WHATS HAPPENING IN OUR ROOM?
What We Worked On This Week:
Wow! What a week! Even though we had a short week, we were very busy!
I am glad to hear that everyone survived the floods this week. I am sure you are aware that others were not so fortunate. We will be donating school supplies to the students of Clarkdale Elementary this week. If you have any supplies at home or would like to help donate please let me know.
Math: EQ: How can I make fair trades with coins to 30 cents?
We will begin rotating through money centers on Monday, with the hopes of finishing those by the end of the week. Please remember to work with your child at home as well. They need to be able to make fair trades up to 30 cents by the end of this nine weeks.
Language Arts: EQ: How do I become a great reader?
This week we read a story about Shadows. We focused on making predictions. We took a picture walk through the story to help us understand that pictures help us make predictions about the book. Students shared their predictions by talking and turning to their partners. We also talked about main idea. When you are reading at home with your child, have them make a prediction about the story and tell you the main idea and setting.
Social Studies: EQ: What is my global address?
This week we continued working on our address, city, county, state, country and continent. Next week we will label and identify the seven continents and oceans on a map and learn two songs to help us remember them. We will also begin our landform study. Students need to be able to describe mountins, deserts, valleys, plains, plateaus, and coasts.
Apple Day: EQ: How did Johnny Appleseed contribute to our country?
Apple Day was a huge success! We worked with Mrs. Hossenlopps class to complete several activities about Johnny Appleseed and apples. The students solved apple word problems, used their 5 senses to do an apple investigation, made a class tally chart, took the information from the tally chart to create their own bar graph, and made up a question that could be answered about their graphs. We also had an apple taste test, drank warm apple cider, and sampled apple sauce. Ask your child to tell you some "facts" they learned about Johnny Appleseed!
Spelling: I was so excited to see how well the students did with their spelling words this week! I could really tell that you worked with them at home and completed the spelling activities. On Thursdays, I will give the students a spelling pre-test. If they spell all of their words correctly they will not have to take the spelling test Friday. You will see the pre-test come home on Thursdays and know whether your child needs to practice a little more. You can also check out the website
www.spellingcity.com. You can type in your child's spelling words and choose an activity to do with them. This would count as one of the activities for the week.
Thank you!
1. Thank you parents for sending in apples for Apple Day!
2. Thank you Mrs. Spencer for agreeing to be our Garden Mom this year. Mrs. Spencer sent home a letting regarding a scarecrow project. If you are able to help out, in any way, please send the items in by Tuesday!
Reminders:
1. Please remember to send in items for our class scarecrow!
2. Don't forget to initial your child's reflection sheet daily and empty out their folder nightly.
3. Check out the wishlist link that has new wishlist items posted!
Specials Schedule: Sept 28-Oct.2
M- PE
T- Computers
W- PE
Th- Art
F- PE
This page will be a means of communication with you about things going on in the classroom as well as at school. It will be updated every week. Of course, if you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. The easiest and quickest way to do that is through my email. My email address is elizabeth.england@cobbk12.org.