Week of 10/9 - 10/13

October 12, 2023

Dear Parents,

I have a good feeling that the class (including me) is going to sleep good tonight due to a successful field trip.  The students had a wonderful time at Petty Ranch learning about plant growth, insects, the water cycle, and healthy soil among other things.  The students will be bringing home a plant tomorrow as a souvenir of their busy day.  

I must admit that in the business of our arrival back to school before the bell rang, I was unable to get the Corrected Work Envelopes passed out.  I will send them home tomorrow.  Please be on the lookout for them and return them by Tuesday, 10/17.

On another note, thank you to the anonymous donor(s) who donated the Kleenex, glue sticks, and mini globes to our classroom.  I assure you that all of these items will be put to good use!  

Mrs. McLoud

This Week's Agenda:

Language Arts

Research/Informational Paragraph Writing -  "Bees" Graphic Organizer

Spelling Focus - Long /u/  Spelling Patterns

Daily Silent Reading

Read Aloud - The World According to Humphrey, by Betty Birney

Reading Group Focus - Activating Prior Knowledge (Practice)

"If You Were a Farmer, Why Would You Need to Know About..." Writing

Typing.com/i-Ready Practice

Math

McLoud Group:

Relating Skip-Counting by Fives on the Clock and Telling Time to a Number Line

Counting by Fives and Ones on the Number Line as a Strategy to Tell Time to the Nearest Minute on the Clock

Solving Word Problems Involving Time Intervals Within One Hour by Counting Backward and Forward Using the Number Line and Clock

Fishman Group:

Relating Skip-Counting by Fives on the Clock and Telling Time to a Number Line

Counting by Fives and Ones on the Number Line as a Strategy to Tell Time to the Nearest Minute on the Clock

Solving Word Problems Involving Time Intervals Within One Hour by Counting Backward and Forward Using the Number Line and Clock

Solving Word Problems Involving Time Intervals Within 1 Hour by Adding and Subtracting on the Number Line

Topic A Quiz (Lessons 1-5)

Science

Farm Field Trip

Health

Star of the Week - Arielle Goff

"Feelings Circle" 

"Feelings" School-wide Assembly 

Art

"Superhero Me" Part 3 - Cartooning Bodies (Completion)

Oil Pastel Pumpkins - Focusing on Perspective

Notes/Reminders/Info Dates

Current Book Order Deadline 10/18

4 new AR points due Tuesday, 11/7