Mrs. Flick's Facts
May 11, 2018
Important Dates
May
17- Art Show 6:00 - 8:00 PM
18- Crystal Cave Field Trip
25-28 No School
30- Field Day (rain date is June 1)
June
7- 11:50 Dismissal
8- 11:50 Dismissal- Last Student Day
Happy Mother's Day to all of our amazing moms! I hope your kiddos celebrate YOU this weekend!
Be on the lookout for a present- THERE ARE PLANTING DIRECTIONS INSIDE the card!! These are not flowers and will need to be planted outdoors ASAP!
Upcoming Specials
Monday: Day 3 Art
Tuesday: Day 4 Music
Wednesday: Day 5 Library
Thursday: Day 1 Music
Friday: Day 2 Gym
Reminders!
-HOMEWORK is very important as it reinforces skills. Please be sure to check that your child has completed their nightly homework.
-Record that Reading!
EACH night the students should be recording their reading time on the November calendar page in their agendas. They know where this page is and should be able to record it themselves. An adult just needs to initial it each night :).
- Please send a snack with your child each day. Please do not send any drinks other than water- juices are sticky when they spill! Thank you! (remember that we are peanut and treenut free)
- Please check and sign your child's planner every night.
Math Updates
In Math this week, we continued Unit 9. We started the week multiplying larger numbers together. To do this, we used the break apart strategy. Students were encouraged to break the larger number into tens and ones to make the multiplication problems easy to solve. We then spent the middle of the week solving "broken calculator" problems. These problems encourage students to approach the problem in a different way than what they may originally want to solve it. Finally we explored elapsed time. We took a quick quiz on the break apart strategy rather than taking another long unit test. Next week we will start to prepare for the End of the Year Math test.
Building a READING LIFE
In Reading this week, we began the week doing the CDT reading tests. This helps teachers show the progress that your child has made through the year. We then continued Researching and prepared to teach the class what was learned. The students prepared their Google Slides and some groups started to share what they learned about their animal with the class. Next week we will take this one step further and do biographical research about people who are important to the history of Pennsylvania!
Word Study
Word study will continue IN-SCHOOL but you will not be doing any at-home activities!! :)
Monday nights- Students are to sort their words and record them in their notebooks. They are to also record their discovery or rule for the week.
Tuesday and Wednesday nights- Students should sort their words and read them as they sort. They can practice writing them on paper, whiteboards, or typing them. NO WRITTEN homework is required on these nights.
Thursday nights- Students are to ask an adult to quiz them on their words. They write the headers and then record the words as they are called out. The adult should use the notebook to correct the sort and ask the student to practice any words that were spelled incorrectly. This should be completed in the word study notebook in their binder.
The notebook will then be returned to school Friday morning and handed in to me :).
Friday- there will be a test given
This means that before the notebooks are handed in on Fridays there will be...
1. an answer key made of the sort and discovery in class during sort introductions
2. Monday night homework practiced/written sort and discovery.
3. a blind sort and written discovery on Thursday night.
Writing Long & Strong
This week in Writing, we continued to twist our favorite fairy tales! Students chose a fairy tale and chose one thing that they wanted to change. They created booklets that helped them organize their story and then wrote pages about each of their book pages. We talked about how changing one character or what the character wants will change the rest of the story too!
Special Areas
In Gym this week, students spent time sprinting and distance running while doing their Spring Fitness testing.
In Music this week, students worked on reading and practicing notes with their recorders.
In Art, students are finishing their accordion-style dragon books with acrostic poems inside them.
In Library, the kids are learning about our online resources such as World Book, Gale Databases and Power Library. They are also learning how to create a shared Google Doc and work on it collaboratively..
Scholastic Book Orders
If you are interested in placing book orders throughout the year from Scholastic, please go to www.club.scholastic.com
and use our class code: LDBK3
Giant Bonus Cards
Giant Bonus Cards are our BIGGEST fundraising source. The link to register Bonus Cards is: http://giantfoodstores.com/aplus/register-card/?_requestid=1157213
Cursive
This week the students we continued to work on capital letters.
TECH
This week we continued to use Google Slides to create presentations for the information we learned about our animals. Next week we will begin research on important people in PA history.
Specialist Spot
Please click on this link to read the monthly newsletters from our Reading Specialists!
Crystal Cave
Reminder: Next FRIDAY is our field tip. I will be sending home a reminder, but in case you want to prepare, they will need a completely disposable lunch, and a sweatshirt.
We are SO excited!!!!
Social Studies
This week we began learning about the regions of Pennsylvania. We learned about the Erie Plain and Allegheny Plateau.