This Thursday is the end of our second marking quarter. Report cards will be available online next week.
We will use the new marking quarter to begin a few new methods and routines in our classroom. Regarding behavior, we have already begun a new system in our classroom using beads. Each day the students begin their day with five beads. Their personal goal is to keep all five (which we call “Five Alive”). If necessary, a student may have to put a bead in the “Give Back” jar when they aren’t following our classroom rules. At the end of each day, students put their remaining beads in a jar marked “GOALS.” The class goal is to get 10 extra minutes of free time once they have filled the jar up to the first line on the jar. This system is designed to help the students achieve their personal best, as well as enable them to work together to accomplish something as a group. Several students kept “Five Alive” the first week!
Week: January 23-27
Spelling: tiniest, hobbies, copied, countries, pitied, easier, laziest, families, spied, happiest, ladies, friendlier, studied, busier, prettiest, noisier, healthier, butterflies, funniest Challenge words: heaviest, categories, communities, multiplied, qualities
Reading: Anchor text: “Ecology for Kids”; Vocabulary: habitats, species, organisms, traces, vast, directly, affect, variety, radiation banned ; The Family Under the Bridge, by Natalie Savage Carlson
Writing: Letters to students in Lutheran Schools across America
Math: Comparing and ordering fractions
Science: Ch. 10 Lesson 1, What are natural resources?
Social Studies: Test on Chapter 5
Tests This Week:
- Wednesday – Social Studies, Chapter 5
- Friday – Spelling
Important Notes:
- On Monday we will attend an assembly presented by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation on animals
- Math EXTRA help Wednesday, 7:45 am
- PLEASE send in new supplies if you haven’t already done so. there are still several students without pencils.
- This week we are celebrating Lutheran Schools Week. We will be making prayer rocks and listening to special devotions all week.
- Wear RED to school Thursday in celebration of Lutheran Schools Week
This Week’s Prayer Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rK6O0YtBRY