers. We got the chance to be producers and consumers by practicing buying and selling in our classroom!