Author: Jennifer Patterson

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday:

NWEA begins for our class next Wednesday 5/16/18.  The next few days are incredibly busy and exciting but it’s important for students to still be practicing their skills.  Moby Max is an excellent resource for students to practice the skills that will be tested for NWEA Reading and Math.

For NWEA Math Practice- I have sent your child story problem practice activities under NWEA Math.  Make sure you click on the math button and not fact fluency.

For NWEA Reading Practice- The most helpful practice options under Moby Max are:

• Foundational Skills
• Reading Skills- Literature
• Reading Skills- Informational
• Language

These four categories cover different concepts which will all be on your NWEA test.  Please make sure your child is practicing these concepts before NWEA next week.

 

Homework tonight:

1. Practice your flash cards in your math bag
2. Read for 20 minutes (Or do Reading Skills Literature/Reading Skills Informational on moby max)
3. Do a weekly spelling activity

Upcoming Events:

5-10-18 Talent Show

5-11-18 Field Day

5-14-18 All School Field Trip

5-15-18 Field Trip to the Dearborn Historical Museum

5-16-18 NWEA Begins

Homework tonight:

1. Complete the moby max homework assignment over Bar Graphs- Under Math
2. Read for 15 minutes
3. Complete a weekly spelling activity

Reminder:

The timeline projects are due tomorrow and are worth 20 points- the same as a test.  Students will lose a point for every day it is late.  I will not allow children to call home if they forget their project once school starts- we are working on being responsible 🙂 Put your project in your backpack tonight so you do not forget it tomorrow.

If you lost your instructions I have included a copy for you at the bottom of Friday’s post.

I look forward to reading all of your timelines this week.

Have a wonderful weekend 🙂

Reminder: The timeline projects are due MONDAY and are worth 20 points- the same as a test.  Students will lose a point for every day it is late.  I will not allow children to call home if they forget their project once school starts- we are working on being responsible 🙂  If you lost your instructions I have included a copy for you at the bottom of this post.

Homework for this weekend:

Next week’s spelling words:

Timeline instructions:  Click on the document link below to read the timeline project directions.

Timeline Project

Homework tonight:

1. Moby Max homework over money story problems
2. Spelling Test tomorrow
3. Timeline due Monday- work on it if you haven’t already finished it

Today we learned about …

• Science: seeds! We did an experiment regarding lima beans and navy beans.  Hopefully we are able to grow some wonderful plants for our garden 🙂
• Math: Second graders are working on money story problems, first graders are learning about sequential numbers and base ten blocks.
• Reading: Homonyms and language skills.

Homework tonight:

1. Work on your social studies timeline project.  It is due on Monday!
2. Complete your weekly spelling activities- all four are due tomorrow.
3. Do Moby Max Language for at least 10 minutes tonight- I will be checking the minutes in the morning.

Happy First Day of May!

Today the students are bringing home the field trip form for our final class field trip of the year.  It is a mandatory field trip for social studies.  We will be going to the Dearborn historical museum.  It is a half day field trip.  If parents are able to attend please let me know.  Parent volunteers are free to attend.  We are not going to the botanical gardens tomorrow because we did not have enough chaperones.

Homework for tonight:

1. Practice MobyMax Reading Skills Informational for 15 minutes- this is practice for NWEA which is coming up in two weeks!
2. Social studies timeline is due by Monday 5/7/18.  Make sure you don’t wait until the last minute.  I have one student who already turned it in 🙂
3. Practice your math flash cards

Happy Monday:

What we are learning this week:

• In reading we are working on determining the meanings of unknown words based on the context of the story and answering questions regarding non-fiction texts.
  • Moby max non-fiction reading and moby max vocabulary are great tools for practicing this skill at home.
• In math we are working on determining 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, and 100 less in math, as well representing numbers in base ten blocks.
• In social studies we are learning about the past, the present, and timelines.
• In science we are learning about animal and plant characteristics.
• In writing we are working on our “Best Pet” opinion papers.

I am currently conducting end of the year DRA’s.  I will be doing this for the next two weeks.  Make sure your child is reading every day.

Homework:

1. Read for 15 minutes
2. Complete a weekly spelling activity
3. Start your timeline project.  The directions and template came home today- it is due by Monday May 7, 2018.
4. Myon Science projects are due tomorrow- students have had a month to complete them.  I will be grading them tomorrow so make sure all of the questions have been answered and submitted.  I will not give any extensions on this activity.

Happy Friday:

Today we did a science experiment where we cracked open different types of seeds from trees to see what was inside.  Thank you to those students who collected seeds for us to use 🙂

Homework over the weekend:

1. Complete a weekly spelling activity
2. Read for 15 minutes from your reading bag every day
3. If you haven’t completed your science MYON project complete it- It is due on Tuesday May 1st.

I didn’t get a chance to send home the timelines for the timeline project. Students will bring those home on Monday and I will extend the due date as a result. Have a great weekend 🙂

Homework: