I am incredibly grateful to be surrounded by such a loving, considerate group of parents and students. Friday's surprise wedding shower was amazing! Thank you for sharing your children with me.
Announcements:
Students are working hard to prepare for their presentations at our annual Literary Café on Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. We want each child to have his or her moment to shine and then to celebrate afterward!
Report cards, student work, CoGat scores, and book fair wish lists are coming home today in the communication folders.
In reading, we are working on making inferences (using background knowledge and context clues) based on texts that we are reading. The students will also be using evidence based terms to explain their own inferences of various texts. I will have the students place a picture of the "evidence based terms" anchor chart in the classroom into their Edmodo backpacks so they can share this with you!
In writing/social studies, the students are taking notes/researching in preparation for drafting their first informational book. All of the students' topics are based on events that led to or occurred during the American Revolution. Feel free to allow research to take place at home. The students are loving this unit!
In science, we are studying the water cycle and making sure we use specific vocabulary: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. We are singing a great song in class that pretty much sums up what they need to know (and adds a little fun!). [ http://www.schooltube.com/video/8befaab71cafac5a3bb7/ ]Cool Water Cycle Song
The students have a copy of the lyrics. Later in the week, we'll learn about different types of precipitation, different types of clouds, and how certain sky conditions indicate certain weather. Writing Connection: The students will be creating informational pieces in science after the break.
In math, we're wrapping up our unit on metric measurement conversions and will have the test tomorrow. After that, we'll start our geometry unit. Key vocabulary/topics to get us started; point, line, line segment, ray, right angle, acute angle, obtuse angle, perpendicular lines, and parallel lines.
Please continue to practice division at home! We are going to work hard throughout the rest of the year to master multiplication and division, but a little bit of practice at home will go a long way (even if your child got a 3 on his or her report card - practice at home will help him or her maintain that skill)!
Have a great week! Thanks for reading! -Ms. Ary
Monday, November 17, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014
Update for Week of 11/10/14
Hope you had a nice weekend! Check out some of the fun things that we will be learning on the AVE:
In writing, the students will be choosing a topic for their first informational piece, a historical information mini-book. We will be looking at examples to study the work of other authors. This group is full of eloquent speakers, yet some are better communicators during class discussions than on paper. We are working on "writing how you speak!"
In reading, we are reading Basket Moon by Mary Lyn Ray. With this, the students are learning how to use questioning to make sense of the text.
In social studies, we are kicking off our unit on the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution. Last week, I told the students that Mr. Roaden was considering a pencil tax ($1/lost pencil). You should have seen some of the notes that the students wrote to him! During the week, I'm going to let them all in on the secret that he is definitely not enforcing a pencil tax, yet they are probably feeling very similar to how the colonists reacted under the rule of King George III. This unit is very fun!
In science, we are studying how water changes states from solid to liquid to gas and the temperatures at which those changes happen. We will also investigate how clouds are formed. We're doing some really fun activities! The students are observing, drawing, and taking notes. Check their science journals and/or have them log in to Edmodo and view what they've put in their "back packs."
In math, we are continuing our unit on metric measurement conversions. Right now we are focusing on cm, m, and km. Please be sure to check in with your child and look at the stuff we've done in class. They will have homework this week! Big areas of focus: converting, adding and subtracting (which may require converting beforehand), and solving word problems involving measurements. The students are using tape diagrams to model the word problems. This is new for them, so they'll need to use some good think time and will maybe even need to talk through the problems out loud. Each of these areas of focus will be on the homework. After students have had lots of practice with the length measurements, we'll move quickly through grams/kilograms and liters/milliliters.
Please be sure to have conversations with your child about the work being done in the class. This can be a great way to evaluate how your child is doing. Checking in to see their math homework is also a great way to see what we're doing and how your child is doing with it... even if your child does it at his or her after school care. Ask them to see it! I want them to be proud to show you!
Don't forget that thelearningodyssey.com is a great tool for extra practice in math and reading! The activities are directly linked to your child's MAP data. Login information should be in your child's agenda.
School Announcements:
*The Book Fair will be open Friday, November 14th through Friday, November 21st.
*Literary Cafe flyers went home last week.
Community Event:
The CDLS 5k race is coming up on DECEMBER 6th! It is a
fun race through Medlock Park and all money raised goes to the CDLS
(Cornelia de Lange) Foundation. Please pass the word.
Thanks for reading! Have a great week!
In writing, the students will be choosing a topic for their first informational piece, a historical information mini-book. We will be looking at examples to study the work of other authors. This group is full of eloquent speakers, yet some are better communicators during class discussions than on paper. We are working on "writing how you speak!"
In reading, we are reading Basket Moon by Mary Lyn Ray. With this, the students are learning how to use questioning to make sense of the text.
In social studies, we are kicking off our unit on the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution. Last week, I told the students that Mr. Roaden was considering a pencil tax ($1/lost pencil). You should have seen some of the notes that the students wrote to him! During the week, I'm going to let them all in on the secret that he is definitely not enforcing a pencil tax, yet they are probably feeling very similar to how the colonists reacted under the rule of King George III. This unit is very fun!
In science, we are studying how water changes states from solid to liquid to gas and the temperatures at which those changes happen. We will also investigate how clouds are formed. We're doing some really fun activities! The students are observing, drawing, and taking notes. Check their science journals and/or have them log in to Edmodo and view what they've put in their "back packs."
In math, we are continuing our unit on metric measurement conversions. Right now we are focusing on cm, m, and km. Please be sure to check in with your child and look at the stuff we've done in class. They will have homework this week! Big areas of focus: converting, adding and subtracting (which may require converting beforehand), and solving word problems involving measurements. The students are using tape diagrams to model the word problems. This is new for them, so they'll need to use some good think time and will maybe even need to talk through the problems out loud. Each of these areas of focus will be on the homework. After students have had lots of practice with the length measurements, we'll move quickly through grams/kilograms and liters/milliliters.
Please be sure to have conversations with your child about the work being done in the class. This can be a great way to evaluate how your child is doing. Checking in to see their math homework is also a great way to see what we're doing and how your child is doing with it... even if your child does it at his or her after school care. Ask them to see it! I want them to be proud to show you!
Don't forget that thelearningodyssey.com is a great tool for extra practice in math and reading! The activities are directly linked to your child's MAP data. Login information should be in your child's agenda.
School Announcements:
*The Book Fair will be open Friday, November 14th through Friday, November 21st.
*Literary Cafe flyers went home last week.
Community Event:
The CDLS 5k race is coming up on DECEMBER 6th! It is a
fun race through Medlock Park and all money raised goes to the CDLS
(Cornelia de Lange) Foundation. Please pass the word.
Thanks for reading! Have a great week!
Monday, November 3, 2014
Field Trip to Adair Park
Last Wednesday we took a walking field trip to Adair Park! The Dekalb Historical Society put on fabulous activities where the students were able to take a trip down history lane! We got to "meet" Harriet Tubman, a colonist, a Native American, Benjamin Franklin Stanton, Mary Gay, and many other prominent historical figures. Here are a few photos from our fun experience! Thank you to all of the volunteers that joined us. -Ms. Ary
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