Friday, January 24, 2014

3rd Quarter - 20 AR points needed


Mrs. McMorris

January 27th – January 31th    

·      Tuesday folders will go home on the 28th, please return them on the 29th.

·      Early out Wednesday, January 29th @ 1:00

·      Pep assembly Thursday, January 30th.  Wear red!

·      Report cards will go home Friday, January 31st.

·      Spirit week:

Monday: mustache day

Tuesday: animal day

Wednesday: class choice (Bobcat vs. Griz)

Thursday: spirit day (wear red)

Friday: PJ or wear your favorite team

Spelling Words:  

Skill: /ea/ as in meat or thread

steamboat     bedroom         streambed     meadow

peanut            widespread    showdown     streamline

meant             seashell         headstrong    meantime

oatmeal          daydream       gingerbread

 

Reading Class  - AR required points for 3rd quarter is 20 point.

·       5 points = nonfiction

·       15 points = fiction

This week in reading our class will be working on unit 9 in our English books.  This unit contains: capitalization, punctuation, abbreviations, book titles, commas, and quotation marks.  We will also continue the nonfiction novel Who is Marco Polo?  We will be concentrating on nonfiction novels for the next few months.

 

Math Class 

My Math class this week is focusing on multiplication.  We will also start our timings for Rocket Math.

·       Timings (Rocket Math)

·       Multiplication facts with factors of 0,1,2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8

·       Story problems with multiplication

·       Patterns in multiplication

·       Properties of multiplication

·       Flash cards will start to come home every night to practice.  Please sign the parent signature sheet so your child can receive credit for homework.

 

Social Studies

I will have my homeroom for Social Studies for the next 6 weeks.  The class will be learning all about communities and the 3 branches of government.  We will be creating a community book that follows the standards for this subject.  We will also be studying the history of Billings during this time.

 

Specials this Week!

          Monday- Music

                   Tuesday-Library

                             Wednesday-Health

                                      Thursday-Music

                                                Friday-Library

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Have a super week! 

Mrs. McMorris

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