HAPPY HALLOWEEN

HOUSEKEEPING:
Monday, October 31, 2011: Halloween!!! Class Party begins at 12:30
Monday, October 31, 2011: Early Release PLC
Monday, October 31, 2011: WEAR RED DAY
Tuesday, November 1, 2011: Red Ribbon Wear Pajamas Day
Wednesday, November 2, 2011: Red Ribbon Crazy Hair Day
Thursday, November 3, 2011: Red Ribbon Backwards/Inside Out Day
Friday, November 4, 2011: Red Ribbon Extreme Spirit Day (wear Ellis colors)
Friday, November 4, 2011: Deadline for bringing money in to order Special Class Book
Wednesday, November 2, 2011: McDonald's Night

LANGUAGE:
This week our class is going to work on writing instructions on how to do something. We will learn how to use time order words such as:
first
then
next
finally

Spelling Words for the week are:
now
off
for
almost
also
can't
cannot
about
always
today
until
again
February
Saturday
Wednesday
January

Math:
We just finished up our unit on addition and subtraction and now it is time for a little Geometry. We will measure lines and learn how to recognize more complex shapes.

Social Studies:
As we finish learning about the organization of a community and its leaders and people, we will begin to study about several different Native American Communities.

Question of the Day......
How many sides does a rectangle have?
How many sides does a circle have?
Who is the mayor of Chubbuck, the community where we live?

Of course we are looking for good spelling, neat penmanship, and proper punctuation.

The BFG Party was a HUGE SUCCESS!!

Housekeeping:

Thanks to all the parents who were able to make it into Parent Teacher Conferences and the Conference Open House. We feel it was a huge success. The students are off to a magnificent start with their Reading Goals. Keep on bringing the Reading logs back!!

Friday, October 28, 2011: Kick-off Assembly for Red Ribbon Week

Friday, October 28, 2011: Fall Pictures

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: McDonald's Night

Monday, October 31, 2011: Halloween Party-First Day of Red Ribbon Week (Wear Red Day)

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: Pajama Day

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: Crazy Hair Day

Thursday, November 3, 2011: Inside Out Day

Friday, November 4, 2011 Extreme Ellis Spirit Day

We start a new Reading Unit this Week. It is called "Traditions". The first story is a non-fictional (true) story byPatricia Polacco. It is called "The Keeping Quilt". It tells the story of a Family Heirloom passed down from generation to generation. The spelling words for the week concentrate on the long vowel sounds /a/ and /e/.

*paint

*clay

*feel

*leave

*neighbor

*eight

*seem

*speak

*paid

*lay

*need

*weigh

Please keep bringing your Reading Logs Back and Reading each Night!!

Math:

We are almost at the Unit End. This week we will review for the Unit Math exam, practice how subtraction relates to addition, practice more subtraction, and then take the test on Friday.

Social Studies:

Room #1 is learning about communities: a community's History, the people who live and work in a community and help make it successful.

Question of the week:

Subtract over zero to find the correct answer:

604

- 339

What kind of sentences are the following:

Would you please shampoo the baby's hair tonight in the bathtub?

I like to drink hot chocolate on a cold winter morning.

Let the Games Begin

The above video clip is of a college marching band performing their show at a football game. I showed this clip to the kids on Friday because we are learning the song with different lyrics...."Harry Potter's in the house tonight". They loved the clip so I included it on the Blog for this week.....ENJOY!! I am a huge marching band fan.

Our new Quidditch Quest for Gold will begin on Monday, October 17, 2011. The students will begin their new AR Goal Reading Challenge. The goal deadline is November 22, 2011. So start reading and testing. All goals will be a little larger than the previous 6-weeks....because now we know what your potential is.

Housekeeping:

• Monday, October 17, 2011: Beginning of 6-week grading period. New AR Goals start here. PLC early release.


• Thursday, October 20, 2011: Parent Teacher Conferences 4:00-6:00 pm scheduled conferences. 6:00-8:00 pm Open House. Come and see what your kids have been doing.


• Thursday/Friday, October 20-21st: Grandparent's Day 8:30 AM in the cafeteria


• Friday, October 21, 2011: AR/BFG Party--Our whole class made it!! Way to go!!

Language:

This week is a genre study. The students will be learning about different types of poems and will be writing some poems in class. We will begin re-copying our Personal Narrative stories so we can prepare to send them into the publishers. They will make great Christmas gifts. The spelling list is as follows:

stand

rest

plate

clock

white

stuff

spoke

bend

frame

twist

June

mile

Math:

This is the week we have been waiting for. We think the kids are really grasping the idea behind ungrouping for subtraction in the tens and hundreds place. This week will really test their subtraction skills as we begin to subtract across zeros.

Social Studies:

This past week we began to study" about communities...how they began, how they grow, and how they function. What is the history of a community? What are the roles of citizens in a community?

Questions of the Week:

Lucky for you guys and gals, there are three questions this week but you still get to earn only one red token for providing the answers. The first question is a math question......

• What is 845-389? Yes you will have to ungroup in the tens and in the hundreds....Good luck!!


• What is a synonym for the word "SCARY"? (Please don't write Mrs. Graham)


• What are the 5 parts of a friendly letter....we have been doing this each morning on the Promethean Board.

End of 6 Weeks!!!

Class #1 wants to congratulate the first boy and girl who were able to join the "Order of the Phoenix"...first boy and girl to reach their AR goal. The lucky winners are:

Kaleb Demuzio and Jenna Hedstrom. We start the contest at the onset of every 6-week grading period. So READ-ON!!

Housekeeping:

Monday, October 10, 2011: Early Release PLC

Thursday, October 13, 2011: End of First Six Weeks

Thursday, October 13, 2011: AR Goal deadline

Thursday, October 20-21: Grandparents Day (8:30 AM)

Thursday, October 20: Parent Conference Open House 6-8 pm

Language: The story for next week is Lost and Found by Mark Teague. The students will love this silly, action-packed adventure. It is one of their favorites. The spelling words for this week focus on the long vowel and silent e pattern:

smoke

huge

save

life

wide

come

mine

grade

smile

note

cube

love

Don't Forget.....The AR Goal Deadline in Thursday, October 13, 2011!!

Math:

On Monday, the students will begin learning how to subtract multi-digit numbers. We will spend a few weeks on this because subtraction over zeroes gets a little tricky!! Keep working on your math fast facts. Remember those strategies. Subtraction is just undoing those strategies.

Social Studies:

Also on Monday, the students will start our Social Studies Unit on communities. We will discuss what makes up a community and the important roles people play in the communities they live in.

Question of the Week:

BRAINSTORM:

Things that go really fast....... ( I need at least 5 items)

Correct this sentence:

me and mrs shore are gonna exercise every morning this week from 530 to 615

CARNIVAL WAS GREAT!!!

THANKS PTA!!!! The Carnival was sooooooo much fun! You did a great job!!

Housekeeping:

Monday, October 3, 2011: Early Release PLC

Monday/Tuesday, October 2011: Special Visitors into Room #1 from ISU Technology Department

Wednesday, October 5, 2011: Spelling Test

Thursday/Friday: Professional Inservice Days

Thursday, October 13, 2011: End of First Six Weeks....AR Goal Deadline

Language:

This week is a short week. We will do a two story review. The two stories are

"The Midnight Ride of Sybil Ludington" and "Radio Rescue". We will take a clicker test on the correct way to take tests. Please keep reading this week even though we are out of school for 2 days. It is almost time for our AR goal deadline.

Spelling List:

drum

huge

drop

last

class

left

wide

mix

send

save

smell

stick

note

thick

hunt

thin

grade

lot

cube

pond

life

sock

luck

shut

smile

MATH

The students in room one have been reviewing addition strategies for double and triple digit numbers. Remember when you are adding money, you need a dollar sign and a decimal point. This week we will start with subtracting. Keep working on those math fact strategies:

*Make a 10

*Doubles

*Doubles plus one

*Plus one

*Plus two

We have learned "New Groups Above", "New Groups Below" and "Show all Groups". These are just a few methods we have learned when adding which help the students to understand the idea behind regrouping numbers.

Social Studies

Our class wrapped up the Science Unit on the Moon, Earth, and Sun and will begin learning about communities this week.

Question of the Week:

What is the antonym for the word "smooth"?

If STEADY and STICKER were the two guide words on a dictionary page, which word below could belong on the page?

*stitch

*stump

*stack

*steak

*staff

FACT or OPINION???? Spiders are the coolest scary things at Halloween time.