Students’ cards to Mrs.Hachem
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May and June Newsletter
Dear parents,
During the Months of May and June we will be studying these topics and we might have some changes throughout the months.
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Language Arts/Spelling Lists Week of Week of May 2, 2016 Wing- going- sleeping-bring- Those, use, fast, pull, found, Week of May 9, 2016 Suffixes- ness- able Goodness, likable, teachable Because, best, upon, these, many Week of May 16, 2016 irregular past tense Verbs Hid, went, wrote, spoke, sat If, long, about, six, never, seven Week of May 23, 2016 compound words Football, bedroom, downstairs, something, playground |
Math Continue working on unit 9 And start unit 10 1. Capacity 2. Weight 3. Pre- test unit 9 Thursday, May 5, 2016 Unit 10 1. Decimal Notation for pennies and Dimes 2. Money amount with a calculator 3. Estimating finding exact costs 4. Making change 5. Place value notations 6. Grouping with parentheses 7. Unit 10 Pretest |
Science- Life science Plants Review plants basic needs Review plants parts Review plants parts jobs Continue working on the plants activity 1.Label parts of a plant 2.Write about the jobs of each part 3. Life cycle of a plant
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Social Studies-Unit 6 How can a Citizen affect a Community? 1– What is a good citizen?
2- How do people work together to solve problems in a community? 3- Exploring public issue in a community 4- Taking part in a community project |
Thank you,
Mrs. Hachem
March Newsletter
Dear parents,
For the Month of March and April we will be studying these topics and we might have some changes throughout the month.
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Language Arts/Spelling Lists Week of 3/7/16 Prefix – dis Disapprove, disagree, disable, dismiss Want, too, pretty, four, saw
Strategy for this week is-visualize Week of 3/14/16 Suffixes er, est taller Faster, slower, bigger, smaller Eat, who, new, must, black
Strategy for this week is summarize 3/21/16 Suffixes –ly -ful Slowly, nicely, quickly, friendly, helpful Our, ate, under, of, some
Strategy for this week is cause and effect
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Math Math pre-test unit 6 Pre-test goes home to review
Unit 6 post-test on Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Start unit 7 1. pattern counting 2. adding three or more 1 digit and multi digit numbers 3. practice repeated doubling and halving 4. exploring weights in pounds 5. readiness for division and area 6. measure length to the nearest inch and centimeter 7. middle value (median) 8. line plot, bar graph for a set of data |
Social Studies
Social Studies Unit 4 How do people work in a community? Lessons:
· Scarcity and choices · Opportunity cost · Using natural to produce goods · And services
Vocabulary Cards will go home every day for review.
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Science-Life Science
1. Identify the need of plants. 2. The life cycle of familiar flowering plants including the following stages : seed, plant, and describe fruit 3. Identify characteristics of plants (leaf shape, flower type, color). |
Thank you,
Mrs. Hachem
February Newsletter
Dear parents,
For the Month of February we will be studying these topics and we might have some changes throughout the month.
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Language Arts/Spelling Lists Week of 2/1/16 -ur Cure, pure, burn, churn, sure Week of 2/8/16 Ever, never, better, her, per
Week of 2/16/16 prefix re Reread, remix, relist, retell, refresh
2/22/16 Prefix-un- Unable, unjust, unbend, undo
2/29/16 Prefix pre Pretest, precut, preschool
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Math Continue working on unit 5 pre –test · Pre-test goes home to review and to be prepared for the post test · Unit 5 post-test will be on Thursday 2/4/16 Unit 6
1. Addition of three or more numbers 2. Subtraction two digits 3. Multiplication and division 4. Multiple of equal groups |
Social Studies Unit 4 How do people work in a community? Lessons:
· Scarcity and choices · Opportunity cost · Using natural to produce goods · And services · Business in our community
Vocabulary cards go home every day to review what we learned in the class.
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Science-Earth Science Landforms. 1.Describe the major landforms of the surface of the earth Mountains- plains- valleys, hills
2. Identify and describe natural causes of change in the Earth’s surface(erosion, glaciers, volcanoes, landslides, and earthquakes)
3. How does wind and water change the land?
4. Weathering and erosion in my neighborhood Weathering means the breaking down of rocks and soils.
Watch videos on earthquakes and volcanoes to see why landforms change shape and size.
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Thank you,
Mrs. Hachem
January Newsletter
Dear parents,
During the Month of January we will be studying these topics and we might have some changes throughout the month.
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Language Arts Spelling Lists
Week of 1-5-15/ Daily spelling homework/Friday spelling Test Back- duck- pick- dock- deck
Week of 1-12-15 car- farm- tart- dark- park
Week of 1-19-15 For- chore- form- storm- corn
Week of 1-26-15 Dirt- bird- stir- birth- skirt
On January 20 and 22 will do the NWEA test on Math and Reading |
Math
Unit 4 review Use different strategies to solve addition problems 2. Exploring temperature Money and shapes 3. Exploring length Area and attributes and 3-D shapes Pre-test 1/8/15 Unit 4 pre-test goes home for review Post-test 1/11/15 Unit 4 Unit 5 1. Exploring length Area and attributes and 3-D shapes 2. Quiz on 3-Dimensional shapes 3. parallel lines, vertices, edges and faces
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Social Studies Week of 1/5/15
Unit 3 How do citizens live together?
Vocabulary review will be sent home. 1. Local government (complete the local Government Tree activity) 2. Core democratic values/watch a video Citizen role 4- Pledge of allegiance
Vocabulary Cards goes home every day for to review as a preparation for the social studies common assessment.
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Science Unit 2 water test
Unit 3 Landforms 1. Introduction (watch a video) 2. Characteristics of different land forms (mountains, hills, hills, valleys) 3. Prepare for the landform project 4. Letter will go home about the landforms project 5. Prepare a box to use for the project 6. Edible landforms activity in the classroom |
Thank you.
Mrs.Hachem
December Newsletter
Dear parents,
During the Month of December we will be studying these topics and we might have some changes throughout the month.
Newsletter
Language Arts
Spelling Lists Week of 12-7-15/ Daily spelling homework
Chick- shop-thin- when-think Friday—– Spelling Test
Week of 12-15-14 with- dish- each- stitch- itch Friday Spelling Test
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Math
Unit 3 pre test · Using coins to buy things Numeration · Telling time · Unit 3 test Unit 4 1. parts- and Total Number stories 2. Exploring temperature Money and shapes
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Social Studies Unit 3 How do citizens live together? 1- Government 2- Local government 3- Core democratic values 4- Pledge of allegiance
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Science Unit 2 water Review the following: Water sources Uses of water Water in liquid state |
Thank you.
Mrs.Hachem
November Newsletter
Dear parents,
For the Month of November we will be studying these topics and we might have some changes throughout the month.
Newsletter
Language Arts Spelling Lists
Week of 11-2-15/ Daily spelling homework Every Friday we have spelling test Toe- rode- note- woke- hoe
Week of 11-9-15 Long o:oa boat-float-cloak-oat-toad
Week of 11-16-15 Contraction Didn’t- they’ve- she’s- we’ll- wouldn’t
Week of 11-23-15 irregular plurals foot -feet – goose- geese- mouse- mice Daily Homework Monday: put the spelling list in alphabetical order Tuesday: Use each word in a complete sentence. Wednesday: Use all the words to write a short story.
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Math
Week of 11-2-15 Unit 2 Pre-test Please review the pre-test with your child and sign it. 11-6-15 Unit 2 Test
Week of 11-9-15 start Unit 3 we will the following topics : 1. place value Quiz
Week of 11-16-15 1. Using coins to buy things 2. Telling Time Quiz
Week of 11-23-15 Pre-Test Unit 3 if we have time we will go over the pre test and make the corrections.
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Social Studies Week of 11-2-15 Unit 2 introduction and watch a video.
Unit 2 Where is my community & what is it like? 1- Maps Exploring maps/Vocabulary Map – map key- symbol- location direction words- north – south- east- west Classroom map Assessment
Week of 11-9-15 2- Transportation Different ways to move people and goods Helps connect communities together
Week of 11-16-15 3- Landforms Mountains- hills- plains- valley
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Science Unit 2 water Week of 11-2-15 Video 1. Identify water sources (wells, springs, lakes, rivers, oceans)
2.Identify household uses of water (drinking, cleaning, food preparation)
3. Clever Clean Up/ classwork experiment
Settling Method is used to clean up water . Filtering Method is used to clean up water.
Week of 11-9-15 Water solid or liquid Water unit review Unit test
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Thank you.
Mrs.Hachem
October Newsletter
For the Month of October we will be studying these topics and we might have some changes throughout the month.
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Language Arts Spelling Lists Friday spelling test Week of 10/ 5/15 Daily spelling homework Bed, get, den, let, hen, led
Week of 10/12/15 Daily spelling homework Deep, need, feet, sleep, tree
Week of 10/19/15 Daily spelling homework Ate, make, made, play, may, gray
Week of 10/26/15 Daily Spelling homework Fly, try, funny, buddy, my
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Math Unit 2 Addition number Stories 1. Double facts 2. Turn around facts 3. Fact Families 4. Exploring weight and scales, odd and even pattern 5. What is my rule routine 6. Counting strategies for subtraction
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Social Studies
Continue working on unit one Lesson 3 Why do people live in communities? Vocabulary government
Lesson 4 comparing three different communities suburban, rural, and urban
Lesson 5 My local community Review vocabulary for the whole unit.
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Science
Unit 1 Mixture- different kinds of beans 2. Solutions- mixture and solution can be separated with a sieve, a filter, or with evaporation 3. use different methods to separate mixture |
Thank you.
Mrs.Hachem