Dear Parents, September 20
I hope everyone had a great weekend.
Reading:
This week in reading our story is Letters From Yosemite, pages 116 -127. Your child will bring their book home tonight to read the story.
Skills in reading: main idea, suffixes, and fact and opinion
Vocabulary words are: glacier, impressive, naturalist, preserve, slopes, species, and wilderness.
Language-
We will review the 4 types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.
Skills to be worked on are combining sentences with the conjunctions and, but, and or. We will also look at sentence punctuation.
We are also working on Write Trait which helps with our writing skills.
Social studies: On Monday the students will be having a test over the 7 continents and 4 oceans. We will review latitude and start on longitude. The class will be locating center points using latitude and longitude. Other skills are map reading and measuring distance. On Friday, there will be a test on latitude and longitude
Cursive- We will practice writing the letters Ee, Ff, and Gg. On the days we do not have cursive, the class write in their journals.
Important note:
1.Tonight, Monday, September 20, your child will bring home an update on the AR reading goal. Each student needs to have their paper signed and return it on Tuesday, September 21. Each student should have more than 50% of their goal.
2. Grandparents money is due on Wednesday, September 22. Grandparents
3. School fund raiser- hope it is going well. When you are finished, send the order to school.
4. Continue to study multiplication facts.
5. READ, READ, READ to improve reading skills
Susan Burford
Monday, September 20, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Sept. 13 - 16
Hello, welcome to my "blog" site. This is something new I am doing this year and am very excited about it.
Items due: 1. picture money- due Sept 15.
2. grandparents luncheon money due by Sept. 22.
Reading - This week we are readingm "The Great Horned Prince."
vocbulary words: bargain, lassoed, favors, offended, prairie, riverbed, and shrieked.(writing
the definitions is always done on Monday.) On Tuesday, the synonyms are looked up.
Reading skills: author's purpose, context clues using synonyms, and sequence.
Spelling: This week skills for the long e are being taught. These letter combinations make the sound of long
e. ie as in prairie, ey as in honey, and y as in finally
Every Wednesday is dictation. The students are given 3 sentences. I say the sentence over
and over. The students write the words I say.
Reading and spelling on Thursday the students have "centers." There are 4 centers.
At the fluencey center, students read to me at their grade level.
At the spelling center, students work with different media to practice their words. The media
includes letter magnets, colored pens, materials to "touch" and letter rubbings to spell their words.
At the writing center, the students are writing what would you do if you were a horned toad
prince or a horned toad princess?
At the listening center, the activity will be different this week. The students will listen to a story.
After listening, the students will write the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
Study for the spelling test on Friday.
Continue to work to study multiplication facts at home. Even though I am not teaching math,
we are doing rocket. I am testing each child to see where they are in knowing their facts.
Being aware of their multiplication level is important to me.
Language - we are studying the 4 types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and
exclamatory. We will begin nouns, finding the simple subject and the simple predicate(verb)
Hello, welcome to my "blog" site. This is something new I am doing this year and am very excited about it.
Items due: 1. picture money- due Sept 15.
2. grandparents luncheon money due by Sept. 22.
Reading - This week we are readingm "The Great Horned Prince."
vocbulary words: bargain, lassoed, favors, offended, prairie, riverbed, and shrieked.(writing
the definitions is always done on Monday.) On Tuesday, the synonyms are looked up.
Reading skills: author's purpose, context clues using synonyms, and sequence.
Spelling: This week skills for the long e are being taught. These letter combinations make the sound of long
e. ie as in prairie, ey as in honey, and y as in finally
Every Wednesday is dictation. The students are given 3 sentences. I say the sentence over
and over. The students write the words I say.
Reading and spelling on Thursday the students have "centers." There are 4 centers.
At the fluencey center, students read to me at their grade level.
At the spelling center, students work with different media to practice their words. The media
includes letter magnets, colored pens, materials to "touch" and letter rubbings to spell their words.
At the writing center, the students are writing what would you do if you were a horned toad
prince or a horned toad princess?
At the listening center, the activity will be different this week. The students will listen to a story.
After listening, the students will write the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
Study for the spelling test on Friday.
Continue to work to study multiplication facts at home. Even though I am not teaching math,
we are doing rocket. I am testing each child to see where they are in knowing their facts.
Being aware of their multiplication level is important to me.
Language - we are studying the 4 types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and
exclamatory. We will begin nouns, finding the simple subject and the simple predicate(verb)
Hello, welcome to my "blog" site. This is something new I am doing this year and am very excited about it.
Items due: 1. picture money- due Sept 15.
2. grandparents luncheon money due by Sept. 22.
Reading - This week we are readingm "The Great Horned Prince."
vocbulary words: bargain, lassoed, favors, offended, prairie, riverbed, and shrieked.(writing
the definitions is always done on Monday.) On Tuesday, the synonyms are looked up.
Reading skills: author's purpose, context clues using synonyms, and sequence.
Spelling: This week skills for the long e are being taught. These letter combinations make the sound of long
e. ie as in prairie, ey as in honey, and y as in finally
Every Wednesday is dictation. The students are given 3 sentences. I say the sentence over
and over. The students write the words I say.
Reading and spelling on Thursday the students have "centers." There are 4 centers.
At the fluencey center, students read to me at their grade level.
At the spelling center, students work with different media to practice their words. The media
includes letter magnets, colored pens, materials to "touch" and letter rubbings to spell their words.
At the writing center, the students are writing what would you do if you were a horned toad
prince or a horned toad princess?
At the listening center, the activity will be different this week. The students will listen to a story.
After listening, the students will write the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
Study for the spelling test on Friday.
Continue to work to study multiplication facts at home. Even though I am not teaching math,
we are doing rocket. I am testing each child to see where they are in knowing their facts.
Being aware of their multiplication level is important to me.
Language - we are studying the 4 types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and
exclamatory. We will begin nouns, finding the simple subject and the simple predicate(verb)
Social studies - We have been doing map skills. This week we will have a test over the 7 continents and 4
oceans. From there, we will learn about latitude and longitude.
Make sure your child reads for at least 10 minutes or longer every night. My goal is to have every child reading at grade level. If they do not practice, their reading level will not improve.
I am having a wonderful time coming to school each day. This is a great class!
Thank you for your support!
Susan Burford
Items due: 1. picture money- due Sept 15.
2. grandparents luncheon money due by Sept. 22.
Reading - This week we are readingm "The Great Horned Prince."
vocbulary words: bargain, lassoed, favors, offended, prairie, riverbed, and shrieked.(writing
the definitions is always done on Monday.) On Tuesday, the synonyms are looked up.
Reading skills: author's purpose, context clues using synonyms, and sequence.
Spelling: This week skills for the long e are being taught. These letter combinations make the sound of long
e. ie as in prairie, ey as in honey, and y as in finally
Every Wednesday is dictation. The students are given 3 sentences. I say the sentence over
and over. The students write the words I say.
Reading and spelling on Thursday the students have "centers." There are 4 centers.
At the fluencey center, students read to me at their grade level.
At the spelling center, students work with different media to practice their words. The media
includes letter magnets, colored pens, materials to "touch" and letter rubbings to spell their words.
At the writing center, the students are writing what would you do if you were a horned toad
prince or a horned toad princess?
At the listening center, the activity will be different this week. The students will listen to a story.
After listening, the students will write the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
Study for the spelling test on Friday.
Continue to work to study multiplication facts at home. Even though I am not teaching math,
we are doing rocket. I am testing each child to see where they are in knowing their facts.
Being aware of their multiplication level is important to me.
Language - we are studying the 4 types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and
exclamatory. We will begin nouns, finding the simple subject and the simple predicate(verb)
Items due: 1. picture money- due Sept 15.
2. grandparents luncheon money due by Sept. 22.
Reading - This week we are readingm "The Great Horned Prince."
vocbulary words: bargain, lassoed, favors, offended, prairie, riverbed, and shrieked.(writing
the definitions is always done on Monday.) On Tuesday, the synonyms are looked up.
Reading skills: author's purpose, context clues using synonyms, and sequence.
Spelling: This week skills for the long e are being taught. These letter combinations make the sound of long
e. ie as in prairie, ey as in honey, and y as in finally
Every Wednesday is dictation. The students are given 3 sentences. I say the sentence over
and over. The students write the words I say.
Reading and spelling on Thursday the students have "centers." There are 4 centers.
At the fluencey center, students read to me at their grade level.
At the spelling center, students work with different media to practice their words. The media
includes letter magnets, colored pens, materials to "touch" and letter rubbings to spell their words.
At the writing center, the students are writing what would you do if you were a horned toad
prince or a horned toad princess?
At the listening center, the activity will be different this week. The students will listen to a story.
After listening, the students will write the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
Study for the spelling test on Friday.
Continue to work to study multiplication facts at home. Even though I am not teaching math,
we are doing rocket. I am testing each child to see where they are in knowing their facts.
Being aware of their multiplication level is important to me.
Language - we are studying the 4 types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and
exclamatory. We will begin nouns, finding the simple subject and the simple predicate(verb)
Items due: 1. picture money- due Sept 15.
2. grandparents luncheon money due by Sept. 22.
Reading - This week we are readingm "The Great Horned Prince."
vocbulary words: bargain, lassoed, favors, offended, prairie, riverbed, and shrieked.(writing
the definitions is always done on Monday.) On Tuesday, the synonyms are looked up.
Reading skills: author's purpose, context clues using synonyms, and sequence.
Spelling: This week skills for the long e are being taught. These letter combinations make the sound of long
e. ie as in prairie, ey as in honey, and y as in finally
Every Wednesday is dictation. The students are given 3 sentences. I say the sentence over
and over. The students write the words I say.
Reading and spelling on Thursday the students have "centers." There are 4 centers.
At the fluencey center, students read to me at their grade level.
At the spelling center, students work with different media to practice their words. The media
includes letter magnets, colored pens, materials to "touch" and letter rubbings to spell their words.
At the writing center, the students are writing what would you do if you were a horned toad
prince or a horned toad princess?
At the listening center, the activity will be different this week. The students will listen to a story.
After listening, the students will write the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
Study for the spelling test on Friday.
Continue to work to study multiplication facts at home. Even though I am not teaching math,
we are doing rocket. I am testing each child to see where they are in knowing their facts.
Being aware of their multiplication level is important to me.
Language - we are studying the 4 types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and
exclamatory. We will begin nouns, finding the simple subject and the simple predicate(verb)
Social studies - We have been doing map skills. This week we will have a test over the 7 continents and 4
oceans. From there, we will learn about latitude and longitude.
Make sure your child reads for at least 10 minutes or longer every night. My goal is to have every child reading at grade level. If they do not practice, their reading level will not improve.
I am having a wonderful time coming to school each day. This is a great class!
Thank you for your support!
Susan Burford
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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