Halloween Week Update

I am so happy that I got to meet with you at conferences!  I enjoyed talking about the progress your child is making.  I LOVE bragging about your kids to you!

Here is what is happening next week:

Spelling:  Blue group test on Monday, Green group test on Tuesday, Yellow group test on Wednesday

Social Studies:  We will be reviewing chapter 5 next week.  Our test will be on Thursday!  Then we will begin our study of Government!

Math:  We will be reviewing chapter 6 (money) Monday and Tuesday.  Our test will be Wednesday.  Then we will move to studying time.

Science:  We will begin the study of the our planet Earth, and our solar system.  We will begin by studying how the Earth moves and why we have seasons. 

Reading:  We will be using our reading strategies to infer what will come next in our books.  Inferring is when good readers use what they know and uses what the author tells them to make smart guesses as to what will happen next.  Sometimes authors don't clearly and obviously tell us everything.  They often use clues.  We are going to be finding those clues, to help us better understand our reading.

Writing:  We will be working on word choice.  As authors we want to keep our readers interested and excited, so we will be choosing our words carefully.  We will also look at the difference of word choice and voice in narrative pieces and expository print. 

 

Important Dates:

Monday:  Halloween!  Bring costumes to school.  Parade at 1:20, Party from 1:45-2:45

Tuesday:  SPTG meeting 5:45

Friday:  Picture Retake Day

weekly update 10.24-27

I hope you all are as excited as I am for parent teacher conferences, next week!  I have many wonderful things to tell you about your child!!  Thank you to Mr. Ackerman, who chaperoned our field trip.  We had a wonderful time at the Old Courthouse and visiting the Arch.  Check out the blog for pictures.  I should have them posted by Saturday night :)

This is what's going on next week:

 

Spelling- Blue group is testing on Thursday.  Green group is 15 syllable and affixes and yellow is 4 within words and blue is 22 within words on spellingcity.com

Social Studies-  We're finishing up chapter 5 (Early Settlers).  We will study how to read a time line and we will review all the concepts and vocabulary that we learned in chapter 5.  The test will be the following week.

Math- We are working with money.  We're making change from $5(subtracting money), adding money amounts, comparing different amounts of money with less than, greater than, and equal to signs.  You can access computer math games from my class blog.  The students have been playing them in class. Chapter 6 test will be early next week.

Science- We didn't get to our quiz this week, so we will take it on Tuesday.  Then we will review the entire unit and they will take a unit test (without the book) the following week.

Reading- We are discussing how schema helps us become better readers.  Students will:

*activate relevant prior knowledge before, during, and after reading

*decide if they need additional background information about the topic

*use their schema to enhance their understanding and provide a framework for learning new information

Writing- We are studying how writers use VOICE in their writing to change the purpose or meaning of their written work.  Students will write short pieces using various voices this week.

 

Dates to Remember:

Red Ribbon Week!

Monday- Wear RED! to kick of Red Ribbon Week

Conferences in the evening

Tuesday- "I'm a jean-ious, I'm drug free!"- wear jeans and Lindbergh spirit wear

Wednesday- "United we stand for a drug free land"- wear red, white, and blue 

Conferences in the evening

Thursday- "Hair's to a drug free life"- crazy hair day

Sheldon Music Hall field trip  (we will be back in time for lunch, so don't worry about packing a lunch)

Friday- No School!

Money Websites

Click on the link below for a list of money websites.  When choosing a website, click on the GREEN words. 

Money Websites

School Store

School Store is open tomorrow, Wednesday October 19th during lunch!

Culver's Night Tonight

What could be better

Than a big, Butter Burger?

A Culver's Butter Burger's

On your mind.

Add some tomatoes

And a side of fried potatoes (fries)

A better Butter Burger

You'll not find!

 

Thank you, thank you.  Poetry can be fun and tasty! (Subliminal message here---cheese curds) Hey--don't forget, the 5th graders will be hosting Culver's Night tonite, with proceeds from tips and purchases going toward their 5th grade party. (Subliminal message here---burgers and chicken) Eat in, carry-out, drive thru--it all works!  See you all there!  (Subliminal message here---ice cream).

weekly update 10.17-21

Sorry for not getting this out to you before the weekend!  Report cards have taken up every last free moment.  Well, that and the Cardinal games have thrown me off my normal schedule.  Here's what's going on this week:

 

Spelling:  Green group test on Monday.  Yellow group test on Tuesday.  Blue group is working on 22 within word list, Green group will be working on 15 syllable and affixes list, and Yellow group will be working on 4 within words list.

 

Social Studies:  We are continuing to study St. Louis Early Settlers.  Students will be role playing and writing letters to family members about life in St. Louis during the 1800's.  I'm excited to see how this study comes to full circle as they tour the Old Courthouse and the Arch Museum on Thursday!  We will also work on reading line graphs and making morse code sentences!

 

Math:  We will test over chapter 5 on Tuesday, and begin Ch. 6 on Wednesday.  Ch. 6 will focus on Money!  Students generally have a difficult time finding change from $5.00.  So if real world experience lends itself, please help your child practice adding and subtracting money.

 

Science:  We will be reviewing food chains and food webs.  An open book quiz will be given on Wednesday.  Then we will review for our unit test.  This test will not be open book and will be next week.

 

Reading:  We are working on developing individual reading goals for second quarter.  We will continue reviewing various strategies with online games and activities. 

 

Writing:  Students will work on their "How?" stories.  They will need to write about how something came to be...for example...How did zebra's get their stripes?  This will provide students with a creative and imaginary outlet for writing with a specific purpose. 

 

Important Dates:

Thursday- Old Courthouse field trip.  Please make sure your child brings a sack lunch to school; we will be eating a picnic lunch under the Arch.  Please make sure  you pay attention to the weather forecast for this day, as your child will be spending time outside. 

Saturday- Boonanza at the high school 4-8pm

Weekly Update 10.10-14

Hello!

Wow, this week went super fast!!  Thank you for helping your kids study for all the quizzes and tests we had this week.  I think they did pretty good!

Graded papers will be sent home on Wednesday in their Wednesday folders.  Just a reminder that First Quarter ends on October 14th!

Here's what is going on this week:

Spelling- Blue Group test on Thursday, October 13th

Social Studies- Beginning a new chapter (5) Newcomers Settle.  Students will identify reasons why St. Louis grew in the 1800's; describe the economies established by settlers in St. Louis; identify ways in which St. Louis has changed and stayed the same over time. They will also read and interpret historical data using a line graph. 

Math- Chapter 5 (Subtraction) Subtracting across zero's, regrouping, and subtracting 3-4 digit numbers. 

Science- We are studying pages 172-176 in our book:  Food chains and Energy pyramids! Check out the games I have for these concepts on the blog!

Writing- We are learning about themes and moral of the story, to help us develop a writing idea.  Students are writing two short stories this week.  Did you check out their imaginative animal stories on the blog?  I'm so proud of our team's authors!

Reading- We will be reviewing all the strategies we learned this quarter:  making predictions, finding cause and effect relationships, making connections, asking and answering questions.

 

FYI's

Monday- Sappington Psghetti's Night

Tuesday- St. John's Blood Drive at Sappington 2:15-6:15

Wednesday- Walk a Thon

Friday- Half Day Dismiss at 11:50

Science Sites

Food Chains

Food Web

Habitat Food Webs

Dairy Tour 2

Dairy Tour

Iestyn

Maddie

Tim

Dylan T

Ella

Olivia

Denise

Mimi

Isabel

Dylan S

Madison

Drew

Ellie

Shane

Zach

Hannah

Peace at the Magic House

Dear Parents,

You are invited to bring your entire family to The Magic House to celebrate our school-wide Peace Ball!

Monday, October 17, 2011

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

The Magic House (address and directions below)

·         Bring a camera to take a picture of your child and family with the Peace Ball

·         Come to the Main Entrance; if early, wait on the porch until doors open at 6 p.m.

·         Bring water; there are no refreshments in the evening

·         Enjoy the nation’s most popular Children’s Museum

·         Celebrate the Peacemakers that created your school-wide Peace Ball with individual actions of
compassion, fairness and conflict resolution.

Directions:

516 S. Kirkwood Road • St. Louis, MO 63122 • 314-822-8900

Kirkwood Road is the section of Lindbergh Boulevard between Big Bend Boulevard and Manchester Road.

From the Lindbergh exit, The Magic House is located:
one mile north of I-44 or
four miles south of I-40/64

Link to a map http://www.magichouse.org/plan-your-visit-directions.php