Week of Dec. 5 to Dec. 9

Hello!  Just a quick couple of reminders before I dive into our learning for the week:

1. If you would like to order books for December, I sent home the first book order forms last week. I will be entering the orders on Friday, so please send them in by then.  If you want to look at or order them online, look to the right column and click on the Scholastic link. It will take you into our classroom site.

2. I will send home more information as soon as I get it, but the students will have an opportunity to shop at the Penguin Gift Shop next week for gifts for friends and family. The prices range from $.25 and up, and we will be visiting it on Wednesday afternoon. You can send money with your children if you want them to purchase gifts. It is a fundraiser for the 5th grade field trip.

3. The Winter Music Program is next Thursday, Dec. 15 at 10:00 a.m.

So here are our learning goals for the week!

Reading: We are starting the chapter book The BFG. In Wonders, the students are reading and learning about the US government and the process of becoming the president. They are also working on making nouns plural (add -s, -es, or change the spelling), rereading difficult books, and identifying the genre "Expository Text".

Spelling: Words with silent letters

Vocabulary: announced, elect, candidates, estimate, convince, government, decision, independent

Math: The students are continuing to gain more experience with multiplication by looking at and comparing factors and products in our game last week.  We will also start a game of multiplication bingo to reinforce our learning. In independent practice, students are working on the online math portions of Moby Max and ST Math. Both of these programs are letting the students work at their own levels.

Art: Winter Craft

Thank you!
Mrs. Urbaniak

Week of Nov. 28 to Dec. 2

Hello! Have you seen that we have our Winter Concert will be on Thursday, Dec. 15? K-2 will perform at 8:45, and grades 3-5 will perform at 10:00 a.m.? We certainly hope that you can stay for the entire section of each performance. It can be distracting to the students if people are up and moving around.

Here's a look into our learning for the week:

Reading: We are continuing to read Because of Winn-Dixie. Extraordinary things are happening in our room, such as great discussions, pleas to read "just one more chapter", and the building of empathy. It's simply fantastic. In our Wonders series, we are in Unit 2 Week 2: Immigration. Each small reading group is reading a historical fiction book about characters that immigrate to America. As we read, the students are learning about making and revising predictions and using similes.

Vocabulary: whispered, immigrated, inspected, moment, photographs, valuable, immigrated, opportunity

Spelling words: Months of the Year

Math: We are starting multiplication this week! The kiddos are so excited!  We will be playing games and doing activities in order to build their understanding of groups and items within each group.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Urbaniak