May 21~25

What Are We Learning This Week?

Math:   Time & money~ reteaching or digging deeper into the concept

Leadership: Growth mindset strategies: kindness

Science: Habitats~ Desert

Reading: On Meadowview Street

Language:  Character responses, word choice, illustrations & authors purpose

Writing:  Opinion writing

Conventions:   Shades of meaning

Phonics Skill:   Vowel patters: aw, au, augh, al

Phonics Skill Words:  No spelling this week

Homework

1.) Math fluency page practice 
2.) Daily 20 min reading 

3.) Habitat model

  

Upcoming Dates

May 25~ Habitat model & AR reading goal due

May 30~ Field Trip to CSC @ 9:00 

May 31~ Memorial Day~ No school!

June 1~ Habitat Museum @ 12:30

Thank you for your support!

May 14~18

What Are We Learning This Week?

Math:   Addition up to a 1000~ either reteaching or digging deeper into the topic

Leadership: Growth mindset strategies: kindness

Science: Habitats~ Rain Forest

Reading: Going West & Pioneers to the West

Language:  Dialogue, conclusions, central message, author's purpose and visual images

Writing:  Informative writing

Conventions:   Abbreviations

Phonics Skill:   Abbreviations

Phonics Skill Words:  

street= St.

doctor= Dr.

Sunday=Sun.

Monday= Mon.

Tuesday= Tues.

Wednesday= Wed.

Thursday= Thurs.

Friday= Fri.

Saturday= Sat.

February= Feb.

Homework

1.) Math fluency page practice 
2.) Daily 20 min reading 

3.) Career Article & Qs (due Friday)

  

Upcoming Dates

May 14-16~ BOGO Book Fair @ CSC

May 23~ Leadership Fair Banquet

May 25~ Habitat model due

May 29~ AR reading goal due

May 30~ Field Trip to CSC @ 9:00 

May 31~ Memorial Day~ No school!

June 1~ Habitat Museum @ 12:30

Thank you for your support!

May 7~ 11

What Are We Learning This Week?

Math:   Graphing & Data workshop~ reteaching or digging deeper into graphs & data

Leadership: Growth mindset strategies: kindness

Science: Habitats~ Oceans 

Reading: Going West & Pioneers to the West

Language:  Dialogue, conclusions, central message, author's purpose and visual images

Writing:  Informative writing~ typing our Arctic essays

Conventions:   Text features

Phonics Skill:   Consonant patterns~ -ph, -gh, -ck, -ng

Phonics Skill Words:  

dolphin

graph

rough

enough

stick

neck

block

long

wing

string

Homework

1.) Math fluency page practice 
2.) Daily 20 min reading 

3.) Find the Evidence (due Friday)

  

Upcoming Dates

May 7-11~ Teacher Appreciation Week

May 23~ Leadership Fair Banquet

May 25~ Habitat model due

May 29~ AR reading goal due

May 30~ Field Trip to CSC @ 9:00 

May 31~ Memorial Day~ No school!

June 1~ Habitat Museum @ 12:20

Thank you for your support!

April 30~ May 4

 



What Are We Learning This Week?

Math:   Chapter 2: Working with equal groups~ even/odd, and arrays. Test on Wednesday. Reteaching of graphing for rest of the week.

Leadership: Growth mindset strategies: kindness

Science: Habitats~ Oceans 

Reading: Pioneers to the West

Language:  Temporal words, main purpose, key details, describing connections and using text images.

Writing:  Informative writing~ Arctic essay

Conventions:   Capitalization

Phonics Skill:   Prefixes~ -un, -re, -pre, -dis

Phonics Skill Words:  

unhappy

unlock

unable

repaint

reread

remake

precook

precut

dislike

distrust

Homework

1.) Math fluency page practice 
2.) Daily 20 min reading 

3.) Find the Evidence (due Friday)

  

Upcoming Dates

May 7-11~ Teacher Appreciation Week

May 23~ Leadership Fair Banquet

May 25~ Habitat model due

May 28~ AR reading goal due

May 30~ Field Trip to CSC @ 9:00 

May 31~ Memorial Day~ No school!

June 1~ Habitat Museum @ 12:20

Thank you for your support!

April 23- 27

What Are We Learning This Week?

Math:  Ch. 14: Graphs & Data~ Line plots, bar graphs, picture graphs & drawing conclusions from graphs. Chapter 2: Working with equal groups~ even/odd, and arrays

Leadership: Growth mindset strategies: kindness

Science: Habitats~ Arctic and Ocean 

Reading: John Chapman & Planting a Tree

Language:  Word choice, comparing texts, main idea and text features

Writing:  Informative writing~ Arctic essay

Conventions:   4 types of sentences

Phonics Skill:   Suffixes~ -ly, -ful, -er, -or, -ish

Phonics Skill Words:  

sadly

loudly

painful

cheerful

writer

teacher

visitor

director

boyish

newish

Homework

1.) Math page (due next day)
2.) Daily 20 min reading 

3.) Find the Evidence (due Friday)

  

Upcoming Dates

April 27~ Optional Class Store with Mrs. Rigsby's class

May 7-11~ Teacher Appreciation Week

May 23~ Leadership Fair Banquet

May 25~ Habitat model due

May 30~ Field Trip to CSC @ 9:00 

May 31~ Memorial Day~ No school

June 1~ Habitat Museum @ 12:20

Thank you for your support!

April 16 ~ 20

What Are We Learning This Week?

Math:  Ch. 14: Graphs & Data~ Line plots, bar graphs, picture graphs & drawing conclusions from graphs

Leadership: Growth mindset strategies: kindness

Science: Habitats~ Arctic 

Reading: John Chapman

Language:  Identify reasons, interpret a timeline, text features, main purpose and supporting reasons

Writing:  Informative writing~ Arctic essay

Conventions:   4 types of sentences

Phonics Skill:   Vowel digraphs: oo, ou, ew, ui

Phonics Skill Words:  
chew

blew

stew

clue

due

glue

tooth

room

juice

suit

Homework

1.) Math page (due next day)
2.) Daily 20 min reading 

3.) Earth Day reading & questions (due Friday)  

Upcoming Date

April 20~ Father/Daughter Dance @ 6:00
April 27~ Optional Class Store with Mrs. Rigsby's class

May 7-11~ Teacher Appreciation Week

May 23~ Leadership Fair Banquet

May 25~ Habitat model due

May 30~ Field Trip to CSC @ 9:00 

May 31~ Memorial Day~ No school

June 1~ Habitat Museum @ 12:20

Thank you for your support! :)

April 9~ 13

What Are We Learning This Week?

Math:  Ch. 13: More addition, subtraction & length:finding the unknown measurement, using a number line, & using the appropriate tool

Leadership: Growth mindset strategies: kindness

Science: Habitats~ Arctic: animal classifications & charactersitcs

Reading: John Chapman

Language:  Identify main topic, visuals, ask & answer questions and word choice

Writing:  Informative writing

Conventions:   Commas in letters

Phonics Skill:   Diphthongs: ou, ow, oi, oy

Phonics Skill Words:  
noun
loud
cloud
cow
howl
join
coin
employ
destroy
enjoy

Homework

1.) Math page (due next day)
2.) Daily 20 min reading & fill out book report (due Friday)  
3.) Individual community service project (due Friday)

Upcoming Date

April 12~ Spelling Bee at CSC @ 6:00

April 13~ Community Service hours due

April 20~ Father/Daughter Dance @ 6:00

May 7-11~ Teacher Appreciation Week

May 23~ Leadership Fair Banquet

May 30~ Field Trip to CSC @ 9:00 

May 31~ Memorial Day~ No school

June 1~ Habitat Museum @ 12:20

Thank you for your support! :)

April 2~6

What Are We Learning This Week?

Math:  Ch. 13: More addition, subtraction & length

Leadership: Growth mindset strategies: kindness

Science: Habitats~ Arctic

Reading: Somersaulting the San Andreas Fault

Language:  Identify main topic, visuals, ask & answer questions and word choice

Writing:  Informative writing

Conventions:   Commas in dates

Phonics Skill:   Diphthongs: ou, ow, oi, oy

Phonics Skill Words:  No words this week

Homework

1.) Math page (due next day)
2.) Find the Evidence "Types of Air" (due Friday)
3.) Individual community service project (due April 13)

Upcoming Date

April 12~ Spelling Bee at CSC @ 6:00

April 13~ Community Service hours due

April 20~ Father/Daughter Dance @ 6:00

May 7-11~ Teacher Appreciation Week

May 23~ Leadership Fair Banquet

May 30~ Field Trip to CSC @ 9:00 

May 31~ Memorial Day~ No school

June 1~ Habitat Museum @ 12:20

Thank you for your support! :)