The Weekly Roar
December 3, 2018
~ Maya Angelou
ORNAMENTS! ORNAMENTS! ORNAMENTS!
Thank you to those who have already sent ornaments, and I look forward to seeing more!
Our week coming up at a glance:
Writing:
Spelling words for the week. (Changing Final y to i): duties, earlier, loveliest, denied, ferries, sunnier, terrified, abilities, dirtier, scariest, trophies, cozier, enemies, iciest, greediest, drowsier, victories, horrified, memories, strategies Challenge Challenge: unified, dictionaries, boundaries, satisfied, tragedies
- Quiz: Thursday, December 6, 2018
- We will be working on capitalizing geographic terms, proper nouns and proper adjectives.
Reading:
- Reading assessment: Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
- We will continue working on our fREADom reading. No, that is not a typo. :)
- We will continue to work on summarizing using GIST and checking our comprehension by using Author’s Portrait.
- We will continue to practice our choral reading. This is a great way to help with fluency. We read a paragraph together out loud as a class at a pace that I set. The more we practice this, the faster we will get and the more fluent we will become. The kids really have fun doing this!
- Reading Vocabulary Words/Phrases: introductions, details, drafts, genre, grammar, mechanics, multi paragraph, organized structure, simple sentences, specific facts
- Vocabulary Quiz: Thursday, December 6, 2018
- Your child should continue reading nightly for 20 minutes and then getting their reading log initialed.
Social Studies:
- We will continue looking at events that lead up to the Declaration of Independence such as, The French and Indian War, The Proclamation of 1763, The Quartering Act, The Stamp Act, The Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and The Intolerable Acts. The students will choose a side, loyalists or patriots, and prepare for a mock trial! The students will present their mock trial on Friday, December 7th!
The students will begin their research on key figures that helped write and participated in the Declaration of Independence. They will include facts such as, date of birth, key position the individual held, what influence they had on the independence, etc. They will be creating a Smore flyer, much like the one Thomas Paine wrote, persuading others to side with freedom.
From The Seele Office:
Early Release at 1:15 on 12/21/18, we will be on a different lunch schedule.
Christmas Party Times:
12/20:
Kindergarten at 1:15
1st Grade at 1:15
2nd Grade at 1:15
3rd Grade at 8:00 a.m.
5th Grade at 9:00 a.m.
12/21:
4th Grade at 12:00p.m.
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, December 4th: PTA Meeting, 1:30
Wednesday, December 5th: Oak Run Band Visit, Caroling in the halls!
Friday, December 7th: Club Day
Thursday, December 13th: 3rd Grade Program, 6:00pm
Tuesday, December 18th: College Day! GO BOBCATS!
Tuesday, December 18th: Kinder Program: 6:00pm
Friday, December 21st: Early Release!
Friday, December 21st-Friday, January 4th: Christmas Break! :)
How Can You Help Your Student Practice At Home?
If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me any time at, yblackman@nbisd.org, or 830-627-6779.
Always With A Roar,
Mrs. Blackman