Classroom News for the Week of September 5th

News and Upcoming Events: 

9/5 Labor Day - School Closed
9/16 Please send in $67 field trip donation &T-shirt order form on or before this date.

Donate to Our Class: Use this link to shop for items for our classroom on Amazon. You can have items sent directly to the school c/o Ms. Convey. Please be sure to include your name, so I can thank you!  Ms. Convey's Class Supplies

What's Going On This Week In Class:

Math: 

Rounding numbers to any place value position; Accelerated Math

Math Fact Practice

Reading:

This week we will chapters 7-9 of Bridge to Terabithia (realistic fiction). Our focus will be on drawing conclusions and making inferences about characters based on their thoughts and actions. We will also identify types of conflicts in the plot.

Identifying types of non-fiction; Reading our first issue of Scholastic News

Genre Blackout: Students will be challenged to read books from 9 different genres in the first reporting period. Ask your child about his/her progress.

Spelling & Vocabulary:

This week's prefixes are super, supr, sur (above, over, more) and pre (before). 

Our words are:

superhuman

superabundant

superb

supervise

surplus

prehistoric

predict

prejudge

precaution

premier

Students should study both the meanings and spellings of these words. They will bring a study guide home on Tuesday. We will also complete activities and a pre-test in class to help them prepare for the quiz. Students will be tested on Friday.

Writing:

Unit 1 of Writer's Workshop: Realistic Fiction continues. Our focus will be on giving our characters struggles and motivations and plotting stories using a story arc.

PE:

Students have been working in pairs to create an "Never-Before-Seen (NBS) Dance". Students will work with a criteria chart over the next two weeks to develop an original 2 minute dance to perform for their classmates.

Social Studies/Science:

Correction: Rotations begin Friday, September 16th,

Social Studies: Geography of California

Science: Rocks and Minerals

Arts:

Complementary Colors and Gesture Drawing

Reminders:

Tardies:

 Please make sure your child is at school and in line by the 8:06 bell. We try to start the school day at 8:11 promptly. Thank you for your help!

Homework:

Please check your child's Homework Log nightly and sign or initial after the work has been completed. Remind your child that completed homework and the HW log are due in class daily.

Classroom News for the Week of 8/29

News and Upcoming Events: 

Welcome to our new Orchestra teacher, Ms. Truher, she will be working with Orchestra students on Mondays starting 9/12.

8/30 Back to School Night 5:00 MPR, 6:00 and 6:30 Classroom Presentations, Rm. 12

9/2 Admissions Day - School Closed 

9/5 Labor Day - School Closed

Donate to Our Class: Use this link to shop for items for our classroom on Amazon. You can have items sent directly to the school c/o Ms. Convey. Please be sure to include your name, so I can thank you!  Ms. Convey's Class Supplies

What's Going On This Week In Class:

Math: 

Strategies to Mentally Add/Subtract 1,000; 10,000; 100,000; Rounding Numbers

Reading:

This week we will chapters 4-6 of Bridge to Terabithia (realistic fiction). Our focus will be on drawing conclusions and making inferences about characters based on their thoughts and actions. We will also be practicing making a prediction using text evidence.

We will also be reading other examples of realistic fiction from our Treasures anthology.

Genre Blackout: Students will be challenged to read books from 9 different genres in the first reporting period. Ask your child about his/her progress.

Students will receive their first issue of Scholastic News.

Spelling & Vocabulary:

This week we begin studying Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, and roots. This week's prefixes are sub (below, under) and trans (across, over). 

Our words are:

1. subway
2. subject
3. submerge
4. subset
5. subterranean
6. translate
7. transfer
8. transform
9. transparent
10. transplant

Students should study both the meanings and spellings of these words. They will bring a study guide home on Monday. We will also complete activities and a pre-test in class to help them prepare for the quiz. The quiz will be Thursday this week due to the holiday.

Writing:

Unit 1 of Writer's Workshop: Realistic Fiction continues. Our focus will be on using moments from real life to gather ideas for fictional stories.

Students will be rewriting their first drafts of a realistic fiction story. This is a baseline writing sample to mark their progress against throughout the unit.

PE:

Students will work in pairs to create an "Never-Before-Seen (NBS) Dance". Students will work with a criteria chart over the next two weeks to develop an original 2 minute dance to perform for their classmates.

Social Studies/Science:

Rotations begin Friday, September 9.

Arts:

Ms. Ng - Observational Drawing

Reminders:

Tardies:

 Please make sure your child is at school and in line by the 8:06 bell. We try to start the school day at 8:11 promptly. Thank you for your help!

Homework:

Please check your child's Homework Log nightly and sign or initial after the work has been completed. Remind your child that completed homework and the HW log are due in class daily.