Classroom Information

Routines:

• 1. Students will bring their TAKE HOME FOLDER on Fridays and bring it back to school after it has been cleaned out at the beginning of the next week.

  2. You can send a water bottle and healthy, PEANUT FREE snack each day. We will have snack in the morning.

  3. I will send a class update on Fridays. This will communicate what topics we covered during the week and highlight any special events coming up.

  4. Homework expectations:

• • Reading - The goal is about 20 minutes of reading at home each day. As communicated, please try to fill out the reading log.  Monthly lunch bunch will celebrate our reading fun.

  • Words Their Way (spelling & vocab)- I will not send lists home unless requested.  Students will be assessed on the spelling and meanings of each word on Fridays. 

  • Math: There will be NO formal math homework this year. However, if a workbook page was not finished in class, that may come home for work completion.

Technology: 

• Students will be given a Chromebook for use at school

• Headphones are required (see classroom supply list)

• Schoology (accessed through the portal)

• Student email 

Reading/Writing/Word Study:

• • Making Meaning Reading Curriculum

  • C.A.F.E. goals:

    • Comprehension: I can understand what I read.

    • Accuracy: I can read the words.

    • Fluency: I can read smoothly, with expression, and with few errors.

    • Expand Vocabulary: I know, find and use interesting words.

  • Being A Writer Units

• 1. Autobiography/Writing Community

  2. Writing Process

  3. Personal Narrative

  4. Fiction

  5. Expository Nonfiction

  6. Functional

  7. Opinion

  8. Poetry

Math

• • Math In Focus

  • IXL

Social Studies Units

• 1. Geography & Mapping

  2. Ancient Civilizations

  3. Community

  4. Economics

Mystery Science Units

• 1. Fossils and Changing Environments

  2. Life Cycles

  3. Heredity, Survival and Selection

  4. Weather & Climate

  5. Forces, Motion and Magnets

Book orders

Scholastic book orders will be sent home each month, starting in October.

• • If you want to order, you can either:

    • send a check with the order form back to school

    • place an order online at www.scholastic.com, our online code is N8NWT

Class Parties: Specific dates will be emailed later!

• • Fall Harvest Celebration

  • Winter Celebration

  • Field Day

  • End of Year Celebration

Field Trips: TBD 

Standardized Testing:

• • FAST areading and amath screening: September, January, April

  • Math and Reading M.C.A. (Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment): April