Tuesday, April 23, 2013

This week's spelling words focus on the prefixes dis-, in-, mis-, re-

1.  dislike
2.  disappear
3.  distrust
4.  dishonest
5.  disagree
6.  incomplete
7.  independent
8.  incorrect
9.  invisible
10. inactive
11. misplace
12. misspell
13. misled
14. mistreat
15. misbehave
16. rebuild
17. reuse
18. react
19. replace
20. recall

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

April 15-19

Just a friendly reminder....
There will be a quiz on Wednesday on our Science vocabulary, students created cards to study over a week ago in class.  These will help them prepare for the vocabulary quiz.
**The Math test that was scheduled for this Thursday will be moved to Friday.  The topics on the test will be: partial quotient division, measuring angles and coordinate grids.**

Have a great week!

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone has been able to enjoy this beautiful weather this week!

In our Math class, we are learning to measure angles!  Currently, the students are measuring using a full-circle protractor and later this week, they will learn to measure with a half-circle protractor.

In Language Arts, the students are working with a reading partner instead of in a literature circle.  Currently, they are reading (and enjoying!) Dear Mr. Henshaw  by Beverly Cleary.
To read more about our author, learn more about Leigh and other characters that Ms. Cleary has written, take a look at her website: Beverly Cleary Website

Enjoy the rest of the week and read this coming Friday's weekly update for more happenings in our class!

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Week of March 25

This week, the students have finished reading Strider and are working on in-class projects.  They are creating new covers for the book based on their favorite section and are rewriting the ending.  So far, the covers look great!

There will be a spelling list on Thursday of this week.  The list is a little shorter than usual, concentrating on double consonant words.

1.  tomorrow
2.  borrow
3.  different
4.  supper
5.  matter
6.  written
7.  bottle
8.  ridden
9.  odd
10. bubble
11. offer
12. suffer
13. slipper
14. grasshopper
15. worry
16. current
17. lettuce
18. paddle
19. shudder
20. hobby

*As we continue to work with division, please encourage your child to study math facts at home for a few minutes a night! :)

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Tricky Tray Class Basket

As many of you know, our very own OCS PTA puts together an amazing Tricky Tray every year!  The PTA does so many great things for our school, so it is so important that we help them out with our class basket.
This year's basket is "Hot to the Touch," which includes a lovely fire pit!

Mrs. Frasca has kindly offered to put together our class basket.  Many of you have sent in the money to cover the fire pit, however, we could still use some more items to include with it. 

Some ideas may include: marshmallows, skewers, blankets, music, plastic tumblers, hot chocolate mix, graham crackers, chocolates (smore fixings)-possiblities are endless and so much fun!

Please send in what you can, it can make a great difference in our class' basket!  Also, classrooms with baskets that have a high amount of tickets also get prizes, so our children benefit not only in the long run, but also in the classroom!

Thank you!

Monday, March 18, 2013

Partial Quotient Video

In Math, we are working with a different method of division.  The students were introduced to the "partial-quotients" algorithm in class.  Take a look at this quick video, to see the method being used to solve a problem.  It is a great video and shows how to use partial-quotients, step by step.
Enjoy!

Partial Quotient

The week of March 18

Happy Monday!

This week in Language Arts we continue to work in our literature circles.  The students and I are reading Strider.

There will a spelling test on Friday of this week.  We are studying words that have the suffixdes: -ful, -ly, -ion.

Spelling list:

1.  powerful
2.  peaceful
3.  beautiful
4.  cheerful
5.  painful
6.  thoughtful
7.  slowly
8.  safely
9.  daily
10. suddenly
11. carefully
12. weekly
13. lately
14. truthfully
15. hopefully
16. action
17. location
18. invention
19. correction
20. pollution
21. dangerous
22. principal
23. suspected
24. chanting
25. cautious

Have a great week!