Noah

The VIP of the week is Noah. His favorite number is 9, color is red, and TV show is The Suite Life of Zach and Cody. He likes mornings, Christmas and football. His friends are Danielle, Danny, and Grant. Have a great week Noah!

This week in math we are starting division! We are starting simply with dividing with macaroni pieces. Next week we are continuing with division and learning new tricks with it.

In reading we are finishing our adinkra cloths that go with our story The Talking Cloth. They are looking amazing. We are alos writing paragraphs to go with our cloths to describe them.

In writing we are adding more detail to our Halloween costumes or favorite outfit paragraph. On Tuesday we learned how to make our sentences more interesting. New sentences should definately spice up our paragraphs!

In grammar we are working with pronouns. Pronouns replace a noun. Common pronouns are he, she, it, me, etc... Please help your child with their homework if they are struggling with it.

In American history, we are continuing with presenting our posters. Next week I will post pictures of each team's poster, I can't wait for you to see them!

Our Food Drive has begun! From now until December 15th please send in canned food, boxed food, or drinks to share with our less fortunate neighbors. For each item of food they bring, the children receive a ticket. Having lots of tickets can be very helpful when it's prize box time!

Oscar

The VIP of the week is Oscar. A few kids will be VIP twice because their turn falls on a short week. When that happens they get a second chance. Oscar likes the TV show Maruto and the movie Street Fighters. Have a great second week Oscar!

This week in math we are practicing our multiplication facts. We've been working really hard with learning them. Have you been studying at home?

In reading we are finishing our story The Talking Cloth. We will be creating our own adinkra cloth. Here is a picture of an adinkra cloth:

And here is a man creating an adinkra cloth:

I can't wait to see how ours turn out.

In writing we are finishing our paragraph about our Halloween costume or favorite outfit. Be sure to look for it on Wednesday.

Because of the short week, we will not be doing a grammar lesson.

In American history, we will be presenting our posters to the class. I should be pretty neat to see all of our hard work.

Please don't forget that our poem presentations are due Tuesday and Wednesday.

Finally, I have a great website for those of you who are interested in searching for AR quizzes for your child. The kids cannot take tests, but they can locate books and find out if the books they are getting from the public library are AR. How many AR books do you already have?

Sahara

The VIP of the week is Sahara. Sahara likes daisys, math and the color purple. She enjoys Saturdays, soccer and Christmas. Sara is her friend. Have a great week Sahara!

It's conference week! All week long I will be meeting with parents and children to discuss their progress. Please bring along any questions you may have for me and I will do my best to answer them!

In math we are continuing with multiplication. On Monday we made flash cards for the hard 6 and 7 facts. This week we will be learning the 8s and the 9s. I can't wait to show the kids the cool 9s trick!

In reading we are continuing with The Talking Cloth. On Monday we learned why it's a realistic fiction story. Realistic fiction meanas it's not real, but it could happen. We had a fun time guessing if our neighbors were telling us real stories or realistic fiction ones. On Tuesday and Thursday we will be reading the story outloud. On Wednesday, we are taking our Benchmark exam. It's great practice for the big test in May.

In writing we are continuing with our paragraph about our Halloween costume or favorite outfit. Has your child told you about their paragraph?

Because of our short days this week, we were only able to do one grammar lesson. It was a fun one though! Each child paired up with a neighbor. They then wrote their own sentences and divided them into the subject and predicate. After that we split the sentences and mixxed them up. Each pair got someone else's subject and predicate. We got some pretty wild sentences!

Unfortunately, we are unable to do American history this week. The good news is the kids are done with their posters. Next week they will begin presenting their posters to the class. It should be a lot of fun!

Please remember that by next week the kids should memorize their poems and create a visual to go with them. We've had really awesome visuals in the past and I can't wait to see them this year!

Caden

The VIP of the week is Caden. Caden's favorite numbers are 1, 5, and 10, animal is a white tiger, and day of the week is Saturday. He likes Christmas, Halloween, and roses. John Wolfe is his friend. Have a great week Caden!

This week in math we are continuing with multiplication. We are really focusing on learning 6, 7, 8, and 9. It's really important that your child memorizes their multiplication facts.

In reading we are starting the story The Talking Cloth. This is a great story about a child learning the importance of her heritage. Please check out this site for more information about the story. This site is good for finding activities to go along with The Talking Cloth.

In writing we are continuing with our paragraphs about our Halloween costume or our favorite outfit. The kids get to choose which one they want to write about.

In grammar we are beginning with subjects and predicates. Every sentence can be divided into two parts: the subject and the predicate.
Example:
My cat sleeps all day.
The subject is - My cat
The predicate is - sleeps all day.
I've been teaching the kids that the subject is what the sentence is about and the predicate is from the verb to the end. This is very helpful for the kids. Here are some more examples:

My sister / likes to eat.
His mom / is very nice.
My uncle / ran a marathon.

In social studies we are continuing with our American History posters. On Thursday we will be finishing them just in time to share with the class next Wednesday and Thursday.

Please don't forget that the kids should be memorizing a poem to present to the class in two weeks. I can't wait to see their visual!