The Jones / Wolf Connector
Week of February 20, 2017 - Unit 5 Week 1
This Week's School Wide Learning Outcome (SWLO)
I can determine what I need to regulate my own learning.
Discussion starters:
- What tools help you stay on task at school (checklists, charts, reminders, etc.)?
- How do you focus when there are distractions in the classroom?
- What can you do when you get frustrated at school?
This Week's Life Skill: Kindness / No Putdowns
All 4th graders enjoyed watching the "Kindness Boomerang" video (link below). We hope you will watch it with your children and start a kindness boomerang of your own!
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted"
-- Aesop
Spelling This Week:
This Week's Learning Focus:
- Reading - Unit 5 Week 1: Making it Happen - In what ways to people show they care about each other?
- Math - Unit 7: Fractions & Their Uses; Chance & Probability
- Writing - Constructed Response writing
- Social Studies - Asia
- Science - Chapter 5: Earth's Changing Surface
Vocabulary This Week:
emotion - a strong feeling
bouquet - a bunch of flowers
encircle - form a circle around
express - say or show something
fussy - picky and hard to please
portraits - pictures of people
sparkles - shines in quick, bright flashes
whirl - turn or spin quickly
Language Arts Focus
Comprehension Strategy - Visualize
Comprehension Skill - Character, Setting, Plot: Problem & Solution - Plot is a series of events that take place in the story.
the problem is what the main characters want to do, change or find out. Good readers identify the steps that the characters take to solve their problem. Characters reveal their traits through the steps they take to solve their problem. The way in which the problem is finally solved is called the solution.
Genre - Realistic Fiction
Vocabulary Strategy - Figurative Language: Similes & Metaphors
Grammar - Adjectives & Punctuation
Let the collecting begin!
Information from previous newsletters...
PTO Information - Bookstore & more!
Parents - Are you struggling for time to run to the local big box store for supplies?
The Southside Corral Bookstore has you covered! We carry most of the basic school supplies that students need each day for a comparable price.
The following are items from our current inventory:
*Folders *Glue *Earbuds *Scissors
*Spiral Notebooks *Protractors *Index Cards *Clipboards
*Crayons *Rulers *Tri Fold Boards *Dry Erase Markers
*Colored Pencils *Pencil boxes/pouches *Poster board *Highlighters
*Markers *Binders *Calculators
We are open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:45-8:10 to accommodate your school supply needs!
Remember, your purchases support Southside PTO – which in turn helps your school!
Our Mustang Corral Bookstore is open:
- 7:45-8:10 on Tuesdays for PreK-Grade 2
- 7:45-8:10 on Thursdays are for Grades 3-6
Don't forget to clip those Box Tops and submit in a Ziploc Bag labeled with your teacher's name!
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PTO Webpage - http://www.bcsc.k12.in.us/southsidepto
Southside PTO Email Address - southsidemustangspto@gmail.com
Collect Your Pop Tabs for Ronald McDonald House at Riley Children's Hospital!
No Breakfast on 2 Hour Delay Days
Birthday Packages from the Mustang Cafe
Pat Jones, 4th Grade Teacher
Laura Wolf, 4th Grade Teacher
Email: wolfl@bcsc.k12.in.us
Website: http://www.bcsc.k12.in.us/Domain/1047
Location: Southside Elementary School, West 200 South, Columbus, IN, United States
Phone: 812-376-4423
Twitter: @SSWolfDen