Mrs. Flick's Facts
January 6, 2016
Important Dates
January
PTO Meeting - January 11
Holiday (No School) - January 16
Spelling Bee - January 24
Upcoming Specials
Tuesday: Day 3 Guidance
Wednesday: Day 4 Music
Thursday: Day 5 Gym
Friday: Day 1 Library
General Classroom Reminders
- WE NEED TISSUES, SANITIZER, and CLOROX WIPES!!!!! If you happen to pick up an extra at the store we would GLADLY take it!! :) :) :)
-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!
- Please check and sign your child's planner every night.
-Please make sure your child is reading every night and recording his/her reading on the nightly reading log.
-Word Study practice nights (sort and study nights) can be done orally, on whiteboards, or on scrap paper.
Math Updates
This week in Math we began Unit 5...FRACTIONS!!!! We practiced recognizing fractional parts of a whole. We also worked to find equivalent fractions through playing fraction memory.
Building a READING LIFE
This week we practiced reading various non-fiction styles differently. We focused on Biographies.
Word Study
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 we added text features to our expository texts.
Science
Giant Bonus Cards
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Cursive
This week we learned the letters y and x.
Technology
This week we watched online videos about rocks and minerals as well as tectonic plates and volcanoes.