Friday, January 26, 2018

Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of Jan. 29-Feb 2}

  • Wednesday, Jan. 31: Field Trip money and permissions slips DUE
  • Tuesday, Feb. 6th: Progress Reports sent home
  • Visitors: if you visit for lunch, plesae sit at the assigned visitor tables and with your child only. Thank you!
  • BOXTOPS: PLEASE collect and send in all your Boxtops! This is the easiest way to earn money for our classroom!!! 
    • and THANK YOU to all who turned in Boxtops for the fall collection! I appreciate it more than you know! 
  • ~BrainPop Jr.- Students may now access BrainpopJr from home! Username:dpes123, password: eagles  This is a great resource to review skills that have been previously taught at school, and the kids LOVE IT!!!
  • ~Scholastic Book Orders-  (Thank you to those who've ordered!)
    One-Time Class Activation Code: L7VRY
    • VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub  
    • ENTER the Class Activation Code (L7VRY)
    • SHOP from a carefully curated selection of the best books, value packs, and Storia eBooks 
    •  SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom 
    All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading together!
  • The more books YOU order, the more reward points our class earns to purchase new books for the classroom library. It's a win for all! :-)

    PLANS
    READING:
    • SkillGeneralize
    • Strategy: Summarize
    • Vocabulary Skill: Unfamiliar words
    • Vocabulary Words:  Basketball, guard, study, disease, popular, terrible, freeze, sports
    LANGUAGE ARTS:
    • Grammar Skill: Singular and plural pronouns
    • Spelling Skill: Irregular Plurals
    • Spelling Words: wolves, knives, feet, men, children, women, sheep, heroes, scarves, mice, geese, wives, elves, banjos, halves
    • Writing:   Persuasive Text
    ASSIGNMENTS
    • Monday: Spelling Homework Assigned
    • Tuesday: Complete Grammar Pg. 61 (if not completed in class)
    • Wednesday: Complete Grammar Pg. 62 (if not completed in class), Study for vocabulary quiz
    • Thursday: 
      • Tests Today: Vocabulary quiz, Plural and Singular Pronouns Test
    • Friday: 
      • Tests Today: DLR 21 Quiz, Spelling Test 

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of January 22-26}

  • Wednesday, Jan. 24th: Class Pictures
  • Thursday, Jan. 25th: Career Day
  • January 22nd: Time Management Workshop (Info HERE)
  • School Calendar HERE
  • Wednesday, Jan. 31: Field Trip money and permissions slips DUE
  • Visitors: if you visit for lunch, plesae sit at the assigned visitor tables and with your child only. Thank you!
  • BOXTOPS: PLEASE collect and send in all your Boxtops! This is the easiest way to earn money for our classroom!!! 
    • and THANK YOU to all who turned in Boxtops for the fall collection! I appreciate it more than you know! 
  • ~BrainPop Jr.- Students may now access BrainpopJr from home! Username:dpes123, password: eagles  This is a great resource to review skills that have been previously taught at school, and the kids LOVE IT!!!
  • ~Scholastic Book Orders-  (Thank you to those who've ordered!)
    One-Time Class Activation Code: L7VRY
    • VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub  
    • ENTER the Class Activation Code (L7VRY)
    • SHOP from a carefully curated selection of the best books, value packs, and Storia eBooks 
    •  SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom 
    All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading together!
  • The more books YOU order, the more reward points our class earns to purchase new books for the classroom library. It's a win for all! :-)

    PLANS
    READING:
    • SkillReview: Drawing Conclusions, Character/Setting/Plot, Graphic Sources, Generalize, Cause and Effect
    • Strategy: Review: Inferring, Text Structure, Predict and Set a Purpose
    • Vocabulary Skill: Review: Homophones, Unknown Words, Unfamiliar Words, Prefixes and Suffixes
    • Vocabulary Words: NONE! :-) 
    LANGUAGE ARTS:
    • Grammar Skill: Review: Action and Linking Verbs, Main and Helping Verbs, Subject Verb Agreement, Past/Present/Future Tenses, Irregular Verbs
    • Spelling Skill: Review: Syllables vc/v and v/vc, syllable –le, compound words, blends spl, thr, squ, str, and Consonant Digraphs /sh/, /th/, /tch/, /ph/, /ch/, /ng/ 
    • Spelling Words: NONE! :-) 
    • Writing:   Narratives, paragraph structure
    ASSIGNMENTS
    • Monday: 
    • Tuesday: 
    • Wednesday: 
    • Thursday: 
      • Tests Today: UNIT 3 TEST, Study for DLR 20 Quiz
    • Friday: 
      • Tests Today: UNIT 3 TEST, DLR 20 Quiz

Monday, January 15, 2018

Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of Jan. 16-19}

  • January 18th and 19th : Career Day2
  • January 22nd: Time Management Workshop (Info HERE)
  • Visitors: if you visit for lunch, plesae sit at the assigned visitor tables and with your child only. Thank you!
  • BOXTOPS: PLEASE collect and send in all your Boxtops! This is the easiest way to earn money for our classroom!!! 
    • and THANK YOU to all who turned in Boxtops for the fall collection! I appreciate it more than you know! 
  • ~BrainPop Jr.- Students may now access BrainpopJr from home! Username:dpes123, password: eagles  This is a great resource to review skills that have been previously taught at school, and the kids LOVE IT!!!
  • ~Scholastic Book Orders-  (Thank you to those who've ordered!)
    One-Time Class Activation Code: L7VRY
    • VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub  
    • ENTER the Class Activation Code (L7VRY)
    • SHOP from a carefully curated selection of the best books, value packs, and Storia eBooks 
    •  SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom 
    All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading together!
  • The more books YOU order, the more reward points our class earns to purchase new books for the classroom library. It's a win for all! :-)
PLANS
READING:
  • Skill: Cause and Effect
  • Strategy: Predict and Set a Purpose
  • Vocabulary Skill: Word Structure 
  • Vocabulary Words: incredible, lofty, noble, search, stinging, survivors, topic, unseen, waterless, 
LANGUAGE ARTS:
  • Grammar Skill: Irregular Verb
  • Spelling Skill: Consonant Patterns wr, kn,gn, st, mb
  • Spelling Words: thumb, gnaw, written, know, climb, design, wrist, crumb, assign, wrench, knot, wrinkle, lamb, knob, knit, wrestler, bologna, cologne, honeycomb, knickknack 
  • Writing:  Compare and Contrast  
ASSIGNMENTS
  • Monday: Spelling homework assigned
  • Tuesday: Complete grammar pg. 57 (if not completed in class)
  • Wednesday: Complete grammar pg. 58 (if not completed in class)
  • Thursday: Study for DLR 20 Quiz, study Vocab
    • Tests Today: Irregular Verbs, Vocab Quiz
  • Friday: Tests Today:  Spelling Test, DLR 20 Quiz, complete generalizatoins/cause and effect test

Friday, January 5, 2018

Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of Jan 8 - 12}

  • Wednesday, January 10th: Report Cards sent home. Please sign and return
  • Friday, January 12th: Honor Roll Party
  • January 18th and 19th : Career Day2
  • Monday, January 15th: MLK Jr. Day - NO SCHOOL
  • Visitors: if you visit for lunch, plesae sit at the assigned visitor tables and with your child only. Thank you!
  • BOXTOPS: PLEASE collect and send in all your Boxtops! This is the easiest way to earn money for our classroom!!! 
    • and THANK YOU to all who turned in Boxtops for the fall collection! I appreciate it more than you know! 
  • ~BrainPop Jr.- Students may now access BrainpopJr from home! Username:dpes123, password: eagles  This is a great resource to review skills that have been previously taught at school, and the kids LOVE IT!!!
  • ~Scholastic Book Orders-  (Thank you to those who've ordered!)
    One-Time Class Activation Code: L7VRY
    • VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub  
    • ENTER the Class Activation Code (L7VRY)
    • SHOP from a carefully curated selection of the best books, value packs, and Storia eBooks 
    •  SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom 
    All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading together!
  • The more books YOU order, the more reward points our class earns to purchase new books for the classroom library. It's a win for all! :-)

PLANS
READING:
  • Skill: Generalizations
  • Strategy: Story Structure
  • Vocabulary Skill: Context Clues
  • Vocabulary Words: anxiously, bay, blizzard, channel, chipped, melody, supplies, surrounded, symphony
LANGUAGE ARTS:
  • Grammar Skill: Past, Present, and Future Tense Verbs
  • Spelling Skill: Suffixes -ly, -ful, -ness, -less
  • Spelling Words: beautiful, safely, kindness, finally, spotless, worthless, illness, helpful, daily, suddenly, wireless, quietly, fairness, cheerful, painful, anxiously, thoughtfully, cautiously, tardiness, breathless
  • Writing:   Narratives
ASSIGNMENTS
  • Monday: Spelling homework assigned
  • Tuesday: Complete grammar pg. 57 (if not completed in class)
  • Wednesday: Complete grammar pg. 58 (if not completed in class)
  • Thursday: Study for DLR 18 Quiz, study spelling
    • Tests Today: Irregular verbs test, Vocal Quiz
  • Friday: Tests Today:  Spelling Test, DLR 18 Quiz