Each Friday we will be testing the students in math on our fact set of the week. It will be a timed test. Each week if the students master the skill for the week, they will earn a topping for our ice cream party at the end of the year. Please see the homework for the skills of the week for each class. Since this was the homework for the students all year, we will be putting their knowledge to the test now that the year is coming to a close. Please continue to review these at home.
Writer's Workshop:
We are working on our creative narrative unit and are focusing on including good details and describing words. The kids will go through the writing process to write a creative story this week.
Monday: Create a tree map with all of our story elements parts
Tuesday: Use our tree map to make a flow map. Add an opening and closing sentence.
Wednesday: Finish adding details to our flow map and begin our rough drafts.
Thursday: Finish our rough drafts then edit and revise them.
Friday: Write our final drafts and share in a small group.
Project Group:
We are continuing with our Economics unit. This week the kids are we are reviewing the concepts of goods and services, and types of resources through literature and art. The kids are doing well with picking up the new vocabulary through our play-dough economics lessons.
Reading:
Mrs. Johns' Reading:
Story of the week: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Junior Great Books Series)
Words of the week: who, will, tell, why, them
We will be doing a lot of comprehension work with the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs story this week, including sequencing, character maps, and exploring the setting.
Ms. Aguilar's Reading:
Miss Abeyta will be teaching our reading unit this week.
Story of the Week: A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Genre: realistic fiction
Comprehension Skill: identifying the plot of the story
Word Wall Words: green, gym, jump, junk, girl, it's
Mrs. Sullivan's Reading:
Word family - suffixes ly and ment
dictation words:
(ly) quickly, softly, quietly, loudly
(ment) treatment, excitement, enjoyment, advertisement
High frequency words: said, teacher, almost, about, could
Dictation sentences:
For dictation sentences this week I would like for each student to write one paragraph about
what they like about reading class. The paragraph should contain at least 5 sentences.
Students should use cups to edit the paragraph. Turn in the final edited paper by Friday.
We are practicing comprehension skills this week, including predicting, sequencing, and finding details for the beginning, middle, end of a story.
Math:
Mrs. Johns' Math: This week in math, we will start spending a few minutes each day on test taking strategies in preparation for the Stanford 10 test. We will continue working to organize and analyze data as well as reviewing needed skills during centers.
Monday: Introduction to a new Test Taking Strategy & Tile Math
Tuesday: Data
Wednesday: Data
Thursday/Friday: Centers
Ms. Aguilar's Math: In math this week we will continue to add double digit numbers without regrouping and also do subrtaction. We will continue to review place value.
Monday: Double digit math centers
Tuesday: Double digit math centers
Wednesday: Double digit math centers
Thursday: Double digit math centers
Friday: Double digit math centers
Mrs. Sullivan's Math: This week in math, we will start spending a few minutes each day on test taking strategies in preparation for the Stanford 10 test. We are also learning place value and double digit addition.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Week of April 2nd
Writer's Workshop:
We are working on our creative narrative unit and are focusing on including good details and describing words. The kids will go through the writing process to write a creative story this week.
Project Group:
We are continuing with our Economics unit. This week the kids are learning about Opportunity cost, producers, consumers, and trade. The kids are doing well with picking up the new vocabulary through our play-dough economics lessons.
Reading:
Mrs. Johns' Reading:
Story of the week: Mother of the Waters (Junior Great Books Series)
Words of the week: get, pretty, come, old, said
We will be doing a lot of comprehension work with the Mother of the Waters story this week, including sequencing, character maps, and exploring the setting.
Ms. Aguilar's Reading:
Miss Abeyta will be teaching our reading unit this week.
Story of the Week: A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Genre: realistic fiction
Comprehension Skill: identifying the plot of the story
Word Wall Words: won't, were, where, when, why, was
Mrs. Sullivan's Reading:
Word family - suffixes tion, sion
dictation words:
(tion) fraction, question, vacation, dictation
(sion) discussion, explosion, confusion, decision
High frequency words: everything, anyone, something, everybody
Dictation sentences:
1. Does anyone know where I left my pencil pouch?
2. I already asked everybody if they found my pencil pouch.
3. You lost something every day this week.
We are practicing comprehension skills this week, including predicting, sequencing, and finding details for the beginning, middle, end of a story.
Math:
Mrs. Johns' Math: This week in math, we will start spending a few minutes each day on test taking strategies in preparation for the Stanford 10 test. We will also be doing a Data Project, where the kids will have to apply data collection, analysis, and organization to solve a real-life problem.
Monday: Introduction to a new Test Taking Strategy & Tile Math
Tuesday: Begin Data Project
Wednesday: Continue Data Project
Thursday/Friday: Centers
Ms. Aguilar's Math: In math this week we will add double digit numbers without regrouping. We will continue to review place value.
Monday: Place value test
Tuesday: Double digit addition
Wednesday: Double digit addition
Thursday: double digit math centers
Friday: Double digit math centers
Mrs. Sullivan's Math: This week in math, we will start spending a few minutes each day on test taking strategies in preparation for the Stanford 10 test. We are also learning place value and double digit addition.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Week of March 26th
Week of March, 26th 2012
Writer's Workshop:
We are working on our creative narrative unit and are focusing on including good details and describing words. This week we will have several mini-lessons to practice adding details and describing words. Thank you for sending in magazines to help us with this!
Project Group:
We are working on our Economics unit this week and will be learning about goods and services, scarcity, and opportunity cost. Thank you for sending in play dough to help with this unit.
Reading:
Mrs. Johns' Reading:
Ms. Boswell is teaching reading for the next two weeks. This week we are focusing on suffixes and base words
Book of the week: The Napping House
Words of the week: give, good, jump, nice, why
Ms. Aguilar's Reading:
Story of the Week: Mr. Putter and Tabby Write a Book by Cynthia Rylant
Genre: realistic fiction
Comprehension Skill: reading ahead
Word Wall Words: trip, right, thing, many, write, or
Mrs. Sullivan's Reading:
Word family - suffixes ing and ed
dictation words:
(ing) swimming, stopping, asking, exciting, giving
(ed) waved, laughed, tripped, married, cried
High frequency words: after, beautiful, enough
Dictation sentences:
1. I laughed when my brother tripped over the stick.
2. My brother cried because he skinned his knee.
3. My sister kept asking him if he wanted some candy.
4. It was exciting when he finally felt better and we could finish hiking.
We are practicing comprehension skills this week, including predicting, making connections, and visualizing a story and beginning, middle, end of a story.
Math:
Mrs. Johns' Math: Miss Miller is continuing the time unit this week. Today the kids took the pre-assessment to see what they already know about time. For the rest of the week the kids will be working in small groups in centers and with Miss Miller to practice working on time related skills.
Ms. Aguilar's Math: In math this week we will continue place value. We are working on ones and tens.
Monday: Place value centers
Tuesday: Place value centers
Wednesday: Place value centers
Thursday: April calendar
Friday: More practice with place value and quiz.
Mrs. Sullivan's Math: In math this week Miss Zucarro is teaching measurement. In centers students will practice estimation, measurement and graphing.
Writer's Workshop:
We are working on our creative narrative unit and are focusing on including good details and describing words. This week we will have several mini-lessons to practice adding details and describing words. Thank you for sending in magazines to help us with this!
Project Group:
We are working on our Economics unit this week and will be learning about goods and services, scarcity, and opportunity cost. Thank you for sending in play dough to help with this unit.
Reading:
Mrs. Johns' Reading:
Ms. Boswell is teaching reading for the next two weeks. This week we are focusing on suffixes and base words
Book of the week: The Napping House
Words of the week: give, good, jump, nice, why
Ms. Aguilar's Reading:
Story of the Week: Mr. Putter and Tabby Write a Book by Cynthia Rylant
Genre: realistic fiction
Comprehension Skill: reading ahead
Word Wall Words: trip, right, thing, many, write, or
Mrs. Sullivan's Reading:
Word family - suffixes ing and ed
dictation words:
(ing) swimming, stopping, asking, exciting, giving
(ed) waved, laughed, tripped, married, cried
High frequency words: after, beautiful, enough
Dictation sentences:
1. I laughed when my brother tripped over the stick.
2. My brother cried because he skinned his knee.
3. My sister kept asking him if he wanted some candy.
4. It was exciting when he finally felt better and we could finish hiking.
We are practicing comprehension skills this week, including predicting, making connections, and visualizing a story and beginning, middle, end of a story.
Math:
Mrs. Johns' Math: Miss Miller is continuing the time unit this week. Today the kids took the pre-assessment to see what they already know about time. For the rest of the week the kids will be working in small groups in centers and with Miss Miller to practice working on time related skills.
Ms. Aguilar's Math: In math this week we will continue place value. We are working on ones and tens.
Monday: Place value centers
Tuesday: Place value centers
Wednesday: Place value centers
Thursday: April calendar
Friday: More practice with place value and quiz.
Mrs. Sullivan's Math: In math this week Miss Zucarro is teaching measurement. In centers students will practice estimation, measurement and graphing.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Week of March 19
This week we will take our 4th quarter Galileo Benchmark tests. Our cluster will test on Thursday and Friday. We will not need our usual volunteers for reading or math on Thursday morning. Thank you!
Writer's Workshop:
We are starting a creative narrative unit and are focusing on including good details and describing words. This week we will have several mini-lessons to practice adding details and describing words. Thank you for sending in magazines to help us with this!
Project Group:
We are beginning our Economics unit this week and will be learning about goods and services as well as producers and consumers. Thank you for sending in play dough to help with this unit.
Reading:
Mrs. Johns' Reading:
Ms. Boswell is teaching reading for the next two weeks. This week we are focusing on compound words. Please practice reading and identifying compound words at home this week!
Book of the week: Once There Was a Bullfrog
Words of the week: into, one, thing, some, then
Ms. Aguilar's Reading:
Story of the Week: Mr. Putter and Tabby Write a Book by Cynthia Rylant
Genre: realistic fiction
Comprehension Skill: reading ahead
Word Wall Words: who, can't, joke, float, they're, quit
Mrs. Sullivan's Reading:
Word family - plurals s, es, ies
dictation words:
(s) friends, pencils, chapters, pages
(es) lunches, bushes, wishes, inches
(ies) countries, bunnies, babies, cities
Dictation sentences:
1. Most of the pencils were more than eight inches long. 2. We saw five snakes and six bunnies at the pet store. 3. My mom makes seven lunches in the morning. 4. Everything he touches turns to gold.
We are practicing comprehension skills this week, including predicting, making connections, and visualizing a story.
Math:
Mrs. Johns' Math: Miss Miller will be starting a unit on time this week. Today the kids took the pre-assessment to see what they already know about time. For the rest of the week the kids will be working in small groups in centers and with Miss Miller to practice working on time related skills.
Ms. Aguilar's Math: In math this week I will introduce place value. We are working on ones and tens.
Monday: Introduction to place value using the place value mats.
Tuesday: Place value addition
Wednesday: Place value centers
Thursday: Place value centers continued
Friday: More practice with place value.
Mrs. Sullivan's Math: In math this week Miss Zucarro is teaching measurement. We are learning about feet, inches, centimeters, yards, and nonstandard measurement. We are also learning about tools that we use for measurement. We will have fun practicing measuring this week with a variety of tools.
Writer's Workshop:
We are starting a creative narrative unit and are focusing on including good details and describing words. This week we will have several mini-lessons to practice adding details and describing words. Thank you for sending in magazines to help us with this!
Project Group:
We are beginning our Economics unit this week and will be learning about goods and services as well as producers and consumers. Thank you for sending in play dough to help with this unit.
Reading:
Mrs. Johns' Reading:
Ms. Boswell is teaching reading for the next two weeks. This week we are focusing on compound words. Please practice reading and identifying compound words at home this week!
Book of the week: Once There Was a Bullfrog
Words of the week: into, one, thing, some, then
Ms. Aguilar's Reading:
Story of the Week: Mr. Putter and Tabby Write a Book by Cynthia Rylant
Genre: realistic fiction
Comprehension Skill: reading ahead
Word Wall Words: who, can't, joke, float, they're, quit
Mrs. Sullivan's Reading:
Word family - plurals s, es, ies
dictation words:
(s) friends, pencils, chapters, pages
(es) lunches, bushes, wishes, inches
(ies) countries, bunnies, babies, cities
Dictation sentences:
1. Most of the pencils were more than eight inches long. 2. We saw five snakes and six bunnies at the pet store. 3. My mom makes seven lunches in the morning. 4. Everything he touches turns to gold.
We are practicing comprehension skills this week, including predicting, making connections, and visualizing a story.
Math:
Mrs. Johns' Math: Miss Miller will be starting a unit on time this week. Today the kids took the pre-assessment to see what they already know about time. For the rest of the week the kids will be working in small groups in centers and with Miss Miller to practice working on time related skills.
Ms. Aguilar's Math: In math this week I will introduce place value. We are working on ones and tens.
Monday: Introduction to place value using the place value mats.
Tuesday: Place value addition
Wednesday: Place value centers
Thursday: Place value centers continued
Friday: More practice with place value.
Mrs. Sullivan's Math: In math this week Miss Zucarro is teaching measurement. We are learning about feet, inches, centimeters, yards, and nonstandard measurement. We are also learning about tools that we use for measurement. We will have fun practicing measuring this week with a variety of tools.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Magazines Needed
Please send in kid-friendly magazines that we can use to cut out pictures for some upcoming projects. You can start sending them in as soon as you can. Thanks so much!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Week of February 27th
We still need lots more parents for the Zoo field trip on the 5th. Please email your child's homeroom teacher if you want to join us, and send in your $5 ASAP! Thank you!
It is that time of year when lice seems to visit our cluster. Please remind your children about preventative measures. No hugging, no stuffed animals at school, no sharing personal items.
It is our recommendation that girls wear their hair up. Thank you!
Our student teachers are taking over this week as we wrap up things for the quarter and prepare for the summative. Miss Aguilar, Mrs. Sullivan, and Mrs. Johns will be in and out of the classroom this week, and when we are not in the room, we will be working together to complete some projects and plan together for the next quarter.
Writer's Workshop:
The kids will be doing some creative writing this week about animals. They will work to have a clear beginning, middle, and end to their stories.
Project Group:
The kids will be wrapping up their summative projects, completing their animal non-fiction books, and writing and rehearsing their speeches to give at the ASU Prep Zoo on Thursday.
Reading:
Mrs. Johns' Reading:
This week the kids will be doing some wrap up and review of their non-fiction unit with Miss Miller.
Book of the week:
Words of the week: children, brother, house, sister, teacher
Ms. Aguilar's Reading:
*Ms. Abeyta will be taking over reading this week.
Story of the Week: George Washington Carver by Sabrina Crew
Genre: Biography
Comprehension Skill: rereading to find evidence
Word Wall Words: phone, pretty, boy, drink, crash, sale
Mrs. Sullivan's Reading:
Word family - oil, oal, oat, oy
High frequency words: favorite, first, thank, sports, slow
Dictation sentences: What is your favorite sport? Thank you for the birthday present.
I enjoy floating down the river.
We are practicing comprehension skills this week, including predicting, making connections, and thinking about another person's perspective. We are also practicing our readers theaters for the summative!
Math:
Mrs. Johns' Math: Ms. Boswell will be doing some wrap up and review of her measurement and fraction units. The kids will do some fun projects to apply their new knowledge!
Ms. Aguilar's Math: In math this week Ms. Abeyta will be taking over. She will introduce and teach about graphing and analyzing data from graphs.
Monday: Super hero graph
Tuesday: Data analysis game
Wednesday: Graph centers
Thursday: Graph centers continued
Friday: More practice with graphs and a quiz.
Mrs. Sullivan's Math: In math this week Miss Zucarro is teaching measurement. We are learning about feet, inches, and nonstandard measurement.
It is that time of year when lice seems to visit our cluster. Please remind your children about preventative measures. No hugging, no stuffed animals at school, no sharing personal items.
It is our recommendation that girls wear their hair up. Thank you!
Our student teachers are taking over this week as we wrap up things for the quarter and prepare for the summative. Miss Aguilar, Mrs. Sullivan, and Mrs. Johns will be in and out of the classroom this week, and when we are not in the room, we will be working together to complete some projects and plan together for the next quarter.
Writer's Workshop:
The kids will be doing some creative writing this week about animals. They will work to have a clear beginning, middle, and end to their stories.
Project Group:
The kids will be wrapping up their summative projects, completing their animal non-fiction books, and writing and rehearsing their speeches to give at the ASU Prep Zoo on Thursday.
Reading:
Mrs. Johns' Reading:
This week the kids will be doing some wrap up and review of their non-fiction unit with Miss Miller.
Book of the week:
Words of the week: children, brother, house, sister, teacher
Ms. Aguilar's Reading:
*Ms. Abeyta will be taking over reading this week.
Story of the Week: George Washington Carver by Sabrina Crew
Genre: Biography
Comprehension Skill: rereading to find evidence
Word Wall Words: phone, pretty, boy, drink, crash, sale
Mrs. Sullivan's Reading:
Word family - oil, oal, oat, oy
High frequency words: favorite, first, thank, sports, slow
Dictation sentences: What is your favorite sport? Thank you for the birthday present.
I enjoy floating down the river.
We are practicing comprehension skills this week, including predicting, making connections, and thinking about another person's perspective. We are also practicing our readers theaters for the summative!
Math:
Mrs. Johns' Math: Ms. Boswell will be doing some wrap up and review of her measurement and fraction units. The kids will do some fun projects to apply their new knowledge!
Ms. Aguilar's Math: In math this week Ms. Abeyta will be taking over. She will introduce and teach about graphing and analyzing data from graphs.
Monday: Super hero graph
Tuesday: Data analysis game
Wednesday: Graph centers
Thursday: Graph centers continued
Friday: More practice with graphs and a quiz.
Mrs. Sullivan's Math: In math this week Miss Zucarro is teaching measurement. We are learning about feet, inches, and nonstandard measurement.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Class Baskets
We are currently collecting items for the Silent Auction Baskets at the ASU Spring Picnic, our big fundraiser for the school! Each class is collecting different types of items to go into a class basket that will be auctioned off. We are hoping to have our items collected before we leave for spring break, so you can start sending things in anytime. Thank you for your help with this important fundraiser!
Mrs. Johns' Class- ASU Basket (We need anything ASU!)
Mrs. Sullivan's Class- Outdoor Fun Basket (We need games, lawn chairs, kites, bubbles, chalk, swimming gear, beach towels, etc.)
Miss Aguilar's Class- Gourmet Baking Basket (We need cookie sheets, cake pans, recipe books, utensils, etc.)
Mrs. Johns' Class- ASU Basket (We need anything ASU!)
Mrs. Sullivan's Class- Outdoor Fun Basket (We need games, lawn chairs, kites, bubbles, chalk, swimming gear, beach towels, etc.)
Miss Aguilar's Class- Gourmet Baking Basket (We need cookie sheets, cake pans, recipe books, utensils, etc.)
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