Important Dates & Reminders
Our library days are: January 24; February 7, 22; March 8, 22; April 16, 30; and May 14, 29.
Reminder: I will be assessing students this week as we end the quarter. Please try to schedule any appointments after school. Thank you.
January 16, 2013: Visiting author, Susan Levine, illustrator, Erin Burchwell (Book orders for Packard Takes Flight are due January 15th)
You'll soon be hearing from our room parents regarding making donations for the Ohio Wildlife Center's Valentines Day visit. Please let me know if you have any questions. These donations pay for their visit.
January 17, 2013: Family Fitness Night at Super Games
January 17, 2013: End of the second grading period
January 18, 2013: No school for students: Teacher grading day
January 21, 2013: No school in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 31, 2013: Early release @ 11:05 for conferences
February 11, 2013: Ohio Wildlife Center donations due for their visit on February 14th
February 13, 2013: Early dismissal at 1:15
February 18, 2013: No school in honor of Presidents' Day
March 23, 2013: Invention Convention at UAHS (more information coming in January)
April 29, 2013: Ohio Reading Achievement Assessments (all students will take)
April 30, 2013: Ohio Mathematics Achievement Assessment (all students will take)
May 11, 2013: Windermere Wish Run
Reminder: I will be assessing students this week as we end the quarter. Please try to schedule any appointments after school. Thank you.
January 16, 2013: Visiting author, Susan Levine, illustrator, Erin Burchwell (Book orders for Packard Takes Flight are due January 15th)
You'll soon be hearing from our room parents regarding making donations for the Ohio Wildlife Center's Valentines Day visit. Please let me know if you have any questions. These donations pay for their visit.
January 17, 2013: Family Fitness Night at Super Games
January 17, 2013: End of the second grading period
January 18, 2013: No school for students: Teacher grading day
January 21, 2013: No school in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 31, 2013: Early release @ 11:05 for conferences
February 11, 2013: Ohio Wildlife Center donations due for their visit on February 14th
February 13, 2013: Early dismissal at 1:15
February 18, 2013: No school in honor of Presidents' Day
March 23, 2013: Invention Convention at UAHS (more information coming in January)
April 29, 2013: Ohio Reading Achievement Assessments (all students will take)
April 30, 2013: Ohio Mathematics Achievement Assessment (all students will take)
May 11, 2013: Windermere Wish Run
What We Learned This Week
Homework
- I can answer questions in complete sentences.
- I can use the spelling from text.
- Students may attach an additional sheet of paper if they need more room for complete sentences.
Word Study
- I can determine the number of syllables in a word.
- I know what prefixes and suffixes are.
- I can decode a multiple syllable word using five steps: prefixes, suffixes, root word, glide sounds together quickly, context clues.
Reading
We are reading plays based on familiar books that we will present to the class next week.
- I can project my voice so others can hear me easily.
- I can read with "voice," (an awareness of punctuation and context).
Writing
- I can write a persuasive argument that includes clear and distinct topic sentence and conclusions.
- I can support my position wit supporting details.
- I can counter my oppositions' position by anticipating and acknowledging their arguments with details.
- I can effectively incorporate new vocabulary.
- I can self edit by reading my writing backwards, starting with the last sentence and looking for capitals, punctuation, a who and a what for complete sentences.
Math
- I have a strategy for multiplying single digit facts for 0's, 1's, 2's, 5's, 6's, 9's, and 10's.
- I have learned all of the square products (both factors are the same, e.g., 3 x 3).
- This leaves only six multiplication facts to memorize that are not associated with a strategy: See the chart below. All products in white boxes are tied to a strategy. Red and blue are turn-arounds, leaving only the following facts to memorize: 3 x 4, 3 x 7, 3 x 8, 4 x 7, 4 x 8, and 7 x 8. Work on these whenever you have time.
