Classroom Happenings
Hello! Read all about the important happenings for this week.
We enjoyed the Book Reports. Students did a great job!!!
A Big "THANK YOU" to the parents for all the support and encouragement as we learned, laughed and worked hard this school year. May each of you and your family have a safe and enjoyable summer.
Monday, June 1 your child should be bringing home a larger envelope with items to do over the summer. They should not begin working on the items until after school is out for the summer. Read the information inside the envelope. It is very important that students continue to read over the summer.
There are several students that have not completed the Memory work for May. The Memory Work is on the Wiki.
This is the last newsletter on the Wiki.
Summer Vacation is a Great Time to READ!! Home Reader Practice
Monday - Study the Spelling Words (Test on Tuesday, June 2nd) This is the last Spelling Test.
Tuesday - Read - The Biggest Living Thing pages 257 - 264 ( No Test on this Story)
Wednesday - None
Thursday - The Last Day of School
Friday - None
Thank you for returning the spelling folder every Monday. Please keep the Spelling Words and Sentences at home but return the different ways they studied the words every Monday. Thanks! Language Arts Reading Strategy: Look for the Main Idea and the Details
Students need to continue to look for the main idea and the details that support the story as they read over the summer.
Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast
Students will compare the sequoia tree to other plants and even the Statue of Liberty.
They will learn how fire helps these large trees.
Genre: Nonfiction:
New Vocabulary Words: sequoias trees, Augustus Dowd, gold miners, stump, tree rings, and tightly Grammar -
Students will continue to do activities using adverbs.
Students will review the prefixes over-, and un-. (e.g., unplugged, unwrap, uneven, overcast, overcharge, oversleep)
Students will learn about adjectives. They are words that describes nouns. (e.g., thirsty girl, huge elephant, tall tree, yellow sweater)
Students will continue to practice identifying the four kinds of sentences.
Students will continue to review the seven different ways to show more then one. Math Practice
Monday - Math Homework Paper
Tuesday - Math Homework
Wednesday - None
Thursday - The Last Day of School
Friday - None
Unit Twelve: It has four main areas. 1.To review addition and subtraction algorithms using sums of money, 2.) To introduce and practice the trade-first subtraction algorithm, and 3.) to solve multiplication and division number stories, and 4.) To practice multiplication and division facts using product table and fact families. Science: Students will continue to learn about the Unit on Air and Weather.
Social Studies: Students will continue to learn about our Country. They will learn about our government and the leaders and what they do. They will learn who is our governor and who is our President at this time. We will go back and look at our first President and notice things that have changed. They will learn about several important landmarks that are important to United States of America.
Map Skill: Students will be learning about the different types of maps. The political map, physical map, population map, climate map, land use map, and road map. Students will be able to learn a lot about a place by looking at a map.Students looked on the map to locate the country of Nepal.
There is an opportunity for our school to bring in money, that will go to help people that have experienced the terrible earthquake that happened on April 25, 2015.
Week of June 1 - 4, 2015
Classroom Happenings
Hello! Read all about the important happenings for this week.
We enjoyed the Book Reports. Students did a great job!!!
A Big "THANK YOU" to the parents for all the support and encouragement as we learned, laughed and worked hard this school year. May each of you and your family have a safe and enjoyable summer.
Monday, June 1 your child should be bringing home a larger envelope with items to do over the summer. They should not begin working on the items until after school is out for the summer. Read the information inside the envelope. It is very important that students continue to read over the summer.
There are several students that have not completed the Memory work for May. The Memory Work is on the Wiki.
This is the last newsletter on the Wiki.
Summer Vacation is a Great Time to READ!!
Home Reader Practice
Thank you for returning the spelling folder every Monday. Please keep the Spelling Words and Sentences at home but return the different ways they studied the words every Monday. Thanks!
Language Arts
Reading Strategy: Look for the Main Idea and the Details
Students need to continue to look for the main idea and the details that support the story as they read over the summer.
Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast
Students will compare the sequoia tree to other plants and even the Statue of Liberty.
They will learn how fire helps these large trees.
Genre: Nonfiction:
New Vocabulary Words: sequoias trees, Augustus Dowd, gold miners, stump, tree rings, and tightly
Grammar -
Students will continue to do activities using adverbs.
Students will review the prefixes over-, and un-. (e.g., unplugged, unwrap, uneven, overcast, overcharge, oversleep)
Students will learn about adjectives. They are words that describes nouns. (e.g., thirsty girl, huge elephant, tall tree, yellow sweater)
Students will continue to practice identifying the four kinds of sentences.
Students will continue to review the seven different ways to show more then one.
Math Practice
Unit Twelve: It has four main areas. 1.To review addition and subtraction algorithms using sums of money, 2.) To introduce and practice the trade-first subtraction algorithm, and 3.) to solve multiplication and division number stories, and 4.) To practice multiplication and division facts using product table and fact families.
Science: Students will continue to learn about the Unit on Air and Weather.
Social Studies: Students will continue to learn about our Country. They will learn about our government and the leaders and what they do. They will learn who is our governor and who is our President at this time. We will go back and look at our first President and notice things that have changed. They will learn about several important landmarks that are important to United States of America.
Map Skill: Students will be learning about the different types of maps. The political map, physical map, population map, climate map, land use map, and road map. Students will be able to learn a lot about a place by looking at a map.Students looked on the map to locate the country of Nepal.
There is an opportunity for our school to bring in money, that will go to help people that have experienced the terrible earthquake that happened on April 25, 2015.