9/1/16

Quote: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."  Abraham Lincoln

Denali Science School:   Tomorrow, I will have a handout that will contain packing information, schedule, and cost information for our trip.  Sorry it took so long.

Bible:

Link to a Old Testament Bible books Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhP7xta2I7Y

Memory Verse: Matthew 18:15,16

We reviewed the steps of conflict resolution and what that should look like when they practice it in real life.

Language Arts: Writing

Worked on our self-editing checklist today.  Talked about the concept of storyline, as well as using a Thesaurus by ourselves for the first time today.
We also began to learn to identify action verbs, while also working on our noun identification.

Social Studies:

We are beginning to learn about Latitude and Longitude.  Ask the kids about their new "favorite song"!!!   Here is the link:
http://www.geographyalltheway.com/ks3_geography/maps_atlases/longitude_latitude.htm

We practiced locating places on a Mercator Projection using latitude and longitude.

Language Arts: Reading

We are practicing the skills of successful readers by making connections or predictions as we read Little Britches together as a class.

Math:

Lessons 12,13:  Numbered problems for both lessons and then odd numbered problems for lesson 13.


Language Arts: Spelling/ Handwriting:

Spelling - Sentences for the second side of our spelling list.

Handwriting - Letters I,and J

Music:

We are introducing something called the carrot and the stick this year for practice times.  If you are interested in learning more, please come talk to me.

8/30/16

Quote: "I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend." - Abraham Lincoln

Parent Notice:  If you have not already given me permission to text you about classroom events and information, and would like to, please write your name and number I can text on the Daily Homework slip that has come home with your student today.

Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 18:15,16
We are learning how to resolve conflict Biblically, also learning our Bible books

Language Arts: Writing

We are learning how to self edit our writing using the self-editing checklist
Identifying common and proper nouns.

Social Studies:

Revolutionary War publication, doing resesarch in our groups.

Language Arts: Reading

We are practicing the habits of successful readers by accessing prior knowledge to increase learning through making connections and/or predictions about the story we are reading.


Math:

Lesson 9,10 - Lettered problems for both lessons, odd numbered problems for lesson 10

Language Arts: Spelling/Handwriting

Spelling-  We did our lesson 2 worksheet today

Handwriting- Letters G, H, & I

8/29/16

Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 18:15-16
Today we learned about how different people can see the same situation differently.  This helps explain why there are four gospels, and why sometimes their accounts of events differ slightly.

Language Arts: Writing

Identifying nouns worksheet
We are learning how to edit our rough drafts.

Social Studies:

We are learning about Latitude and Longitude.
We are also working on our Revolutionary War publications.

Language Arts:  Reading

We are learning the habits of successful readers and practicing them as we read Little Britches together as a class.

Math:

4 Times tables.
Lesson 7 & 8 - Lettered problems for both sets, odd numbered problems for lesson 8 only.

PE:

Basic cardiovascular conditioning
Playing a dodge ball game called Cats and Mice.

Language Arts:

Spelling- Pre Test lesson 2

Handwriting- Learning letters F and G

8/23/16

Quote: "Happiness is not a goal, it is the result of a life well lived." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 18:15
We played a Bible game today to help us learn our Bible Books
Here is a link to a song that can help in learning the Old Testament:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhP7xta2I7Y


Language Arts:

Today we read a chapter out of the book, Little Britches, by Ralph Moody

We then worked on editing our baseline writing, learning how to use a Thesaurus.

We also created Spelling sentences from our Spelling Words, and learned how to write a lowercase e, f, and g, as well as uppercase F and Gs.

Social Studies:

We began to learn how to read maps.  We learned about the Compass Rose, Title, Legend, and Inset Maps

Science:

We are learning how to use our objectives and how to read a textbook.  We are also working on the skill of taking notes, and how to shorten information.

Math:

Lesson 3 & 4  Letter problems for both 3 & 4 and odd numbers on Lesson 4

PE.

We played a game called Ants today.

8/22/16

Quote:  "Whatever you are, be a good one."

Bible: We are learning Biblical conflict resolution as seen in Matthew 18:15-17
       Memory Verse: Matthew 18:15

Language Arts: Writing
            We began our writing today with a baseline attempt at writing.  This will allow me to see what aspects of writing I need to focus on this year.


Science:

     We are alternating science and social studies this year so that each day, I get a longer period to teach each.  Today we began to learn how to use our objectives and how to read a textbook.

Language Arts: Reading

We are beginning to read a book by Ralph Moody entitled Little Britches.  While we are doing this, we are also learning the techniques that good readers apply to books.  Today we learned about making connections.

Math:

Time Test: 3
Lesson 1 & 2:  Lettered problems for both lessons one and two. Odd numbered problems for Lesson 2

Spelling:

Pre-Test 1.

Handwriting:

We are learning how to form our letters, last week we learned our A's and B's.  Today we learned out C

PE

Welcome Back To School, Everyone!

This week is filled with introductions and getting to know each other and our classroom.

We will also work on learning how procedures work within the classroom and what my expectations are for my students.

We will also be creating our class jobs and our classroom rules, as well as learning the school's expectations about how we treat each other with respect and a positive attitude.

Here is my quote of the day:
                 "There are three types of people in the world:  Those who can count, and those who can't."

Please copy this quote onto your daily planner and bring it back to class with you tomorrow.

Lastly,  I would like permission to contact all parents via email and text.

As a school we are working to improve our methods of communication, and I am hoping to achieve that by both emailing, sending home a hard copy, and texting announcements.

I believe the office has each of your emails, and I will get those, but I would like your permission to be able to text all of you for important information about the class.  I will not use this flippantly, and have an app that will allow me to send out mass texts at scheduled times so that you are not receiving these texts during the workday.

Please let me know if that is OK with you, and if so, please send the number I can text you at, with your name, on the Daily Planner that your child is returning to class tomorrow.

Thank you very much.