Week of December 6

READING:We are continuing to read the story "The Picture Book of  Thomas Alva Edison". We are working on vocabulary, discussing steps in a process, comprehension, using context clues, and talking about biographies. Keep reading nightly and record on the Reading Calendar to be turned in on Monday in the Red Folders. Remember to read for AT LEAST 15 minutes on 3 separate nights....HAPPY READING! ")

WRITING:

We are reporting on our BIOGRAPHY reports that are finished and typed. We are learning that there are lots of requirements to research reports! We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday and Squiggles every Wednesday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an endmark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our prewrites. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. The kids LOVE winning Squiggle Puppy...We look for GREAT details, CORRECT capitalization and punctuation, and a great story! :)

SPELLING:

Don't forget to study your words... our test is on Wednesday. This week's words:

jacket          jar            jeans            BONUS: mistletoe

jelly             jet            job                                 reindeer

joke             judge       jump

just              gentle     general

giant           giraffe     gym

If you're on a challenge list... make sure you check your agenda for the word list. All word lists are posted weekly in the agenda.

MATH:

We are learning all about multiplication and how to create arrays, models, and skip counting. We are making flashcards in our classroom to practice our facts and today we discussed the importance of learning our math facts and that will become a good habit and give us FACT POWER!!!!!!!!! We will continue to look for patterns and look at repeated addition as well as looking at fact families in multiplication and division. PLEASE start studying MULTIPLICATION FACTS AT HOME...we are starting to take timed tests. There are 25 to 30 problems and the kids get 3 minutes to master the facts. A GREAT site to practice and even take tests right on the computer is multiplication.com.

SCIENCE:

We continue to study SOIL. Our soil test will be this Fri. (Dec. 10). We will be taking an open book/notes test on soil on the Dec. 10th. (I currently am teaching Ms. Beeker's 3rd graders) My class will resume with me on the 13th of Dec.

HANDWRITING:

We are still working on learning our lowercase letters in cursive! They are doing great! Keep practicing and check out the link for Handwriting Without Tears for helpful hints and practice tips. Click Here.