I will be in the classroom today from Now until 2:00. If did not collect your child’s school supplies, please come by and pick them up. You have to come to the back of the building to my classroom window. No one else is allowed in the building.

Good morning boys and girls and moms and dads,

Hope this blog is finding you in good health and good spirits. I am meeting with the other teachers today to put together a more specific set of lessons activities for you. As usual you will be asked to:

Read – Your own books, the Treasure book, and to continue to raise your reading level by going to the Level up area on Raz kids. Also Moby max has reading activities for you.

Math- I gave you module 6 thinking it was a review unit, but it is not, so I need you to come back to school to pick up the Module 4 books. If you can not get here I will drop it by later. Come to the back of the school and come to the classroom window or the back door and I will swap the books for you. Websites for math that need to be done daily are Zearn, Moby max and Khan academy.
Spelling- Practice the word lists in the Treasure book. Activities will follow.

Writing- you have your Work on Writing book to continue in. Stories/ writing can be narrative , informational, how to’s, poems or letters.

More activities will follow concerning activities for Reading comprehension and writing prompts.

If you are still coming to pick up supplies/materials for child, you may have to come around to the back and knock on my classroom window if the front door is closed. I will be here for another 45 minutes at least. I believe the office staff will be back later to let you in. Email Mr. Haliburda or Mr. B if you still have questions. Thanks Ms. MacDonald

Comcast is offering free internet for 60 days for students. Go to https://www.internetessentials.com for details.

Please come in and get your school supplies to keep your mind and brain in the school mode until we return. Everything you need is sitting on your desk for all your subject areas; Reading, Writing, Math, Science and Social Studies. I will be putting topics/activities online to guide you in writing, grammar, and reading comprehension and fluency. I will miss your smiling faces immensely!!!

When you come in today to get your things, if you don’t already have it I will give you your:

Treasure book

Writing notebook

Spelling word work notebook

Math Module 6

Readwork articles for Science and Social studies topics we are working on

Reading bag

Tomorrow is another bake sale after school. First graders will get to go down and make their purchases at 3:15 to avoid a rush. You may want to come in and purchase some things with your child.

During March is Reading Month family members are invited to come and read to the class. You can come in to read at 9:00 am except for Thursdays, or 3:00 pm except for Mondays. Please let me know in advance so we don’t have multiple readers at one time. I will be sending home a slip you can fill out. I f you want to come today just email me.

The 10th Annual 5^th Grade Talent Show

The PBIS reward for February is to attend the talent show on Friday.  Students with more than 6 yellows, a blue, or a red will not be permitted to attend.  The STAND Students are asking for a $1 donation per person attending the show.  All proceeds will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House at Children’s Hospital in Detroit.  Please bring your dollar on Friday.  The talent show is for students only due to limited space in the gym.

ELA Grammar

*Common Nouns (no capital needed) vs Proper Nouns (capitalize)

*Contractions (a single word that stands for 2 words) I’m = I am

ELA Reading Accuracy

*Vowel Combinations Rule “Two vowels go walking the first one does the talking”. ( reach, beneath, boat, roller coaster, trail, brainstorm, suit,

ELA Reading Comprehension

*What’s the most important event or thing that happened, and why was it the most important event?

Math Computation

*Fast and flexible with facts up to 12. (No fingers)

Math Measurement

*Steps to measuring correctly:

1. Start at the end of the object.
2. Line your measurement tools(cubes, paperclips) next to each other. (no overlapping)
3. No spaces between the measurement tools.
4. Measure to the end.

Math Measurement vocabulary

*Measuring in order (longest to shortest or shortest to longest).

*Comparing measurements (How much taller/shorter?) (3 more than/ less than). Students need to decide whether to add the given numbers or to subtract them.

Social Studies “How do we get what we need or want?

*We’ve already talked about “Needs and Wants”, “Producers and Consumers”, and “Scarcity”.

*We still need to discuss “Making Choices”, “Trading”, and “Money”. Students will also be making a person that reflects a job or career they might want to do in the future.

Science “Earth Systems”

*We’ve already talked about the “Seasons”, Phases of the Moon”, “Rotation of the Earth and Moon”(daily and yearly), and we have a daily calendar where we track the weather, the temperature, and the phase of the moon.

*We will be going over some more “Fun Facts” about the Earth, Sun, Moon, and constellations. Also we will mix Math and Science when they learn about measuring and reading the temperature on a thermometer. We will wrap up the unit with some crafts dealing with the Moon phases and the constellations.

Writing “Informational”

When we have completed our Science unit the Students will use the facts we as a class have accumulated about the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon on our R.A.N chart to write an informational piece about the Sun, the Moon, or the Earth.