And here we go! It was great to get to speak with so many of the parents last night at Parent Information Night! If you couldn't make it, I understand. Look in your students folders for our packet and my card. I tried to help students get organized today. We made a list of all that was done in class and at the end of each class period I went over the the kids what needed to be put in their backpacks.
A bit of information that might be helpful.
Specials Schedule!
Monday - Music and IMC
Tuesday - PE
Wednesday - Learning Lab
Thursday - Music
Friday PE
Things we forgot to tell you.....
1. Any paper that scores less than a 65% is a sign and return paper. We ask that you look over the paper with your child. Sign that you have seen the paper and return it to school. We want you to be aware when your child is struggling.
2. Please don't bring your child back to school for missing items. I know that it hard for them to get an oops slip, but we want them to become responsible for taking all of their things home after school. Thanks for your help with this.
Here's what happened today.....
Language Arts~
After we returned from practicing typing and working with Odyssey in the computer lab. We worked on our spelling page. We sorted words by the way that they spelled the long a sound. We also worked with word meanings. We talked about the predicates of sentences in grammar. None of this should be homework. We either did it together or we went over the answers together. We read the story "A Walk in the Desert" and discussed the story. We paid special attention to the main idea and details. We added words to our Common Core Vocabulary Glossary: Main Idea, details, simile, metaphor, imagery and personification. We gave examples to help us remember. These words will be reviewed all year long and are not tested. We also did a stop light writing activity. The main idea of the paragraph was written on a green strip. The details were written on yellow strips and the concluding sentences were written on red strips. Every one finished this activity.
Homework (HW): Keep working on the packet that went home yesterday. (due Friday)
Math~
We continued working on geometry skills. Today our focus was circles. We discussed the center, radius, and diameter. We talked about how the radius was 1/2 of the diameter and the diameter was twice the radius. We also talked about concentric circles (the circles share a common center) and non-concentric circles. (the two circles intersect). We practiced making concentric and non-concentric circles using compasses.
HW: Just math boxes 1.7. Keep working on weekly homework (due Friday)
Science~
We checked on the radish seeds and wrote down our observations. We read about the life cycle of flowering plants and the life cycle of conifers. We also discussed inherited traits and the characteristics of plants.
HW: Answer the Before you Move on questions on page 31 and 33. Both sets of questions can be on one paper.
