Parents,
Just a reminder, please send in a $5 gift for a boy, or a $5 gift for a girl (depending on if your child is a boy or girl) no later than tomorrow. Our party is Friday and I don't want anyone to feel left out.
Also, if you need to get into the link for the bookmarks for the book report, please contact me. Thank you! (I can also send home a new one if you need it.)
Mrs. Blansett
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Zoo activity
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Christmas Concert reminder
For Thursday's concerts please make sure that your child wears dressy clothes for the school day and for the concert at night. (They do not wear their uniforms during the school day, it is a dress UP day)
Please remember that your child should be at the classroom at 6:45pm. If you would like to come earlier to get a seat and/or parking space, please keep your child with you. I suggested to the children that they bring a book with them, from home. This should help give them something to do while they are waiting.
Science test
We will be taking our Science test on Thursday. The students have brought home their packets and vocabulary words. They should study these. I will send home a review sheet tomorrow for homework.
They seem to be having difficulty reading questions and answering them on their own. I think they might be anticipating what they are asking, instead of answering the question they are asking.
They seem to be having difficulty reading questions and answering them on their own. I think they might be anticipating what they are asking, instead of answering the question they are asking.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Summarizing Idea
Hi there! We will be discussing summarizing this week. I have found this activity. Feel free to do it with any story you read at home with your kids. If you don't mind, please give me feedback on how it goes. I would love to hear about it from your end.
Ask your child the following after a story:
Someone...
WAnted...
But...
So...
In
The
End...
And in addition to summarizing, it makes a great tool for discussing story conflicts, or for creating skeletons for original narratives.
There is also this website with a graphic organizer.
http://www-tc.pbskids.org/arthur/parentsteachers/lesson/storywriting/pdf/somebody_wanted.pdf
I would think it would work with any book, not just an Arthur book, but it also is a reminder that we can practice summarizing after a movie too!
I hope to do this in class this week. This might be a good discussion to have with your child.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
News
Notes:
Please send a $5 boy gift if your student is a boy; please send a $5 girl gift if your student is a girl; no later than Thursday December 20th.
Math Test will be Friday December 7; double digit adding and subtracting with and without regrouping (borrowing/carrying)
Science Test will be Wednesday December 12th or Thursday December 13th.
Please note that there will be 2 Christmas concerts. There will be one at 10am and one at 7pm. Please be sure that you child arrives at the classroom at 6:45pm for the night concert.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Spelling for the week of January 7th
*This week we are practicing the oo sound and contractions
Spelling for the week of January 7th
I’ll
I’m
can’t
didn’t
he’s
she’s
best
sometimes
spoon
through
boot
chew
flew
food
moon
Bonus:
shouldn’t
December Book Report and Checklist
For your December book report you are going to do book marks. For each part write 1 to 4 sentences, except the characters, those just need a name and a picture. Please draw a picture to go with your sentence.
You will be given the papers you need, and I have included some information to help you determine the theme if you need help.
____ brought my rubric, my book and book mark (all 4 pieces) (this is your project) to Mrs. Blansett on December 20th (3 pts)
____ turned in on December 20th (5 pts)
____ chapter book about Advent, Christmas, any other holiday in December that is Just Right for you (and a different author than you read for October and November) (6 pts)
_____ neatness of words (up to 15 pts)
_____ title of book (up to 6 pts)
_____ author of book (up to 6 pts)
_____ students name (4 pt)
_____ colorfulness (and effort) (up to 15 pts)
_____ neatness of coloring, and/or pictures (up to 15 pts)
_____ sentences (up to 25 pts)
Here are some links. The first one is the book mark. The second one is a link for a description about theme.
http://members.abcteach.com/cmd/track_content.php?id=11817
book mark
include this; information about a theme
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/writingabookreport/a/theme.htm
You will be given the papers you need, and I have included some information to help you determine the theme if you need help.
December book report checklist and rubric.
This explains how this month’s book report will be graded. It also gives you a checklist to see if you have completed each part. Please be sure that the majority of the work is done by the student with only a little help from someone else.
____ brought my rubric, my book and book mark (all 4 pieces) (this is your project) to Mrs. Blansett on December 20th (3 pts)
____ turned in on December 20th (5 pts)
____ chapter book about Advent, Christmas, any other holiday in December that is Just Right for you (and a different author than you read for October and November) (6 pts)
_____ neatness of words (up to 15 pts)
_____ title of book (up to 6 pts)
_____ author of book (up to 6 pts)
_____ students name (4 pt)
_____ colorfulness (and effort) (up to 15 pts)
_____ neatness of coloring, and/or pictures (up to 15 pts)
_____ sentences (up to 25 pts)
Here are some links. The first one is the book mark. The second one is a link for a description about theme.
http://members.abcteach.com/cmd/track_content.php?id=11817
book mark
include this; information about a theme
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/writingabookreport/a/theme.htm
Science
Today we talked about how sound travels. Please ask your child about the size of a string and the pitch.
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