Dear Parents,
Welcome back! Thank you very much for all your lovely and thoughtful gifts. I appreciate them so very much!!! I opened them all on Christmas Day! Please remember to have your children bring in their homework: three sheets of loose leaf with the questions they answered from the three books on the Pearson website. It is due no later than this Thurs, Jan. 9 in case you need a little more time but by Friday grades must be recorded. There will be a test on The Recess Queen on Thursday as well as a Writing Test based on A Fine, Fine School and The Recess Queen on Friday.
On Friday I will be sending home a set of ten tests to be signed in a folder: 2 Religion, 2 Reading, 1 Phonics, 1 Writing, 1 Math, 1 Grammar, 1 Social Studies, and 1 Science. Please return all in the same folder by Mon., Jan. 13.
***I have been checking each student's progress in both Reading and Math on Success Maker and will discuss with you upon our return. MAP TEST FOR FIRST GRADE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED: MATH IS ON JAN. 17 AND READING IS ON JAN.22. Progress Reports will be sent home this Friday and Report Cards will be given out by the end of the month.
*Please click here if you wish to see this week's lesson plan.
Homework for Jan. 6 (Mon.)
Math- Do workbook pp. 61 and 62. Follow all directions!
ELA-Copy the title and definitions for The Recess Queen on the next page of your notebook and study them for a short assessment tomorrow!
Vocabulary for The Recess Queen
1. nobody- no one
2. tiny- teeny, very little. Opposite is huge.
3. snarled - growled, threatened
4. stared- looked at for a long time, gazed
5. giggled- laughed
6. stand up to- resist, show no fear
*Remember Gym tomorrow! Look for Jan. calendar in your child's folder.
***A few students informed me today that one of the books I assigned for the Christmas recess had no questions in the back. The book with the questions is Off to School We Go (not Off to School). I'm sorry for the confusion. Everyone has until this Friday to complete the rest of the assignment. I will collect this last one on Friday.
Homework for Jan. 7 (Tues.)
Math- Do workbook pp. 65 and 66. Read and follow all directions!
Social Studies- On loose leaf write a full heading. Answer the two questions on p. 107. Use the words land forms and water bodies to answer question #1.
***Gym again tomorrow!
***SHARPEN ALL PENCILS INCLUDING COLORED PENCILS. MAKE SURE ALL HAVE ERASERS THAT WORK! INSPECTION TOMORROW.
***Remember to finish answering the questions for the last Person book I assigned.
Homework for Jan. 8 (Wed.)
Math- Do workbook pp. 69 and 70. Follow samples on previous two pages.
ELA- Test tomorrow. Review vocabulary definitions for The Recess Queen and read over the book on the Pearson website. You can find it in Text Collection Unit 2. It is the second story after A Fine, Fine School. Be sure to be able to give a reason why you think it is right for Katie Sue to stand up to Mean Jean.
Homework for Jan. 9 (Thurs.)
Math- Do workbook pp. 73 and 74. Note the three directions for each : Draw 5 groups, cross out, and write the 2+ addition sentence.
Science- On the loose leaf write a full heading CORRECTLY!!! Answer the two questions at the bottom of p. C 9 in complete sentences.
***Empty out your homework folder except for the cards in the front and the word list in the back. Leave all corrected papers at home in a safe place.
***Writing test tomorrow on how Tilly or Katie Sue behaved as good classroom citizens.
***Remember that tomorrow is the last day to give me the answers to the last Pearson book: Off to School We Go.
***Dress down ok tomorrow!
Homework for Jan. 10 (Fri.)
Math- Do workbook pp. 79 and 80. Be sure to show the work for each one: circles with crossing out. or count on from 8.
Religion- Study Chapter 8 for quiz next week.
***Parent, please sign each of the ten tests in the test folder and send back them back in the same test folder with all the tests inside by Monday! Also, please sign the Progress Report. I will return it to you as soon as I see the signature.
***Practice Reading and Math om Success Maker at every opportunity!
***Parents, please note that many students are getting Inc, on their Math homework page over and over because THEY ARE STILL NOT FOLLOWING ALL DIRECTIONS! It is extremely important that students pay attention to directions and LEARN TO NOTICE DIFFERENCES like changes from 8 to 9. If students keep repeating the same type of errors over and over, then my correcting their work daily is of no use. Students need to learn from mistakes, not keep repeating them! Please review their work whenever possible.
***Ms. Alma asked that you consult her blog to review the song students are practicing for their upcoming performance.
