Week of June 5th

 Welcome to Ms. Davis' Class 

Special Schedule:  Monday - Art    Tuesday - PE    Wednesday - Music    Thursday - STEM

                               Friday - Art

Lunch:  Monday - Beef Nachos   Tuesday - Pulled Pork   Wednesday - Salad  Thursday - Pizza

 

• Monday is the hundredth day. We will do special activities in math.
• Half day on Friday, February 10th lunch is not served.
•  Check out our class bog.  The students are so excited about this. Class Blog
  
• Homework will be given out on Monday and should be returned no later than Friday. Please remind your child to turn in their reading journal along with their math homework.
• Our Valentine's Day Party will be on Tuesday, February 14th.  Students will handout valentines and have a special snack at the end of the day.  Please remember no food, or candy.
•  You can access your child's report card on Friday, February 10 on the Parent Portal.
• REPORT CARD CHANGES

Report cards are being written now and will be available online on 2/10.  Mr. Bemiss linked a parent/guardian letter in his family newsletter this past Friday.  PLEASE take the time to read the parent letter found in the link.

    There has been a change to the wording of the academic performance levels (N, P, M, E) to indicate academic performance “at this time of year” – measured by “standard expectations at this time of year along the learning progression for that standard” (midyear point) vs. standard expectations for the end-of-year.

    Therefore, a difference you will see is that where last year, a student making progress toward the end-of-year standard expectations would have received a ‘P’, if while making progress at this time toward that standard, that student has mastered expectations at this midpoint, they will receive an ‘M’ for that standard.

    Also note, at the end of the parent letter, it states that “a student may meet the midyear grade level learning target for a standard, but as expectations increase during the next marking period, the student may not demonstrate the same level of proficiency moving toward the end of year standard; thus a student might receive an M in Term 1, but then receive a P in Term 2”.

Pictures from the week: We are working hard measuring objects by yards, feet, and inches

     

                                                

               

Reading -

• Reading longer books and reading with our classroom buddy.
• Chunking longer words into smaller parts to help with decoding and spelling.
• Learning different vowel patterns to support decoding and spelling. The sounds we are learning are /ir/, /er/, and /ur/.
• Continuing to learn about the 6 syllables types. We have learned closed, open, magic and now r-controlled.
  
• Continuing to work on activating background knowledge, identifying main ideas, determining what is most important in a book, questioning and making connections to self, a book, or the world.

Writing -

• Writing, illustrating, and reading our poems.
• Always looking at grammar e.g. uppercase letters, end marks, nouns, verbs, adjectives and the 4 types of sentences.

Math -

• Number Corner -
  • Practicing facts
  • Word problems
  • Telling time
• Bridges -
  • Finishing measurement unit.
  • Using non-standard measurement and talking about inches, feet, and yards.
  • Working with standard measuring units.

Science and Social Studies-

• Working with Atlas.
• Learning about erosion.