Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Butterflies!!!
We arrived this morning to a full butterfly habitat. Unfortunately we will be letting them go in our butterfly garden this afternoon after we get a chance to observe them. They may have been enclosed for 3 days so we want to give them the freedom they need to thrive.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
May Update
Wow, even though April was a quick month we accomplished so many things! Our field trip to the Providence Philharmonic with Mrs. Mac was fantastic. The students completed and presented their research on an historic figure from Massachusetts at our annual Wax Museum and they did an amazing job.
We are working on Personal Essays in Writer's Workshop. The students are writing about subjects that have meaning for them, sports, special people and places in their lives and animals, among other things.
In math we are finishing up a unit on Area and this week we are taking the Mathematics MCAS exam. The children are well prepared. I am confident that they will do well. Please encourage your child to get to bed early and eat a healthy breakfast. We will be ending the year with a unit on division. I anticipate this may be difficult for the students who have yet to master their basic multiplication facts. It is imperative that the students practice their facts in order to develop automaticity and mastery. PLEASE set aside time every day to practice these facts.
In Science we are starting a unit on Living Things that will include plants and butterflies. We are anxiously awaiting the arival of our butterfly larva.
Next week we will begin our annual reading incentive program. Reading daily is such an important activity in all of our children's lives. Please encourage them to read.
Personally, I'd like to thank you all for all of the wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week goodies that we have enjoyed. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness.
:) Jill
We are working on Personal Essays in Writer's Workshop. The students are writing about subjects that have meaning for them, sports, special people and places in their lives and animals, among other things.
In math we are finishing up a unit on Area and this week we are taking the Mathematics MCAS exam. The children are well prepared. I am confident that they will do well. Please encourage your child to get to bed early and eat a healthy breakfast. We will be ending the year with a unit on division. I anticipate this may be difficult for the students who have yet to master their basic multiplication facts. It is imperative that the students practice their facts in order to develop automaticity and mastery. PLEASE set aside time every day to practice these facts.
In Science we are starting a unit on Living Things that will include plants and butterflies. We are anxiously awaiting the arival of our butterfly larva.
Next week we will begin our annual reading incentive program. Reading daily is such an important activity in all of our children's lives. Please encourage them to read.
Personally, I'd like to thank you all for all of the wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week goodies that we have enjoyed. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness.
:) Jill
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
April Update
Spring is finally here!!! It's great to be able to get outside and enjoy the fresh air and our fabulous playground again. In class we have been very busy finishing up a unit on Poetry. The children have written numerous poems that they have compilied in to books. We will be celebrating and sharing our poems with each other soon.
In Math we are completing a unit on Fractions and Line Plots and are moving along to Bar Graphs, Pictographs and Capacity. In the next few weeks we will also be preparing for the Math MCAS tests that will be given to our third graders on May 6th and 7th.
Our interactive read aloud book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. It's such a fabulous book for visualization and character trait study. The students are working in pairs or in one case, a triple to read Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling. As the back of the book reads :"Everything King Midas touched turned to gold. John Midas had... The Chocolate Touch!" This is another fun and engaging story.
This week invitations were sent home for our annual Wax Museum along with a checklist to help the students along with completing their projects. Please let me know if you have any questions. I'm looking forward to seeing you all on April 30th at 9 am :)
In Math we are completing a unit on Fractions and Line Plots and are moving along to Bar Graphs, Pictographs and Capacity. In the next few weeks we will also be preparing for the Math MCAS tests that will be given to our third graders on May 6th and 7th.
Our interactive read aloud book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. It's such a fabulous book for visualization and character trait study. The students are working in pairs or in one case, a triple to read Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling. As the back of the book reads :"Everything King Midas touched turned to gold. John Midas had... The Chocolate Touch!" This is another fun and engaging story.
This week invitations were sent home for our annual Wax Museum along with a checklist to help the students along with completing their projects. Please let me know if you have any questions. I'm looking forward to seeing you all on April 30th at 9 am :)
Friday, March 28, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
Sunday, March 16, 2014
March Updates
March has been a very busy month in room 5.
We have been preparing for the ELA MCAS which are this week. Monday we have a practice test with the actual test sessions being on Wednesday and Thursday. Please encourage your child to get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast. There are all well prepared and should do very well!
We wrapped up our Realistic Fiction Writing Unit with a Publishing Party on Friday. Mrs. Lussier's class joined us to hear all of our fantastic stories. Mrs. Toye and Mrs. Dressler also stopped in.
Our next unit in Writer's Workshop is Poetry. Our read alouds have been 2 of Sharon Creech's books; Love that Dog and Hate that Cat. They are both fabulous stories. We enjoyed them very much .
In Math we have been working on Fractions. www.learnzillion.com is a fantastic resource for parents/students if your child needs some extra help with homework.
We have begun learning about the start of the American Revolution. A couple of our students were able to attend the reenactment of the Boston Massacre. They were fortunate to be participants in the reenactment!! We are so lucky to live in a state with so much history. As Patriot's Day approaches there will be many more opportunities to experience history first hand. I will be sending home information regarding the Patriot's Day activities in Lexington and Concord soon. So many amazing activities to experience!
We have been preparing for the ELA MCAS which are this week. Monday we have a practice test with the actual test sessions being on Wednesday and Thursday. Please encourage your child to get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast. There are all well prepared and should do very well!
We wrapped up our Realistic Fiction Writing Unit with a Publishing Party on Friday. Mrs. Lussier's class joined us to hear all of our fantastic stories. Mrs. Toye and Mrs. Dressler also stopped in.
In Math we have been working on Fractions. www.learnzillion.com is a fantastic resource for parents/students if your child needs some extra help with homework.
We have begun learning about the start of the American Revolution. A couple of our students were able to attend the reenactment of the Boston Massacre. They were fortunate to be participants in the reenactment!! We are so lucky to live in a state with so much history. As Patriot's Day approaches there will be many more opportunities to experience history first hand. I will be sending home information regarding the Patriot's Day activities in Lexington and Concord soon. So many amazing activities to experience!
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