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 :)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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!! 

 

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

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

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

• flip book for historical fiction
• directions

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

Week of March 19th

Reading:

• Encyclopedia Brown Mystery
• Reading Strategy-plot

Spelling:

• week 21
• adding prefixes un-, dis-, and in-

Writing:

• finish ABC book

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

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

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

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

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

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