Well, brace yourselves - it's another LONG weekend! Please remember that there is no school on Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday observance), Tuesday (teacher training on new curriculum), or Wednesday (time for us to complete report cards). Have a wonderful time with your child!!
Since next week is so short, I won't have much to post. Here it is...
Language Arts: We are still working with reading questions carefully and then answering them fully. I find that students want me to tell them what they need to answer instead of reading the question. A good strategy for this is to read the question aloud. This helps understand what is being asked. This will also be a huge help with those BCR's I mentioned last week!
Math: Because of our snow day we are a little behind where I wanted to be, so our unit test will probably be next week (Thursday).
Writing: We are in the midst of writing an expository essay. Each student chose something important to him/her and we're writing about it. When I modeled the writing, I used my kitchen table - ask your child about it!
Word Study - NO word study next week.
Social Studies - We're continiuing our Economics unit. Next week will be consumers and interdependence. The kids really love Econ!
That's about it from here...
I do want to say that our next field trip will be to the Earth, Space, and Science Lab on March 22, 9:30-11:00. We would love for you to meet us there!
Other important dates that you can't miss:
Reading Night at UES - February 2 (snow date - Feb 16). 6:45-7:30. A letter came home about it. If you would like more information, let me know.
Yearbook Order forms are due by Feb. 2
Multicultural Fair - February 11, 6:00-8:00pm.
Valentine's Day Party!!! February 14th, 2:30-3:20. Letter with class list will be coming home soon!
I think that's it... Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Humerick
Friday, January 7, 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope your 2011 is very happy, healthy, and prosperous!
The class really came back ready to work! It's nice to see my students so happy after a nice break from school!
Here's what we've been doing and what we WILL be doing:
Language Arts: We started Ancillary Texts this week. These texts are any that aid you in finding information... dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, articles, websites, etc. We've spent the week reading an article about the Flu and doing our Before, During, and After Reading Strategies with it. Next week we'll be reading more information and answering BCR (Brief Constructed Response) questions. BCR's are found a lot on the MSA's we'll be taking in March so we'll be practicing a lot!
Math: My math class will continue working with large numbers. We've been doing lots of work with number lines and travel stories this week. Next week we'll continue with this and also begin subtracting larger numbers. Our assessment for this unit will probably be Thursday.
Writing: We're talking about interesting words. Word Choice is our focus these next few weeks. The students went through the dictionary on a word hunt for words they could use in their writing to make it more interesting. Hopefully, they'll use these more and more.
Social Studies: We've started our Economics Unit. Ask your child about Econ. He's an imaginary character in our 5-part series of videos explaining scarcity, choices, opportunity cost, decision trees, and a whole lot more!
I was so pleased with the Cultural Projects the students did! They're all hanging up in the library hallway for all to see! Such a great diverse group!
As always, thanks to everyone for checking their child's backpack for homework, papers to be signed, etc.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Humerick
The class really came back ready to work! It's nice to see my students so happy after a nice break from school!
Here's what we've been doing and what we WILL be doing:
Language Arts: We started Ancillary Texts this week. These texts are any that aid you in finding information... dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, articles, websites, etc. We've spent the week reading an article about the Flu and doing our Before, During, and After Reading Strategies with it. Next week we'll be reading more information and answering BCR (Brief Constructed Response) questions. BCR's are found a lot on the MSA's we'll be taking in March so we'll be practicing a lot!
Math: My math class will continue working with large numbers. We've been doing lots of work with number lines and travel stories this week. Next week we'll continue with this and also begin subtracting larger numbers. Our assessment for this unit will probably be Thursday.
Writing: We're talking about interesting words. Word Choice is our focus these next few weeks. The students went through the dictionary on a word hunt for words they could use in their writing to make it more interesting. Hopefully, they'll use these more and more.
Social Studies: We've started our Economics Unit. Ask your child about Econ. He's an imaginary character in our 5-part series of videos explaining scarcity, choices, opportunity cost, decision trees, and a whole lot more!
I was so pleased with the Cultural Projects the students did! They're all hanging up in the library hallway for all to see! Such a great diverse group!
As always, thanks to everyone for checking their child's backpack for homework, papers to be signed, etc.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Humerick
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