Sunday, November 25, 2012

This Week's Connection

Children are our most valuable natural resource. ~ Herbert Hoover
  
Communication Arts: Students are required to have a book to read at all times. They can bring a book from home, check one out in the library, or in our classroom.
  • Reading logs will be sent home every Monday. Students are required to read a total of 100 minutes per week. Reading logs must be filled out completely and signed by a parent/guardian. Completed reading logs must be turned in the following Monday.
  • Literacy Focus: Draw Conclusions 
  • Writing Focus: Continuing with our poetry unit: diamante, cinquain, quatrain, triplet, and couplet.
  • Literacy Circles: Using nonfiction,Time for Kids (TFK)
Word Study: Sort 8
  • Hyper Spellers: Recognize related words in which a vowel sound changes from long to short. Spell Check 1 will be given. 
  • Super Spellers: Identify spelling patterns of words with the -ed ending.
  • Monday: Introduction of lesson
  • Tuesday-Thursday: Spelling choices and workbook sort 8
  • Friday: Test
Math: We have made Everyday math into units so you will see some skipping around in the books.
  • Solving Problems Using the Geometry Template and Coordinates. 
  • Study Links (homework): 3.10, 9.1, Various Worksheets
Science/Health:
  • Health: More Body Systems: Digestive, Nervous, Endocrine, & Urinary Systems
  • Science: Continuation of the States of Matter. Then heading into mass and volume.
Social Studies:
  • Review of the first three settlements with a quiz on Monday, December 3rd.
Contact information for Mrs. Hughes:
 
Phone:
(417) 523-3600 ext. 37131 Email: ahughes@spsmail.org Website: http://sps.k12.mo.us/disney/adurham/