Beverly Brown

March 14, 2008

Report Cards

     Report cards will go home this Thursday, March, 20th.

Weekly Curriculum Overview

   Phonics/Reading- We will continue to work on inflectional endings (s,es,ed,ing). We will also be working on our dictionary skills.

For some fun and practice:

http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/withouts.html

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/wordend.htm

Math- We will continue to review with money and addition and subtraction. Next week we will begin a new unit on measurement.

Science/Social Studies/Health - We will finish up with our plant unit this week and begin to look at nutrition. We will begin out nutrition studies with an in-house field trip to our own kitchen. Thanks goes to Ms. Newcomer for sharing that part of our school with us.

Spelling words for this week are:

1. we

2. sent

3. ant

4. bend

5. find

6. mind

7. kind

8. want

Please have your child practice these words for the test on Friday, March 21st.

Specials for this Friday, March 21st:

Girls/Art   Boys/Music

I want to thank all the kids for their great participation in the Bully Poster contest. They really did a wonderful job and I think have shown an understanding of what bullying really is. This is a great start to bully prevention.

Congratulations go to Lydia G. as our class poster contest winner.

Important Note*

We will be practicing for the up coming CRCT tests in class. I will be sending these home after we go over them so you will be aware of where your child has strengths and weaknesses. I encourage you to have your student practice the online CRCT for additional practice.

As always, thank you for all your support and for sharing your child with me.

                                                

January 8, 2008

January

January 8- First day back from winter break

January 21- No school - MLK Holiday

January 22-28- Conference Week- Early Dismissal at 12:20.  Report cards will be distributed during conferences.

January 23 - 100th day of school

January 25- Spirit Day

Weekly Curriculum Overview

Phonics and Reading

This week we will be working with the long a and long e sounds. We are also working on antonyms and continuing with contractions.

Math

We have begun a new  unit on time. We will be telling time to the hour and half hour. We have also talked about the different types of clocks. How many types of clocks can you find around the house?

Science, Social Studies, and Health

This week we are discussing healthy choices and living a healthful life. We discovered that having good friends and being able to resolve conflicts in a kind way is healthy as well as eating right and getting plenty of exercise.

Writing

We are beginning a new writing unit on informational writing. We have looked at many nonfiction books and have realized how the text and the way an informational book looks different from fiction books.  Our book of the month, One Tiny Turtle,  will help us become informational writers.                           

Spelling

We will resume with our spelling next week. Our new words will be: she, ship, shell, dish, and wish. We will be doing activities with these words during the week, but please help your child study these new words. They will be tested Friday, January 18.

January Challenge

Our challenge this month is to know all your 100 sight words. Our 100 Club day will be January 22, and I want all to be recognized so study, study, study.

Reading Logs

December reading logs are now due. Turn them in as soon as possible. I sent home new ones today for January. Read, Read, Read.

Friday's Special

January 11.  - P.E.

January 18. - Girls - Art    Boys - Music

Character Word for the week

  Week of January 7th - Humility

  Week of January 14th - Self-Confidence/empowerment 

Happy  January Birthdays

January 14 - Ari

January 30 - Lud-Marie

Star Students

Star of the Week

Week of January 14 - Ari

Week of January 28 - Lud-Marie

Have a great week!

January 8- First day back from winter break

January 21- No school - MLK Holiday

January 22-28- Conference Week- Early Dismissal at 12:20.  Report cards will be distributed during conferences.

January 23 - 100th day of school

January 25- Spirit Day

Week of January 14 - Ari

September 17, 2007

September 17, 2007

Thank You

Thank you so much to Dr. Dawkins for coming to us and sharing  about her job as a veterinarian. It was a great culminating activity for our unit on communities. We all loved her animals she brought and it was a great hands-on experience for the children.

Curriculum Overview for this week

Phonics/Reading

We will continue with the short a word families and focus on the _an word family. We will be looking at our book of the month, Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett and focusing on the organization of the story.

Daisy Comes Home Video

http://www.janbrett.com/video/daisy_comes_home.htm

Daisy Coloring Page

http://www.janbrett.com/daisy_and_her_friends.htm

Continue to send in signed book slips as well as the Baggie Book. If another night is needed on the same book, just note that on their slip.

Math

We are continuing our chapter on subtraction and learning strategies to determine "how many more and how many less."

Subtraction Activity

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/using_subtraction/

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/day_at_beach/

Science, Social Studies, and Health

We will begin a new science unit on weather and seasons this week. We will explore wind, rain, storms and temperature to begin with. Perfect timing as the weather seems to be changing now.

Writing

We will continue working on personal narratives for the next nine weeks. Our Essential Question:

What are the stories of our lives?

Some tips on writing our personal narratives:

1.Writers think of something that happened to them.

2. They picture it in their minds.

3. They sketch it on paper.

4. They write words.

Friday's Special on September 21, 2007

P.E.

Homework and Spelling Words

Homework packets go home on Friday and are to be completed and turned in by the following Friday.

Our spelling words for this week are:  can, pan, man, cat, sat.

We will continue to do activities with these words during the week and the students will be tested on Friday, September 21.

Important Dates

September 19 - Early Release Day - school dismisses at 12:20

September 28 - Spirit Day

                      Banking Day

                      Chick-fil-A Bscuits

                      Foundation Movie Night at 8:00 PM

Reminders

Send a healthy snack each day.

Check bookbags and folders each night.

Send a note if there will be a change in transportation.