Good Afternoon!
We started this morning off talking about the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Our class had a lot of questions about the details, but we spent most of our time talking about JFK's life and career before his death. We read an article in Time for Kids and also went online to see some pictures of his life. Next week, I hope to talk about Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address with the class. If you have any age appropriate books at home, feel free to send them in about either President!
Last week we were able to scoot over to the high school for a sneak peak at Alice! If you haven't been able to see the full length show, this weekend is your last chance! Five of our students are in the production and it is FABULOUS! What a talented class we have!
We spent about three hours this week completely NWEA tests. Once the results are in and I have had a chance to set goals with the students, I will share the results with you. Great Works began taking this test last year. Some teachers may have not shared the information with you, but I will send home a sheet that explains the results. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about them.
Our Personal Narrative writing unit is finished! We had a great celebration a few weeks ago and students were able to bring home their comment sheet last week. After I finish grading each one, student pieces will come home. This week, we started our Realistic Fiction writing unit! Students will be using the "Five Facts of Fiction" to help create their story. This week we spent a lot of time building our character; their name, age, physical characteristics, what their life is like, what they like to do, etc. Students used phone book pages to help choose a name for their character!
In Math, we started Unit 4; Division. We will be spending the majority of our time on the traditional method of division. However, if students want to use the Partial Quotients method, they are allowed to. If you would like a tutoring on the Partial Quotients method, you can find one here.
Today I sent home a letter about our holiday celebration. We will be celebrating with a mug exchange and hot cocoa party. Please read the letter and get back to me if you are will to donate something for our celebration. I know it seems early, but I wanted to send it home so we had plenty of time to prepare for it! We break for Christmas much earlier this year than in years past. No harm being prepared! :)
The Library will be holding a Holiday Book Fair the week of December 2nd-6th. Family Night will be December 5th from 5:30-7:30pm with family games in the cafeteria and elves to do some wrapping. Mrs. Moloney is looking for some volunteers! Go to www.signupgenius.com and search for her email address (cynthia.moloney@rsu35.org) to volunteer!
I have pictures to post on the blog from our writing celebration and our Skype about Beringia. I will update again this weekend!
And lastly, MGWS has a Facebook! Check the page for announcements. Mrs. Lindgren and myself will be updating the page.
Important Dates:
November 27th-29th - No School, Thanksgiving Break
December 6th - Chorus Caroling
December 11th - Chorus/Band Winter Concert 1:30 and 7:00
December 13th - Chorus trip to Eliot Elementary School
December 13th - MGWS Sleepover
December 20th - Winter Mug Exchange
Friday, November 22, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Weekly Update 11/1
Good Afternoon!
I apologize for my blog absence! October is such a busy month and I'm sorry I haven't updated you on what's going on in our classroom. I'll do my best to catch you up!
We are halfway through Unit 3 in Everyday Math. Unit 3 focuses on Geometry. Students have been practicing measuring angles with a half circle protractor and a full circle protractor. There are some great games available online for practice, too! Check out one of the games here. We also touched briefly on the United State Census and it's importance. Unit 2 tests will be going home on Monday with a Progress Report for each standard.
We've entered the editing phase of our Personal Narrative Unit! Students soaked up the revision lessons we did this week and last. We are using our very best handwriting to write a final draft and we will be CELEBRATING on Wednesday! We are very excited to show off our final pieces. The students have worked very hard! I will be sending home their final draft and will keep a photocopy here for grading purposes. Make sure to ask your child about AAAWWUBBIS words, Flashbacks and how to tie up loose ends at the end of a story.
In Social Studies, students are working hard on their research projects! Students are in groups of two or three and researching an early European Explorer. After a few mini-lessons on how to research and using reliable websites and published works, students began their research. This week students started their Google Presentations. They are looking great! Presentations are being worked on at school and there is no expectation that they will be worked on at home. However, if you student wants to show you, they can log-in to their RSU 35 Google account from home and show it to you!
Our school is participating in a food drive for the Lions Club! Our classroom has been asked to bring in Coffee, Tea or Hot Chocolate! If our class brings in over 50 items, I've promised them something special!
I enjoyed talking to all of you at Parent Teacher Conferences this week and last. It's always nice to talk to all of you!
Upcoming Dates:
November 7th - Veteran's Day Assembly and Breakfast 9:00am
November 8th - Picture Retakes
November 11th - No School, Veteran's Day
November 21st - Walk to School Day
November 27-29th - No School, Thanksgiving Break
I apologize for my blog absence! October is such a busy month and I'm sorry I haven't updated you on what's going on in our classroom. I'll do my best to catch you up!
We are halfway through Unit 3 in Everyday Math. Unit 3 focuses on Geometry. Students have been practicing measuring angles with a half circle protractor and a full circle protractor. There are some great games available online for practice, too! Check out one of the games here. We also touched briefly on the United State Census and it's importance. Unit 2 tests will be going home on Monday with a Progress Report for each standard.
We've entered the editing phase of our Personal Narrative Unit! Students soaked up the revision lessons we did this week and last. We are using our very best handwriting to write a final draft and we will be CELEBRATING on Wednesday! We are very excited to show off our final pieces. The students have worked very hard! I will be sending home their final draft and will keep a photocopy here for grading purposes. Make sure to ask your child about AAAWWUBBIS words, Flashbacks and how to tie up loose ends at the end of a story.
In Social Studies, students are working hard on their research projects! Students are in groups of two or three and researching an early European Explorer. After a few mini-lessons on how to research and using reliable websites and published works, students began their research. This week students started their Google Presentations. They are looking great! Presentations are being worked on at school and there is no expectation that they will be worked on at home. However, if you student wants to show you, they can log-in to their RSU 35 Google account from home and show it to you!
Our school is participating in a food drive for the Lions Club! Our classroom has been asked to bring in Coffee, Tea or Hot Chocolate! If our class brings in over 50 items, I've promised them something special!
I enjoyed talking to all of you at Parent Teacher Conferences this week and last. It's always nice to talk to all of you!
Upcoming Dates:
November 7th - Veteran's Day Assembly and Breakfast 9:00am
November 8th - Picture Retakes
November 11th - No School, Veteran's Day
November 21st - Walk to School Day
November 27-29th - No School, Thanksgiving Break
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