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Friday, December 20, 2013

January 7th week...2014

Reading:
  • tall tales
  • 30 AR points
Spelling:
  • possessive plural and singular nouns

 Writing:
  • "A Day to Remember"
English
  • Irregular past tense verbs
School resumes Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Teacher report to school Monday, January 6th :)

Friday, December 13, 2013

Week of Dec. 16

Reading: traditional literature
  • fables
  • tall tales
  • fairy tales
Spelling words:
  • Christmas words
  • contract and test Wed.
  • contract just 10 points this week
Thursday:
  • Poetry notebook due
  • classroom party
  • PBis party and pep rally
Friday:
  • early out if we collect 1500 cans

School resumes January 7, 2014 --TUESDAY

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

December 2 week

No Journal or Coversheet due Monday :)

READING:
  • genre-myth  
  • How Night Came
  • AR points 24
  • drawing conclusions
Writing:
  • favorite trip
  • look at exemplar models for writing
Spelling:
'ou' words

K-class buddies
read a Jan Brett book

Raz-kid story:
Penguins

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Nov. 18 week

reading:
  story: Adelina's Whales
  genre: expository nonfiction
  strategy:  fact & opinion

AR Goal  24 points total or 2 points this week

Writing:
   favorite holiday

Spelling :  
homophones

social studies:
Pilgrims


Saturday, November 9, 2013

Nov. 11, 2013

Veterans' Program 1:00 pm in gym

Reading:
*biography
    *Man Who Named the Clouds
*text structure
*AR points 22

English:
*helping & action verbs

Writing:
Favorite holiday


Saturday, November 2, 2013

Week of NOV. 4

reading:
  • So You Want to be President
  • main idea
  • genre-expository nonfiction
  • test  prep--ipod story
  • ar goal=20 points 
Spelling:
ir sound ...check out the words at spellingcity.com

Writing:
president facts

social studies:
Veterans' Day awareness

Special...trip to McCook to see an art display of Nebraska art

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Oct. 28

Reading:
AR points =18
Expository nonfiction
fact
& opinion

Spelling:
consonant blends  ng, kn, ph...
There is an assignment at spelling city to complete

writing:
finish article
begin an expository writing

Friday--Halloween Celebration 
evens in charge
1:00-2:15
stayed tuned for pictures...yes students may wear costumes to school that day

Sunday, October 13, 2013

October 14

Reading:
AR goal 14 (again)
Genre- historical fiction
Story-Coyote School News


Spelling:
plurals
contract & test Thursday

Writing:
news article
finish Perfect Day

 No School---October 18
Conferences---October 17 (4pm-8pm)  Friday (8am-noon)


Halloween Celebration will be Friday, Nov. 1st...Evens will be in charge of the event.  1:00-2:10 pm




Sunday, October 6, 2013

Oct. 7

reading:
 main idea/detail
story-Mt. Everest
ar goal=14 points


writing:
   partner writing

spelling
  suffixes

Homecoming Week

pep rally in Trenton on Friday at 12:15...busy week

Friday, September 27, 2013

Septemeber 30

Wednesday-Kids' Fitness Day in McCook

 

Reading
  • fiction
  • AR goal= 12
  • strategy-cause-and-effect
Spelling
  • add -s/-es
  • contract due Friday
Grammar
  • nouns
  • prefixes
Writing
poetry
  • limerick
  • shape poem

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Sept 23rd week

Reading:
  • expository nonfiction
  • main idea detail
  • AR goal= 10 points
  • Letters Home from Yosemite/fluency passage is on the Pony Express
Spelling
  • long u words...check out the list at spellingcity.com
Social Studies
  • national parks
English/Grammar
  • clauses
We'll be MAPS testing this week from 8:30-9:50.  This is our achievement testing data collection.  Results will be shared at conferences.

Saturday, September 14, 2013

September 16's week in 4th

reading:
  • fairy tale
  • author's purpose
  • synonyms & antonyms
 Writing
  • friendly letter
 Grammar
  • compound sentences
  • compound words
AR goal = 8 points



Friday, September 6, 2013

September 9

Book Order due on the 11th

Reading:
  Banks of Plum Creek
  Historical Fiction
  skill:  story elements

Grammar:
  subject and predicate

Spelling:
  long o and long e words

Writing:
   beginning paragraph
   convention trait

Social Studies
   pioneer life

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Week of Sept. 3

Reading
  • Story-Lewis and Clark and Me   historical fantasy
  • skill-author's purpose
  • AR goal 4 points

Spelling
  • long a & i words

Grammar/English
  • imperative & exclamatory sentences

Social Studies
  • video on Lewis & Clark
  • Nebraska Newspaper- week 1

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Week of August 26th

Reading
  • sequence
  • summarize
  • Story- Because of Winn-Dixie excerpt (Opal goes to the library and meets Miss Franny)
Spelling at spellingcity.com
  • spelling contract due Friday

TAI (think about it) will be homework given out on Monday and due back Thursday)

Writing
  • narrative example--Fireflies
  • bold beginnings
Social Studies
  • Maps/globes/atlas
  • bullying
  • Nebraska weekly
  • read to kindergarteners on Friday

Thursday, August 15, 2013

School Year 2013-2014

  • Pictures on Monday Aug. 19
  • Return coversheet on Monday
  • Return all signed sheets from handbook--6 for the school and 1 for me
  • First take home journal due Monday 8-19-13
  • Spelling Words this week: classmates' names
  • Due August 30th  2 AR points

Enjoy the weekend!


Sunday, May 12, 2013

Last Week

The last week will involve...
  • readers' theater
  • autograph books
  • thank you notes to staff
  • schoolwide movie
  • elementary track event 
  • Bananagrams/applegram contests
  • classroom spelling bee
Have a GREAT SUMMER!! 

 

Sunday, April 28, 2013

April 29th-May 3rd

Reading:
Sailing Home
  historical fiction...reading strategy: author's purpose
  AR goal 50 or 2 points this week
   Flipbook due Tuesday


Spelling:
    week 26
    Sailing Home list...Multisyllabic words
can be broken down into their individual syllables, which
can be sounded out one by one.

Writing:
   descriptive

Social Studies:
      10 states & their capitals...learn and spell correctly

Book Buddies on Friday


Sunday, April 7, 2013

Week of April 8

Reading
  • historical fiction  Amelia and Eleanor go for a Ride
  • sequencing is our reading strategy
  • practice...practice...practice for the state reading test
Spelling
  • week 23
  • reading list-words with Greek roots...micro/auto/phone/meter
Social Studies
  • PBS buddies on Thursday
State Reading Test
  • April 16 & 17...we're practicing a lot!!
Writing
  • turning wordless books into a story

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Week of April 1, 2013

reading:
  • genre-biography
  • Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
  • reading strategy-fact or opinion
  • AR points 44...or 2 points...need 44 points or reading log for Friday Fun
spelling:
  • week 22
  • reading list words-prefixes
  • TTT due Friday 
State Testing April 16 & 17
  • no art until after testing, 
    so we can spend more time prepping for test
Book Project for April

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Week of March 25

Reading:
Poetry
     vocabulary
  • simile
  • metaphor
  • alliteration
  • onomatopoeia
  • imagery
  • rhythm
read poems; illustrate poems; and enjoy

Spelling:
    student choice

Writing:
    finish ABC book, letter, or choose from 'I Can Write'

Thursday:
    Spring/Easter celebration-start after pe.  Hosted by 'evens'

Early out on Thursday (1:10 pm) 

No school on Friday March 29 or April 1st

No weekly journal until April 8


Saturday, March 16, 2013

Week of March 19th

Reading:
  • Encyclopedia Brown Mystery
  • Reading Strategy-plot
Spelling:
  • week 21
  • adding prefixes un-, dis-, and in-
Writing:
  • finish ABC book

Saturday, March 2, 2013

March 4, 2013 Week

Reading:
  • narrative nonfiction-Encantado
  • strategy: compare & contrast
  • AR goal=38 points
Spelling:
  • Encantado words...Spell words with final le, al, en.
  • week 19
Tuesday:
    We'll share our game boards with the 3rd graders

Writing:
   Continue working on our ABC books
Introduce writing workshop



Sunday, February 17, 2013

Week of Feb. 18

Reading
  • AR goal=36 points
  • Genre=Historical Fiction
  • Strategy=compare & contrast
Spelling
  • reading list = contractions
  • group 1= week 18 

Social Studies
    map skills


Sunday, February 10, 2013

Week of Feb. 11

reading:
  • narrative nonfiction-Eye of the Storm
  • graphic organizer
  • AR goal is 34 points
Spelling:
  • compound words
  • ou/ow words for week 17
Valentine Party-Thursday

Writing:
Perfect Paragraph

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Week of Feb. 4, 2013

Reading:
  • 32 AR points
  • skill: fact or opinion
  • Adelina's Whales...genre photo essay
Spelling:
  • week 16 list=contractions
  • reading story list: homopones
Writing:
  • perfect paragraph

Social Studies:
  • PBS  make Valentines for staff with K-class

Sunday, January 20, 2013

week of Jan. 21

Reading:
  • AR goal is 28 points
  • can't make 28 points and want to do Friday Fun?  complete a reading log
  • My Brother Martin is the story this week.  Genre is biography
  • Since I don't have wall space for putting jungle animals for AR points, we'll keep track of our points with jungle beads on a chain.  For every 10 points earned, a student will choose a bead to put on a chain.
Spelling: 
  • TTT due Friday

Writing:
  • state test this week
Social Studies
  • map skills
  • Thursday is PBS buddies with the K-class
Math is now starting at 8:20, so students are tardy if they're not in the room by 8:10

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Week of January 14, 2013

reading:
  • The Stranger
  • genre: fantasy
  • strategy: cause & effect
  • AR goal is 26
Spelling:
  • group 1 week 13  words where y sounds like i or e
  • spelling words from story: add -ed or -ing
Social Studies
  • RACK --random acts of classroom kindness
Writing:
  • an exciting time