Monday Mail

Monday Mail

August 29, 2011

This week in:

Math:  We will continue working on our math facts.  The students must be very  confident with their facts before we move forward.  Your continued support at home is very evident in class.

Subtraction and Separating - Connecting addition and subtraction

I am sending home a math story problem.  Students should answer one question each night and return on Friday.    

Graphing

Language Arts:

Writers’ Workshop - We will generate a list of ideas they would like to write about

Genre - Realistic Fiction - A story using made up characters that could happen in real life.

Conventions - Capitalizing books, months, days, and holidays

Subject and Predicate

Poetry - Select poems by Bruce Lansky

Story - Mi Familia

Novel - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Word Study - Short Vowels o, u and e - Spelling Words Attached

Picture Books - The Giving Tree, The Talking Eggs

Comprehension - Compare and Contrast

Book of Virtues - “Diamonds and Toads”

Social Studies:  We will begin our Me on the Map unit.  The children will identify cities, states, countries, and continents.  They will also learn cardinal directions and how to use a map key. 

Geography:  What is a Map?

Music of the Week:  We will listen to the Preamble and a song about the continents.    

Technology: creating wordels 

Character Development - We will continue to cover the social graces and manners that will be expected throughout the year.  Kindness and Compassion will be reinforced as we read stories throughout the week.  

Vocabulary Words

remembered porch

crown spend

stuck visit

cousin piano

Science:  Students will learn about the Scientific Method using bubbles and a surprise activity on Friday!!!!

FYI:

Guided Reading Books will come home this week:o)

Look for our first POW coming home today.

Most of the work students did last week will go into their “Time Capsule”.  Therefore, they won’t have many assignments coming home tomorrow.

******Please save and send your Boxtops!!!!!!!  The students earn a penny for each boxtop they bring to school!!!!  This is a great way to earn money for our school:o)

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Spelling Words

Short Vowels o, u and e

wet left

job help

hut plum

rest nut

spot net

mud hot

Challenge Words:

lunch spend

Sentence Dictation:  We ate lunch.

Bonus Words:

basket grandma

Number: 2 - This number must be written correctly for the remainder of the year!!!!!  Points will be deducted if it is written incorrectly regardless of the subject.  Please practice it at home:o)

Dates to Remember:

 Sept. 6 –Seele Parent Info., PTA & Volunteer Video at 6:00 pm 

 Sept. 5 -Labor Day Holiday 

  Sept. 8 –Volunteer Video at 8:15 am in café 

 Sept. 23 -Comal County Fair Day –Holiday 

 Sept. 28 -Picture Day  - Progress Reports go home