Friday, March 2, 2012

March 5th-March 9th

Here is the schedule for our three day week! :)

*Reading: We will be either finishing up our first novel or beginning our second novels throughout this week. Everyone has been doing a great job with their novels!!!

*Math: This week, we will be using menus and store ads to practice recognizing prices and identifying the correct amount of money that we will owe to buy certain items.

*Readers Theater: Our readers' theater play for the week is titled " Me First!" It is the story of a boy who wants to be first in everything that he does...that is, until he meets the Sandwitch! We will be learning about and practicing homophones in conjunction with this story.

*Spelling: There will be no spelling words this week!!!

*REMEMBER*
-No School on Monday, March 5th for Pulaski Day!
-Parent Teacher Conferences this week
-Report Cards issue Wednesday, March 7th
-No School on Friday, March 9th

Friday, February 24, 2012

February 27-March 2nd

It's hard to believe that we are entering into the final week of February! Time is flying by quickly!

*Reading/Language Arts: This week, we are continuing to read our individual novels. The target skills we will be practicing are characters, setting, and identifying main events and sequencing them. (Friday is also Dr. Seuss's birthday so we will read and complete activities for a few of his books! :)
*Math: In math, we will continue to work on identifying and counting coins. We also will practice writing coin amounts in words, dollars, and cents. From there, we will add various coin amounts to find the total amount of money.
*Science: Due to schedule changes this past week, we did not finish the solar system unit on Friday. We will discuss current NASA missions and other space trivia this week.
*Readers' Theater: Our upcoming play is titled "Camp Hate-It." This story is about a young boy who goes to summer camp and wishes that he was home with movies and video games.


Important Dates:
Tuesday, February 28th is an Early Dismissal Day (11:00am)
Thursday, March 1st is the 4th grade field trip to Argonne National Laboratory
Friday, March 2nd is the end of Trimester 2!!!

Have a great week!!

February 27-March 2nd

February 27-March 2nd

Saturday, February 18, 2012



In celebration of Presidents Day, we had the opportunity to be the President for the day on Friday! We had a lot of fun learning about the typical day for a president and learning about many of the previous United States Presidents, too!

Friday, February 17, 2012

February 20-24th

This is our schedule for the upcoming 4 day week!

*Reading: On Tuesday, we will begin reading our novels. Each student will receive a novel packet that includes several graphic organizers that we will use to practice several reading skills throughout the books.
*Math: We are going to start practicing coins and money this week. The week will begin with coin review and will continue to get more difficult as we add various coin values.
* Science: As we finished learning about the planets this past week, we will be learning about comets, asteroids, and satellites.
*Readers Theater: Our Reader's Theater play for the week is "The Best Way to Pull A Tooth". This story is about a boy who does not want his loose tooth to come out!


Have a wonderful three day weekend!! Happy President's Day!!

Thursday, February 9, 2012

February 13th- 17th

Here is a brief look at the upcoming week!

*Social Studies: During Social Studies this week, we will be reviewing the sun and eight planets in our Solar System. There will be a short quiz on Thursday before we begin learning about the asteroids, comets, etc. the following week.

*Reading: Starting on February 21st, each student will begin reading(in class)a novel/chapter book at their reading level. They will not be given a formal test to assess their comprehension of the story, rather they will demonstrate their learning by completing various reading strategy graphic organizers. Following the completion of each chapter, students will choose one activity of their choice from the reading packet they will receive. Some of the strategies included are sequencing, identifying main ideas and details, identifying the setting, character maps, and vocabulary. In order to prepare for this, we will be using Jan Brett stories in the classroom this week and completing these same activities.

*Math: In celebration of Valentine's Day, we will be completing several different Valentine's Day math activities. We will continue to practice addition and subtraction, along with graphing and reading/creating tables and charts.

*Readers Theater: Instead of reading our usual reader's theater play this week, we will be using this time to read both Valentine's Day and winter related stories to practice our comprehension skills and strategies.


Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!