Happy Friday!
Boy, the holiday feel is in the air! Please remind your child that we still have some days left before the holiday break...
Here's what we've been doing:
Language Arts: Wow! I really have some great poets in my class this year! We've been writing couplets, haikus, cinquains, free verse, shape, and acrostic poems. You may even see some of our wonderful poetry in the next "Urbana Elementary Quill"!
Math: We've been working with subtraction of 3 digit numbers while reading word problems. Some students are having difficulty subtracting from 0, so I've been focusing on that.
Social Studies: We've started our unit on Peoples of the World and Nation. We've had some good discussion about immigration. If your family came here from another country, please share that with your child so we can hear about it in class! The project that is due on December 21 goes well with this unit!
Writing: Most of our writing this week has been with poetry.
Next week...
Language Arts: We'll be ending our Poetry unit and starting Reading Social Studies Texts. We'll be covering how to use text features to help us understand what we're reading.
Math: We'll continue with subtraction by comparing how things that can be measured are different.
Social Studies: We'll continue covering different cultures.
We are still in need of large and small baggies, antibacterial wipes, and games/toys for the classroom.
Thanks for all you do!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Humerick
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Can you believe it's December already?? Where has the time gone? I sincerely hope everyone had a restful and yummy Thanksgiving. I have to admit I did not want to hear that alarm go off Monday morning! Your kids made me smile though, and that got me through the day!
I sometimes can't believe how hard these kids work! Here are some things we worked on this week:
Language Arts: We've been reading and writing Poetry. Ask your child what a couplet, a haiku, or a cinquain is! Thursday and Friday we listened to some fun Poetry and illustrated the "mood". A favorite was "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out!"
Math: We worked hard on subtraction fact cards and how subtraction is the inverse operation of addition. Some kids REALLY need to be practicing addition facts at home - even if it isn't written down for homework! We've also been doing subtraction of three digit numbers from three digit numbers - please practice this with your child.
Science: We finally know what the mystery chemicals were: alum, sugar, cornstarch, baby powder, and baking soda! It was certainly a fun unit!
Word Study: We've done lots of work this week with contractions. Since this is word study and not spelling, the students were responsible for understanding what a contraction is.
Next week:
Language Arts: We'll continue to work with Poetry. Each poem we read will have MSA type questions to answer - we need to get the practice in now!
Math: We'll continue to work with subtraction in different ways - travel stories, distance riddles, and more!
Social Studies: We're starting a new unit - Peoples of the World and Nation. Along with this unit will be a holiday project. Look for it on Monday.
Word Study: Our pattern this week is "final stable syllables".
We have some classroom needs:
If you have any games or lego-type toys that you would like to donate, we are in dire need of stuff to do during indoor recess. The toys/games we have are MANY years old and need to be retired!
We also need baggies - large and small and disinfecting wipes.
Thanks in advance!
Have a wonderful weekend - thanks for all you do to make my life easier!
Mrs. Humerick
I sometimes can't believe how hard these kids work! Here are some things we worked on this week:
Language Arts: We've been reading and writing Poetry. Ask your child what a couplet, a haiku, or a cinquain is! Thursday and Friday we listened to some fun Poetry and illustrated the "mood". A favorite was "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out!"
Math: We worked hard on subtraction fact cards and how subtraction is the inverse operation of addition. Some kids REALLY need to be practicing addition facts at home - even if it isn't written down for homework! We've also been doing subtraction of three digit numbers from three digit numbers - please practice this with your child.
Science: We finally know what the mystery chemicals were: alum, sugar, cornstarch, baby powder, and baking soda! It was certainly a fun unit!
Word Study: We've done lots of work this week with contractions. Since this is word study and not spelling, the students were responsible for understanding what a contraction is.
Next week:
Language Arts: We'll continue to work with Poetry. Each poem we read will have MSA type questions to answer - we need to get the practice in now!
Math: We'll continue to work with subtraction in different ways - travel stories, distance riddles, and more!
Social Studies: We're starting a new unit - Peoples of the World and Nation. Along with this unit will be a holiday project. Look for it on Monday.
Word Study: Our pattern this week is "final stable syllables".
We have some classroom needs:
If you have any games or lego-type toys that you would like to donate, we are in dire need of stuff to do during indoor recess. The toys/games we have are MANY years old and need to be retired!
We also need baggies - large and small and disinfecting wipes.
Thanks in advance!
Have a wonderful weekend - thanks for all you do to make my life easier!
Mrs. Humerick
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