4/23
Announcements
Students have a book review that is due May 31st. Rave Review/Book Boo
Please turn in your permission slip tomorrow for our Mount Vernon Field Trip if you haven't already done so! The cost of the field trip is $31
Students brought home a letter from Mr. Palmisano with a questionnaire about classroom placement for next year. Please complete it and return it to school by May 1st.
A letter inviting you to the Celebration of the Arts performance for May 7th at 7:00 was also sent home.
We started our second enrichment rotation this week. I will be doing experiments about insulators and conductors. Students will also be building a lunch box. A list of suggested materials was sent home today. These materials need to be brought into school no later than May 7th. Mrs. Talvac will be working with students to research habitats. Students will create a habitat in a shoebox. Ms. Smith will be creating two short folktale plays with the students.
Information about Career Day was sent home. If you are interested in participating, please complete the form.
Science Fair Information Packet
Class Updates
During our Enrichment Rotation, students went to Ms. Smith's to create a folktale play.
In Writing, students began planning their opinion paper on their issue.
In Reading, students read the Junior Great Books Haitian folktale, "The Banza". Students identified the major events in the story and how they impacted the characters.
In Math, we continued practicing telling time. In small groups we worked on elapsed time and two-step word problems. Here is a website students got to use to practice telling time. http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec4.html
Homework
Math: Worksheet (Required), Challenge Worksheet (Optional)
Reading: Read for 20 minutes, Book Review due May 31st
Spelling: Sort due Tomorrow, Test on Thursday
Mount Vernon field trip permission slip
Science Fair Project Data due May 7th
Supplies for Lunch Box due by May 7th
Bring a shoebox or small box for Mrs. Talvac's project
4/22
Announcements
Please turn in your permission slip tomorrow for our Mount Vernon Field Trip if you haven't already done so! The cost of the field trip is $31
Students brought home a letter from Mr. Palmisano with a questionnaire about classroom placement for next year. Please complete it and return it to school by May 1st.
A letter inviting you to the Celebration of the Arts performance for May 7th at 7:00 was also sent home.
We started our second enrichment rotation this week. I will be doing experiments about insulators and conductors. Students will also be building a lunch box. A list of suggested materials was sent home today. These materials need to be brought into school no later than May 7th. Mrs. Talvac will be working with students to research habitats. Students will create a habitat in a shoebox. Ms. Smith will be creating two short folktale plays with the students.
Information about Career Day was sent home. If you are interested in participating, please complete the form.
Science Fair Information Packet
Class Updates
We had an assembly this morning with Eric Energy. Students learned about weather and electricity.
In Writing, students continued writing their final draft of the introduction of their issue paper.
In Reading, we continued reading articles from National Geographic. Students have been making connections and asking questions. We had a discussion about which text feature is the most helpful when reading non-fiction articles. We discussed if it's always the same text feature or if it's a different text feature depending on the article.
In Math, we reviewed telling time. Students practiced solving elapsed time word problems.
Homework
Math: Worksheet (Required), Challenge Worksheet (Optional)
Reading: Read for 20 minutes
Mount Vernon field trip permission slip
Science Fair Project Data due May 7th
Supplies for Lunch Box due by May 7th
Bring a shoebox or small box for Mrs. Talvac's project
4/19
Announcements
Please turn in your permission slip on Monday for our Mount Vernon Field Trip! The cost of the field trip is $31
Students brought home a letter from Mr. Palmisano with a questionnaire about classroom placement for next year. Please complete it and return it to school by May 1st.
A letter inviting you to the Celebration of the Arts performance for May 7th at 7:00 was also sent home.
Students brought graded work home yesterday. Please discuss the grades with your child and sign the communication log. Below are the maximum grade values.
Spelling Test: Spelling: P
Grammar: P
We started our second enrichment rotation this week. I will be doing experiments about insulators and conductors. Students will also be building a lunch box. A list of suggested materials was sent home today. These materials need to be brought into school no later than May 7th. Mrs. Talvac will be working with students to research habitats. Students will create a habitat in a shoebox. Ms. Smith will be creating two short folktale plays with the students.
Information about Career Day was sent home. If you are interested in participating, please complete the form.
Science Fair Information Packet
Class Updates
In Social Studies, students learned about different ways to earn and save money. Students learned about the costs and benefits on being a banked and unbanked consumer.
In Reading, we learned about how we can use context clues to help us determine the meaning of unknown words. We used this to help us determine the meaning of the word "flourished" in "White Wave".
In Math, students continued solving multi-step word problems using equations.
Homework
Northeast, South and Midwest States Test Monday, 4/22
Math: Worksheet
Reading: Read for 20 minutes
Mount Vernon field trip permission slip
Science Fair Project Data due May 7th
Supplies for Lunch Box due by May 7th
Bring a shoebox or small box for Mrs. Talvac's project
4/18
Announcements
Students brought home a letter from Mr. Palmisano with a questionnaire about classroom placement for next year. Please complete it and return it to school by May 1st.
A letter inviting you to the Celebration of the Arts performance for May 7th at 7:00 was also sent home.
Students brought graded work home yesterday. Please discuss the grades with your child and sign the communication log. Below are the maximum grade values.
Spelling Test: Spelling: P
Grammar: P
We started our second enrichment rotation this week. I will be doing experiments about insulators and conductors. Students will also be building a lunch box. A list of suggested materials was sent home today. These materials need to be brought into school no later than May 7th. Mrs. Talvac will be working with students to research habitats. Students will create a habitat in a shoebox. Ms. Smith will be creating two short folktale plays with the students.
Students brought home their permission slips for our upcoming Mount Vernon field Trip. The cost of the field trip is $31.
Information about Career Day was sent home. If you are interested in participating, please complete the form.
Science Fair Information Packet
Class Updates
In Science, students learned about the costs and benefits of turning natural resources into foods, fibers and fuels.
In Writing, students revised and edited their rough drafts for their issue paper. Many students are beginning their final drafts.
In Reading, students took an asssessment on folktales.
In Math, students continued solving multi-step word problems using equations.
Homework
Northeast, South and Midwest States Test Monday, 4/22
Math: Worksheet
Reading: Read for 20 minutes
Mount Vernon field trip permission slip
Science Fair Project Data due May 7th
Supplies for Lunch Box due by May 7th
Bring a shoebox or small box for Mrs. Talvac's project
4/17
Announcements
We started our second enrichment rotation this week. I will be doing experiments about insulators and conductors. Students will also be building a lunch box. A list of suggested materials was sent home today. These materials need to be brought into school no later than May 7th. Mrs. Talvac will be working with students to research habitats. Students will create a habitat in a shoebox. Ms. Smith will be creating two short folktale plays with the students.
Students brought home their permission slips for our upcoming Mount Vernon field Trip. The cost of the field trip is $31.
Information about Career Day was sent home. If you are interested in participating, please complete the form.
Science Fair Information Packet
Class Updates
During our enrichment rotation, students went to Mrs. Talvac to learn about habitats. Students will be creating their very own habitat from a shoebox. Students need to bring in a shoebox or small box.
In Writing, students are revising and editing their rough draft of their issue paper.
In Reading, we created metaphors based on characters and objects from the Chinese Folktalk "White Wave".
In Math, students continued solving multi-step word problems. They also had time on the computer playing a game with a partner that involved practicing their multiplication facts. Here is the link in case they would like to play it at home. It requires a partner, so I am sure they would love it if you played with them! :-) http://illuminations.nctm.org/activitydetail.aspx?id=29
Homework
Northeast, South and Midwest States Test Monday, 4/22
Math: Worksheet
Spelling: Test on Tomorrow
Reading: Read for 20 minutes
Mount Vernon field trip permission slip
Science Fair Project Data due May 7th
Supplies for Lunch Box due by May 7th
Bring a shoebox or small box for Mrs. Talvac's project
4/16
Announcements
Today was the first day of our next enrichment rotation. I will be doing experiments about insulators and conductors. Students will also be building a lunch box. A list of suggested materials was sent home today. These materials need to be brought into school no later than May 7th. Mrs. Talvac will be working with students to research habitats. Students will create a habitat in a shoebox. Ms. Smith will be creating two short folktale plays with the students.
Students brought home their permission slips for our upcoming Mount Vernon field Trip. The cost of the field trip is $31.
Information about Career Day was sent home. If you are interested in participating, please complete the form.
Science Fair Information Packet
We still need a volunteer for our Junior Achievement Program. The scripted lessons are provided so you do not need to spend time writing any of the lessons. Students also brought home a notice about the Junior Achievement Program. Junior Achievement brings business volunteers, community members and parents into the classroom with age-appropriate curriculum for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The materials teach financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship by using hands-on experiences to help young people understand the economics of life. Junior Achievement brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential. Please return the form to me if you are interested in volunteering.
Class Updates
During our enrichment rotation, students stayed with me. We re-conducted the experiment to see how a coat will affect the melting of a snowman. Students used frozen water bottles and a glove as a pretend coat. This experiment reviewed the concept of an insulator since the glove acted as an insulator and kept the frozen water bottle cold.
In Writing, students continued writing their rough draft for the introduction of their issue paper.
In Reading, we determined the main idea and theme of "White Wave". Students discussed the costs and benefits of having someone help them.
In Math, students had to find missing numbers that completed problems that involved multiplication and addition. The homework tonight is very similar to the activity we did in class. These activities will help students be able to multiply and divide fluently within 100.
Homework
Northeast, South and Midwest States Test Monday, 4/22
Math: Worksheet
Spelling: Sort due Tomorrow, Test on Thursday
Reading: Read for 20 minutes
Mount Vernon field trip permission slip
Science Fair Project Data due May 7th
Supplies for Lunch Box due by May 7th
4/15
Announcements
Students brought home their permission slips for our upcoming Mount Vernon field Trip. The cost of the field trip is $31.
Information about Career Day was sent home. If you are interested in participating, please complete the form.
Science Fair Information Packet
We still need a volunteer for our Junior Achievement Program. The scripted lessons are provided so you do not need to spend time writing any of the lessons. Students also brought home a notice about the Junior Achievement Program. Junior Achievement brings business volunteers, community members and parents into the classroom with age-appropriate curriculum for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The materials teach financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship by using hands-on experiences to help young people understand the economics of life. Junior Achievement brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential. Please return the form to me if you are interested in volunteering.
Class Updates
In Social Studies, we discussed personal financial goals. We learned about the different ways to earn and save money. Students had to create a budget plan for a mock scenario where they had to earn $500 in six weeks for an event of their choosing.
In Writing, students finished up their research and began writing their introduction paragraph. In their introduction paragraph students need to have a hook, identify their issue and discuss both sides of their issue.
In Reading, we read a Junior Great Books Chinese Folktale called "White Wave". Students identified the sequence of events and how the character responded to the event.
In Math, students used multiplication, division, addition and subtraction to identify pairs of numbers that matched descriptions. For example, a possible description would be, "the pair has a difference of 6 and a quotient of 2". Students had to identify that 12 and 6 would match the description.
Homework
Northeast, South and Midwest States Test Monday, 4/22
Math: Worksheet
Spelling: Sort due Wednesday, Test on Thursday
Reading: Read for 20 minutes
Mount Vernon field trip permission slip
Science Fair Project
4/12
Announcements
Students brought home their permission slips for our upcoming Mount Vernon field Trip. The cost of the field trip is $31.
Information about Career Day was sent home. If you are interested in participating, please complete the form.
Science Fair Information Packet
We still need a volunteer for our Junior Achievement Program. The scripted lessons are provided so you do not need to spend time writing any of the lessons. Students also brought home a notice about the Junior Achievement Program. Junior Achievement brings business volunteers, community members and parents into the classroom with age-appropriate curriculum for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The materials teach financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship by using hands-on experiences to help young people understand the economics of life. Junior Achievement brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential. Please return the form to me if you are interested in volunteering.