KEEGAN TIMES: May 6, 2016

READI

Reading /
  • Returnreading logs daily.
  • Next week:Teamwork
  • Essential Question: Why is teamwork important?
  • Leveled Readers: When they come home, PLEASE read and review the inside cover skills with your child: vocabulary, phonics, and comprehension. The leveled books need to be first priority on the Reading Logs.
Tested SkillsCommon Core State Standards:
Vocabulary words: exploration, important, machines, prepare, repair, result, scientific, teamwork
Word Work: contractions, possessives, review synonyms and antonyms
Comprehension:
Strategy – Summarize: When summarizing, your child should identify the most important parts of a selection.
Main Idea and Key Details: The key details in a text support the main idea and tell more about it.
Spelling / Spelling words(Consonant + le words)
lit, little, set, settle, rip, ripple, pad, paddle, middle,
bubble
High frequency words: outside, replace, follow, listen, something
  • Pretest on Monday, if 0-2 wrong, student receives a challenge list. Posttest on Friday.

MATH
/ Unit 7: Arrays, Equal Shares, add/subtract lengths, Fractions
  • Spring 2016 Math Assessment on May 17 at 8:45AM. Students may have gum or peppermints.
Please review: graphs, time, shapes, 3 digit subtraction, measurement, money, etc.
  • Riverdale Family Page – Moby Max
  • (excellent for review)

Educational /
  • Newsletter and homework ideas on the web.
  • launch
  • Username: Vkeegan
  • Mrs. Keegan’s Class
  • Goal is to get to the green light 5x/week!!

Science
Social Studies /
  • Riverdale home page, staff, resources:
  • PebbleGo- Username: rems Pass: school
  • Tumble Books: user: remschool Pass: books
  • Visit Playworks.com - Showdown at Conservation Canyon!
  • Google: Food Pyramid game “Blast off”
Essential Question: Why is teamwork important?
Reminders:
*May 11th Early Release
* May 17th- SMI – Math test - Please review, good sleep, breakfast, mints/gum…our last one.
*May 19th – SRI - Reading test- our last one.
*May 20 - Field Trip to Bethel Horizons- If parents would like to attend, please email me or send a note. Cost for adults is $7, need to drive separate. Please let me know by May 13th, so I can turn in my list of chaperones to Mrs. Hougan. /
  • SPECIALS for Next Week:
  • Monday, Day 4 – Library, Technology, Food Lady
  • Tuesday, Day 5 – PE, Music, Art
  • Wednesday, Day 6 – Early Release
  • Thursday, Day 1 – PE
  • Friday, Day 2 - Guidance

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  • The Riverdale Way: RESPONSIBILITY, RESPECT AND CARING – What is your recipe for School Success? Let’s finish STRONG!
  • We enjoyed a visit from Ms. Jan Nowlen, Delta Kappa Gamma, Guest Reader. She read a great book about baseball. Thanks, Miss Jan!
  • We enjoyed learning about the Dairy Group from our Food Lady, Ms. Schmidt this week.
  • Thank you to my students who turned in box tops and pop tabs this week. Please continue to bring in those milk caps, soup labels, and box tops for our school playground!