Tuesday, January 3, 2012

WELCOME BACK!!

Welcome Back Students in Harry Potter Room #1. We have missed you over this Holiday Break and can't wait to get back to see you and continue learning and having a great time. We want to thank you for all of the Christmas Treasures you gave to Mrs. Shore and myself and hope you had a wonderful Christmas and very happy New Year.

Housekeeping:


Tuesday, January 3, 2012: Start back up after Christmas Break


Monday, January 9, 2012: PLC Early Release


Monday, January 16, 2012: NO SCHOOL Martin Luther King Day


Friday, January 20, 2012: End of Third Six Weeks


Friday, January 20, 2012: AR Goal Deadline


Language Arts:


This week is a writing week. First of all we will focus on writing a summary. Mrs. Graham will introduce a writing score sheet or rubric so you will know what we are looking for when we grade the summary. Each class member will write a summary on the story "Dogzilla". We sure loved your Newspaper Headlines you wrote before the Christmas Break.


A New Homework Take Home Folder with the Spelling words for the week will come home today. You will also receive Homework, a cursive page and the new Spelling Words. Homework is due back on Friday and you will also have your Spelling Test.


Math:


The class will continue to work on Unit 5. We will have a Unit Test at the end of the week. These are some of the things you will see on the assessment:



  • Rounding

  • Multi-step word problems

  • Table and Graphs

  • Bar Graphs

  • Picto-Graphs

Science:


One more week of learning about Matter and Energy and Forces. Next week we will have a one-week Unit on Martin Luther King before we start back up on our Social Studies Unit.


Technology:


Our class is working on a PowerPoint slide show for Parent Teacher Conference. Currently, the students are changing Font size and color. Next week we will begin to work on transitions between slides and then add pictures and music. They are doing a really great job and enjoying the process!


Question of the Week:


Analogies:


Farmer: Field as Nurse:___________


Potato: Vegetable as Cherry:___________


What Kind of story was Dogzilla?


A) Fiction


B) Non-Fiction


C)Fairy Tale


D) Fantasy








2 comments:

The Figueroas said...
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The Figueroas said...

1.hospital
2.fruit
3.fiction,fantasy

Carlos Figueroa