Mrs. Flick's Facts
March 15, 2019
Important Dates
March
15- NC sports spirit day- dress in your favorite team gear!
15- BASKET RAFFLE
18- Report Cards go live at 12:00 noon
20- Math and Literacy Night 6:00-7:30
21- Down's Syndrome Awareness Day- Wear Crazy Socks!
29- Wally Assembly 2:15
April
PSSA dates- no travel absences will be approved for these dates:
Reading April 24th - April 26th
Math- April 29th and April 30th
Make ups- May 1st and May 2nd
Upcoming Spirit Days
March 15: Sports Day
April 12: When I Grow Up
May 10: Crazy Hair Day
Upcoming Specials
Monday: Day 1 Gym
Tuesday: Day 2 Library
Wednesday: Day 3 Art
Thursday: Day 4 Music
Friday: Day 5 Art
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 learning about fractions in Unit 7! We practiced how to compare fractions using visual models, and then challenged ourselves to compare and order them using rules. Fraction number lines were next as we partitioned distances and located fractions. We ended the week by practicing ways to justify our fraction comparisons and used that knowledge to solve fraction number stories!
We will finish the unit up on Monday, review on Tuesday, and test on Wednesday and Thursday!
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Building a READING LIFE
In Reading this week, we continued our unit on Character Studies. We continue to dive deeper into our mentor text, Because of Winn Dixie...and the kiddos are LOVING IT!!
Our focus this week was on noticing the role that secondary characters and illustrations play in the main character's journey. We also took notice of how important the climax of a story is...we should anticipate that things are going to "heat up" and that the character will be tested in some way.
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Word Study
New word study lists on Monday, March 18th with the test on the 22nd.
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 worked to fine tune our published books and add them to SEESAW and Book Creator!
We also previewed our next unit on Opinion writing!
Reading Response Homework
Box Tops for Education
Basket Raffle
5:30 pm
Food and extra tickets are available for purchase at the event!!
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 working on CAPITAL LETTERS!!!!!!!
This week we learned H and K!
Technology
They are using Xtramath and Rocketmath each day to practice our math fact fluency, with Boom Cards as a follow up to use what we know.
We read on Storia and Epic during Tech Tuesday. There are many stories available for the students to read. We use the app A+ Spelling to help us edit our writing. We continue to use Boom Cards, Freckle Math and ELA to review our skills.