11-4-16

11-4-16

Halloween

Thank You to everyone that helped make this year's Halloween party a success.  The kids seemed to enjoy themselves at all the different centers and the treats were fantastic.  Here are a few pics from Halloween.  If you have others you'd like to share, I can put them on our class blog.

Field Trip

We lucked out on the weather for our field trip to the Potawotomi Village.  We were able to complete the whole tour before the rain came through.  We always use the field trip as an introduction to our Portage Unit.  We will probably spend from now until winter break talking about Portage in the past.

Ski Club

Ski Passes for Timber Ridge

Lake Center friends and families (students and adults) can purchase DISCOUNT passes for $20.00 each, through our LCE Ski Club. This pass allows you to ski anytime.  

After purchasing the discount passes, here is the cost for you each time you go to Timber Ridge:

• ADULTS: Lift tickets will be $14 Monday-Friday (Non-Holiday) and $20 Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays (Dec.26nd-Jan.2nd). Ski rental will be $14 anytime.

• STUDENTS:$14 lift and $14 Ski rental anytime.

Each person MUST have their own pass.  You can’t share.

Please return this sheet and check to:  Lake Center, by November 11th!

Questions? lkoop@portageps.org

Conferences are coming up!  NEW Scheduling Tool!

Click Here to schedule your conference(s).  The code is M8ugz You must type this code to schedule. Please give yourself enough time between conferences. You have until 4pm on Wednesday 11/9 to book and/or make any changes to your conference day/time.  After that date, you will need to contact the teacher directly.  Please remember only one conference per student.   If you need access to technology to schedule, please stop by our office or the Portage District Library.

This week we explored all kinds of weather. We also explored the question “How do you know what a story is mostly about?” In the informational text Super Storms, we learned about several kinds of extreme weather. Then we read Weather Poems, including “Night Drumming for Rain,” “Leaves,” and “Morning Sun.”

Target Vocabulary: flash, equal, damage, reach, pounding, prevent, beware, bend 

Phonics Skills: Consonant digraphs th, sh, wh, ch, tch, ph; base words with endings -s, -ed, -ing (no spelling changes)

Vocabulary Strategy: Compound words 

Comprehension Skill: Main ideas and details—tell important ideas and details about a topic 

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

Lesson 9

Objective:  Count from $10 to $1,000 on the place value chart and the empty number line.

Lesson 10

Objective:  Explore $1,000.  How many $10 bills can we change for a thousand dollar bill?

Lesson 11 

Objective: Count the total value of ones, tens, and hundreds with place value disks. 

Lesson 12 

Objective: Change 10 ones for 1 ten, 10 tens for 1 hundred, and 10 hundreds for 1 thousand.

Lesson 13 

Objective: Read and write numbers within 1,000 after modeling with place value disks.