Field Trip: On Wednesday we will be going to Oatland Island to learn about energy. The program is from 10:00 to 12:30. Students should wear their blue field trip t-shirt, comfy walking shoes, and bring a coat if it is cold that day. We will be outside for most of the day. Students also need to bring a lunch, drink, and snack from home. We will be eating at 12:30 at the covered pavilion at Oatland Island. Parents are welcome to join us for the field trip ($5 fee-no siblings) and for lunch. Parents are also welcome to take their child home after the program. Just make sure to let me know in an email or note so I can have your child packed up and their things with them on the bus.
Xtra Math: Please remember to have your child do Xtra Math Monday though Friday. This is a daily homework assignment. If your computer crashes, etc., please just send me a note so your child can be excused for that night's practice.
The next reading challenge is to get to 225 Reading Counts points by March 14th. We will have a pizza party the following Tuesday for all those who meet the challenge. So far, Emelia, Noah, Jonathan, Caroline, Keniyah, Alayna, Jack, and Dhruv have met the challenge!
The Biography Poster is due March 1st.
Students will be reading poetry for the next two weeks. They may either read one book or several books as long as the total equals four or more Reading Counts points. They should show me the poetry books they have chosen so that I can approve them. All four points should be earned by March 8th.
Reading: We are learning about onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and personification.
Reading with Mrs. Chambers: http://mrscchambers.weebly.com
Reading with Mrs. Slaughter:
http://mrsslaughter.weebly.com
Cursive Handwriting: Students need to work on slowing down to improve neatness.
Language: We will learn correct verb usage. Test 10 over correct verb usage will be on Monday, February 25th.
Spelling: Please make sure your child leaves the spelling workbook in his/her binder. They will not be a spelling list this week. Students must also know the definitions for the vocabulary words and how to spell the words that are part of the definition. Under the spelling grade on each test is a grade (S, W, N, or U) for their cursive. You can go to www.spellingcity.com for online practice of the grade level spelling words each week. Just go "Find a List" and then for the teacher type in "Brenda Speir." All the lists for the entire year will appear. Just choose the one for this week.
Writing: Students will write their rough draft of their research report on forests. We will also work on sentence fluency including how to start sentences in a variety of ways, varying the length of sentences, and using a variety of types of sentences to make what they write more interesting.
Timed Tests: Timed tests will be on Tuesdays this year. For the remainder of this quarter we will focus on subtraction and multiplication. Students will continue to have a subtraction timed test each week. Listed below are the test dates for the multiplication tests and what part of the multiplication table will be covered. Students have 1 minute for 25 problems, 2 minutes for 50 problems, or 4 minutes for 100 problems.
sevens table-February 19th
eights table-February 26th
Math: Diagnostic Checkpoint 7C is on Tuesday, February 19th. The Chapter 7 Test is on Thursday, February 21st. We will then begin Chapter 8 called "Geometry and Measurement."
Science: We will continue Unit B Chapter 1. We will learn about forests this week. Students will have a quiz over the vocabulary words (use study guide to study) on February 22nd.
Bible: Psalm 33:6 "By word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of His mouth."