Mrs. Cormack's Class Newsletter
For The Week of March 4th-8th
Week in Review for Feb. 25-Mar.1
What We Will Be Learning This Week
Math: The students will work on patterns using algebraic thinking. Students will continue working with numbers up to 999. We will be using hands on models to make numbers to help students get more comfortable and flexible in their thinking. Students will be completing problem solving each day in math, at this point in the year the problems will be multi-step and require higher level thinking. Problem solving is connected to everyday experiences where they communicate, and use logical reasoning to justify their thinking. Later in the week students will be completing a guided spiraling sheet and an individual spiraling sheet.
Science: The spotlight in science will be a continuation of the water cycle. This week we will be focusing on condensation and precipitation. We will be conducting several experiments to experience condensation and precipitation hands on. Later in the week, students will be working independently on a weather and water cycle menu to apply their learning.
Reading: The big idea in reading will be using tall tales all week! We will be learning about the difference between the truth and exaggeration from a variety of tall tales. Later on in the week students will be creating a tall tale about their lives. Students will independently be responding to the tall tales in their reader's response notebook.
Writing: In writing students will be working on small moment stories. We have been having a lot of fun zooming in on small moments in time and making a clearer picture for the reader by using details. Their portfolios are really growing!
Check Out Our Work!
No journals will be sent home the week of the 4th as it is right before Spring Break!!
Calendar
Wednesday, March 6 - Early Release at 12:45 pm
Thursday, March 7 - Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
Friday, March 8 - Field Trip permission slip and money due
Monday - Friday, March 11 - 15 - Spring Break, No School
Kindergarten Round Up
Round Rock ISD will be holding it's annual Kindergarten Round-Up Tuesday, March 5th. Patsy Sommer Elementary will be participating in this registration day similar to the way we have the past few years. There will be a sign up posted on the Sommer website beginning Saturday, February 23rd and closing Sunday, March 3rd. The day has been broken up into 1 hour time slots from 9 am to 2 pm. We are asking that any family with a prospective Kindergarten student for the 2013-2014 school year please sign up for one of the times listed. During this time, parents will be able to fill out the necessary registration paperwork while the new Kindergarten student gets to visit the Kindergarten pod and read books, play games, and make a craft with several of the Kindergarten teachers. If you are unable to bring your child we still encourage you to come and register him/her so that we can adequately prepare for the next school year.
Please look for the sign up at http://schools.roundrockisd.org/sommer/
Spotlight Stallion
Birthdays
March 9 - Justin
Working Hard
The red table working hard on a more difficult reading response menu.
Organizing Weather Data
One group organizes 10 days' worth of cloud cover data.
Presentations
This group explains how and why they organized their weather data.
Precipation
The precipitation group discusses how many days were wet, damp and dry for a 10-day period.
Evaporation
The blue table tries to find out if evaporation can separate salt from water.
Evaporation
This table gets their hands wet (literally) during our experiment. See on Monday if salt crystals remain or if they will be evaporated with the water!
Contact me
Email: eleanor_cormack@roundrockisd.org
Website: http://teacherweb.com/TX/PatsySommerElementary/Cormack/apt1.aspx
Location: Room C217
Phone: (512)704-0684