2-26-15

2-26-15

Language Arts

This week we’ll ponder the question “What can you learn from signs in your community?” In the humorous fiction story The Signmaker’s Assistant, a town’s residents learn that they can’t always believe what they read. We’ll also read the play The Trouble with Signs.

Target Vocabulary: assistant, agreed, polite, failed, tearing, wisdom, trouble, cleared 

Phonics Skills: Words with r-controlled vowels ar (car) 

Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms 

Comprehension Skill: Text and graphic features—tell how words work with art 

Comprehension Strategy: Question— ask questions about what you are reading 

Social Studies

We spent the week working on our continents booklet.  So far we have traveled to Australia, Antarctica and Europe.  Hopefully we will be able to pick up the pace if we can get some good weather.  We've been spending a lot of time making up for all the language arts and math that we've been missing.

Math

Module 5:  Addition and Subtraction Within 1,000 with Word Problems to 100.

Topic A:  Strategies for Adding and Subtracting Within 1,000

Lesson 1 

Objective: Relate 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, and 100 less to addition and subtraction of 10 and 100.

Lesson 2 

Objective: Add and subtract multiples of 100, including counting on to subtract.

Lesson 3 

Objective: Add multiples of 100 and some tens within 1,000.

Problem 1: 420 + 100, 420 + 110

Problem 2: 550 + 200, 550 + 250, 550 + 260

 Lesson 4 
Objective: Subtract multiples of 100 and some tens within 1,000.


Problem 1: 570 – 100, 570 – 110

Problem 2: 450 – 200, 450 – 210, 450 – 250, 450 – 260

Lesson 5 

Objective: Use the associative property to make a hundred in one addend.

Making the Next Hundred to Add 

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Language Arts: This week we explored the question “What words show the order of events in a story?” As we read the realistic fiction selection Luke Goes to Bat, we found out about a boy who learns an important lesson with the help of his grandmother and the legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson. In the informational text, Jackie Robinson, we learned more about this special American hero.

this week’s… Target Vocabulary: practice, hurried, position, roared, extra, curb, cheered, final

Phonics Skills: Words with long i (igh ie, y) such as sigh, tie, by

Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms

Comprehension Skill: Sequence of events—tell the order in which things happen

Comprehension Strategy: Visualize— picture what is happening as you read

Writing:  We will spend the next few weeks focusing on writing informative paragraphs.  The children will learn to pull important information from a reading selection and write a paragraph with a topic sentence, three facts and a closing sentence.

Lesson 31

Objective: Solve two-step word problems within 100.

Module 4 Assessment

We spent 2 days finishing up the Module 4 Assessment.  

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During the next few weeks, we’ll explore the theme Heroes and Helpers. As we’ll discover, this category can include anyone from caped superheroes to people you see every day at work, at school, or in your own mirror! As we read, we’ll discuss the Big Idea “We can all make a difference.” In this first week, we’ll meet Mr. Tanen, a school principal who uses his tie collection to help his school. Mr. Tanen’s Tie Trouble is a realistic fiction story about a hero and a helper. Students will explore the question “When might a character need help solving a problem?” We’ll also read an informational text called Playground Fun. 

Target Vocabulary: received, account, budget, disappointed, chuckled, staring, repeated, fund

Phonics Skills: Base words and endings -ed, -ing (including doubling the final consonant and /ed/, /t/, /d/, pronunciations for -ed) 

Vocabulary Strategy: Homographs 

Comprehension Skill: Story structure— tell the setting, character, and plot in a story 

Comprehension Strategy: Infer/ predict—use clues to figure out more about story parts

We didn't get too far this week with continents and oceans.  I did send home a little study guide on Monday, feel free to use it as you see fit.  It is not homework...

Students are responsible for knowing the locations of  all 7 continents:  North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Antarctica.  They also need to know the location of the 5 oceans:  Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, and Southern.  The Southern Ocean is somewhat of a newer ocean that surrounds Antarctica.  

Lesson 27 

Objective: Subtract from 200 and from numbers with zeros in the tens place.

Lesson 29

 Objective: Use and explain the totals below written method using words, math drawings, and numbers.

Lesson 30 
Objective: Compare totals below to new groups below as written methods.

2-6-15

2-6-15

 Valentine Originality

Decorate a box at home to be your Valentine Mailbox.  This will hold your cards from your classmates and teachers.  You may use any type of box you wish.  Some examples are shoe, cereal, cracker, shirt, tissue, whatever!  Turn your box into some clever, creative item to be your mailbox.  Some fun ideas may include a toaster, computer, doghouse, candy bar, oven, microwave, fire truck, pop can… really stretch your brain to have an unusual type of mailbox.

Guidelines:

1.  Cover your box completely.

2.  Have an opening large enough for valentines from friends.

3.  Create an easy way to remove your cards so you can use your box to take your valentines home.

4.  YOUR NAME must be clearly marked by the opening so it will be easier for your friends to deliver your valentine.

5.  HAVE FUN!

Due Date:  Friday, February 13, 2015

Class List for Valentine's

Alex A.	Quinn	Brandon
Addyson	Jillian	Peyton
Austin	Odin	Alex P.
Madison	Brady	Payton
Howard	Morgan	Brianna
Connor	Matthew	Kennedy
Nicklas	Kaitlyn	Arianna
Grant	Sophia	Ethen

*If your family chooses not to participate your child will be given a bag for his/her valentines. 

*I don't usually do a class party or anything for Valentine's Day.  Our Fridays are super busy as it is, so we will probably just pass out valentines, have a little snack, and maybe do a valentine math activity with those candy hearts.

Conferences are scheduled for Tuesday, February 17th and Thursday, February 19th.  The times range from 4:15-8:15.  I have received confirmation from most of you.  If you can't make our scheduled time, I'll be contacting you shortly to reschedule.  If you can't make either Tuesday or Thursday, then we can pick a different time that works for everyone.

A flyer was sent home today to purchase yearbooks.  You can go on-line and order or fill out the form and send money in with your child.  The deadline is Friday, February 20th.

Ready Set Sail is a program that will give pre-identified students an opportunity to get some daily exercise before school.  Why is this important?  Researchers have shown not only the positive effects of exercise, but also how it relates to more success at school.  Improved classroom behavior along with enhanced concentration and attention are results students gain by increasing their amount of daily physical activity.

Physical Activity = Brain Activity.

READY...SET...SAIL

We are looking for some ENERGETIC LCE parent volunteers (hint.. this is a great opportunity for dad) to be a part of our newest before school program called READY...SET...SAIL!  This is a program that we already identified 25 students to participate in before school.  You can be as involved as you want!   Do you want to come everyday from 8:15-8:35 to help run some EXTRA FUN exercise stations in the gym?  We would love it!  You can come a few days a week.  We would love that too.  You can come once a week or once a month.  Or even just once.  We will take you.  We want to have some GREAT positive interactions taking place while students are engaged in fun physical activites to get their day off to a TERRIFIC start.  If this sounds like a fun program you would like to be involved in please sign up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4bacaa29a4ff2-ready

This week's story was...

This week we’ll ask, “What might cause a story character to change?” In the humorous fiction story Officer Buckle and Gloria, we’ll read about the teamwork between a police officer and his dog. We’ll read about a different kind of teamwork in the play Safety at Home.

This week’s… 

Target Vocabulary: attention, buddy, obeys, speech, enormous, safety, shocked, station 

Spelling Words:  everywhere, inside, nothing, outside, classroom, someone, baseball, pancake, cannot, maybe, playground, myself, sunshine, upon, into, nobody

Phonics Skills: Compound words; schwa vowel sound (was) 

Vocabulary Strategy: Dictionary entry Comprehension Skill: Cause and effect—tell how one event makes another happen 

Comprehension Strategy: Monitor/ clarify—find ways to figure out what doesn’t make sense

Topic E:  Strategies for Decomposing Tens and Hundreds

Lesson 23

Objective:  Use number bonds to break apart three-digit minuends and subtract from the hundred.

Lesson 24

Objective:  Use manipulatives to represent subtraction with decompositions of 1 hundred as 10 tens and 1 ten as 10 ones.

Another Example...

Lesson 25

Objective:  Relate manipulative representations to a written method.

Lesson 26

Objective:  Use math drawings to represent subtraction with up to two decompositions and relate drawings to a written method.

Another example...

We are moving onto continents and oceans next week...YEAH!

Continents:  North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.

Oceans:  Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern.