This week we are celebrating Red Ribbon Week, which focuses on drug and violence prevention. We will have our annual assembly tomorrow morning at 8:30am, and we will continue throughout the week, and school year, to discuss the importance of living drug-free!
In math, we are continuing to work on calculating tips and sales using percents. We will have a quiz on Friday. In RtI Reading, we are also continuing to learn about how we learn best, through the use of the multiple intelligences (MI). Throughout the week, we will be completing activities using the MI and focus on finding ways that can help to strenghten our own learning.
Have a great week!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
October 9th
Have you ever thought about how you learn best? About techniques/strategies that can help you succeed? In RtI reading this week, we will work to answer these questions. Through the use of True Colors and the multiple intelligences, we will learn how to strengthen and develop our own learning. In addition, we will be reading a historical fiction story, Encounter to parallel what we have been learning in our Extension in Reading books.
In math, we will begin to discuss percents and relate them to sale items at retail stores and tip/taxes. We will also be designing our own menus using what we have learned.
Enjoy your three-day weekend!
In math, we will begin to discuss percents and relate them to sale items at retail stores and tip/taxes. We will also be designing our own menus using what we have learned.
Enjoy your three-day weekend!
Friday, October 2, 2009
October Begins!
Our money unit is in full swing and the students are truly enjoying balancing their checkbooks and spending money on groceries and other additional expenses. They were, however, not too excited about having to pay bills this week :)
Next week, we will continue to balance our checkbooks and work with adding and subtracting decimals. There will be a quiz on Wednesday covering this. Beginning on Thursday, we will be using menus to work with decimals and will eventually design our own menu with prices starting on Friday.
In RtI Reading, we will be preparing for our Language Arts test on Wednesday by playing review Jeopardy. The remainder of the week, we will begin to read the urban legend, "The Stranger." The focus will be on vocabulary, making predictions, sequence, and plot.
I am looking forward to a great week!
Next week, we will continue to balance our checkbooks and work with adding and subtracting decimals. There will be a quiz on Wednesday covering this. Beginning on Thursday, we will be using menus to work with decimals and will eventually design our own menu with prices starting on Friday.
In RtI Reading, we will be preparing for our Language Arts test on Wednesday by playing review Jeopardy. The remainder of the week, we will begin to read the urban legend, "The Stranger." The focus will be on vocabulary, making predictions, sequence, and plot.
I am looking forward to a great week!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
September 27th
We have already reached the final week of September! I am very pleased to see how much progress each student has made in this first month of school!
In math, we are continuing to work with decimals. On Monday, we will learn how to add/subtract with borrowing and, by the end of the week we will be multipling and dividing decimals, as well. Friday, we will once again work on "Our Price Is Right" unit and pay our first set of utility bills!
In RtI reading we will review for our short story unit test, which is on Wednesday, and begin to read the folktale, Rachel the Clever. We will focus on learning the characteristics of a folktale, making predictions, and "retelling" a story.
I am looking forward to a great week! :)
In math, we are continuing to work with decimals. On Monday, we will learn how to add/subtract with borrowing and, by the end of the week we will be multipling and dividing decimals, as well. Friday, we will once again work on "Our Price Is Right" unit and pay our first set of utility bills!
In RtI reading we will review for our short story unit test, which is on Wednesday, and begin to read the folktale, Rachel the Clever. We will focus on learning the characteristics of a folktale, making predictions, and "retelling" a story.
I am looking forward to a great week! :)
Monday, September 21, 2009
Welcome fall!
It's difficult to believe that summer is officially over and fall is here! This first month of school has flown by so quickly!
In math this week, we are continuing to work on rounding, ordering, adding, and subtracting decimals. On Friday, we will use these skills to continue our "Price is Right" unit and go on a "shopping spree!" :)
In RtI, we will conclude our short story unit by reading Westwoods. This humorous story is written in play form and is one of my favorite short stories! We will continue to pull out the story elements, as well as, develop vocabulary and problem/solution.
I am looking forward to a great week!
In math this week, we are continuing to work on rounding, ordering, adding, and subtracting decimals. On Friday, we will use these skills to continue our "Price is Right" unit and go on a "shopping spree!" :)
In RtI, we will conclude our short story unit by reading Westwoods. This humorous story is written in play form and is one of my favorite short stories! We will continue to pull out the story elements, as well as, develop vocabulary and problem/solution.
I am looking forward to a great week!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Open House
It was great to see so many parents at Open House! I always look forward to meeting everyone and discussing ways to work together to create a positive and successful school year.
Looking back on this short, but productive week, we accomplished many things in Room 106.
In math, we finished up our lessons on Variables and Expressions. We will have a short quiz on Wednesday covering this material. Next week, we will learn about Exponents, as well as, begin our unit on decimals. To supplement the decimal unit, we will continue our "Price Is Right" activities, which will involve balancing a checkbook (adding and subtracting decimals).
In RtI this week, we continued to work on pulling out the parts of a short story and monitoring our own reading, using "Challenge" by Gary Soto. We also devoted a class period to creative writing, in which we used pictures as inspirations for our stories. Looking forward to next week, we will read the short story, "Raymond's Run" and focus on the main idea and its correlating details.
Have a great weekend!
Looking back on this short, but productive week, we accomplished many things in Room 106.
In math, we finished up our lessons on Variables and Expressions. We will have a short quiz on Wednesday covering this material. Next week, we will learn about Exponents, as well as, begin our unit on decimals. To supplement the decimal unit, we will continue our "Price Is Right" activities, which will involve balancing a checkbook (adding and subtracting decimals).
In RtI this week, we continued to work on pulling out the parts of a short story and monitoring our own reading, using "Challenge" by Gary Soto. We also devoted a class period to creative writing, in which we used pictures as inspirations for our stories. Looking forward to next week, we will read the short story, "Raymond's Run" and focus on the main idea and its correlating details.
Have a great weekend!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Week 2!
It was another great week full of hardworking students and staff! In math, we finished up our lessons on Order of Operations and took our first quiz this morning. Next week, we will begin discussing Variables and Expressions, as well as, dive further into our "Price is Right" unit.
In RtI this week, we continued to work on pulling out the parts of a short story and analyzing our characters and plot, using the story LAFFF by Lesney Namioka. We also discussed points of view and presented descriptive commericals about Rice Krispy Treats based on our target audiences! It was a lot of fun! Looking forward to next week, we will be focusing on the parts of a short story and how to monitor your own reading, using the story Challenge by Gary Soto.
Have a great extended weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone at Open House next Thursday!
In RtI this week, we continued to work on pulling out the parts of a short story and analyzing our characters and plot, using the story LAFFF by Lesney Namioka. We also discussed points of view and presented descriptive commericals about Rice Krispy Treats based on our target audiences! It was a lot of fun! Looking forward to next week, we will be focusing on the parts of a short story and how to monitor your own reading, using the story Challenge by Gary Soto.
Have a great extended weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone at Open House next Thursday!
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