Mrs. Flick's Facts
December 22, 2017
Important Dates
January
2- School Resumes
15 - MLK Jr. Day- No School
19- PTO Family Movie Night 6:00pm-8:15pm
Upcoming Specials
Tuesday: Day 4 Guidance
Wednesday: Day 5 Library
Thursday: Day 1 Music
Friday: Day 2 Gym
Reminders!
-HOMEWORK is very important as it reinforces skills. Please be sure to check that your child has completed their nightly homework.
-Record that Reading!
EACH night the students should be recording their reading time on the November calendar page in their agendas. They know where this page is and should be able to record it themselves. An adult just needs to initial it each night :).
- 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! (remember that we are peanut and treenut free)
- Please check and sign your child's planner every night.
Math Updates
In Math this week, we continued taking our Unit 4 Test. The students worked very hard to show all that they have learned this unit including area and perimeter.
We ended our week where we used a variety of activities to get our brains thinking about money. We played games such as money bingo. When we return we will begin our short unit on Money.
Building a READING LIFE
In Reading this week, we continued to read poems and discuss them. We focused on how poets pay attention to the world around them. Poems teach us to be reflective. We also discussed that readers of poetry often have a few lines that they know by heart. These lines influence the way they live and contain valuable life lessons.
We ended our poetry unit by reading one of our favorite poems aloud!
Word Study
HFSW list on the 2nd!
Regular Word Study will be back on JANUARY 8th!!!
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 should be completed in the word study notebook in their binder.
The notebook will then be returned to school Friday morning and handed in to me :).
Friday- there will be a test given
This means that before the notebooks are handed in on Fridays there will be...
1. an answer key made of the sort and discovery in class during sort introductions
2. Monday night homework practiced/written sort and discovery.
3. a blind sort and written discovery on Thursday night.
Writing Long & Strong
This week in Writing, we continued to focus on our Informational Writing Unit. We continued using our "box and bullets" organization method to help us organize our chapters for our upcoming informational book. After finishing our "box and bullets" we used that information to begin writing our chapters to teach others about our topic.
Special Areas
In Gym, students are working on team building activities and games including learning how to make fair team in large groups, and large group (Cone Goal) Soccer as well as Castle Ball.
In Music, students will be practicing singing in two and three part rounds in music class this week.
In Library, students are being introduced to Chromebooks and the library catalog Destiny.
In Art, Students are beginning a unit on the American artist (and Kutztown native), Keith Haring.
Scholastic Book Orders
If you are interested in placing book orders throughout the year from Scholastic, please go to www.club.scholastic.com
and use our class code: LDBK3
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
This week the students worked on the letters n and m.
TECH
We continued posting our everyday kindness, reading on Storia, and Google Classroom.
Economy
This week in Social Studies we ended our mini economy unit learning about goods, services, producers, and consumers. We played a review game before taking our assessment.
Holiday Celebration
Thank you so much for the amazing gifts AND for supplying all of the goodies to make our holiday celebration FANTASTIC!
I WISH YOU ALL A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY!