Monday, September 30, 2013

Classroom Activities Sept 30th-Oct. 4th


Week of September 29th
 
-Early Out Wednesday October 2nd
 
Spelling Words
/or/            /ar/
         
haunt         partner       border        backyard    barber        northern
door            shortstop   cargo          storm         blizzard      orange
                  
Reading
The students will be reading will be finishing up Destin’s Gift and will start our new book, Pop’s Bridge  Be aware that sometime this week your child will be receiving a take-home book of the story to read to you.  When finished, please sign and return tomorrow. 
In language we will continue working on our plural books
 
Math
My students will be working on subtracting across zeros
 
Science
-Forms of Energy
 
 
Specials this week:
Monday – Health
Tuesday – Music
Wednesday – Library
Thursday – P.E
Friday –  Music

Have a great week.  Visit this site weekly for new updates. 
Mr. Leintz

 

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Classroom Activities Week of Sept. 23-27

Week of September 22nd
 
-No School Monday, Sept. 23rd (PIR Day)
 
Spelling Words
 
No Spelling this week. We will have cursive in place of spelling. For those who missed words the previous week, we will have a test on Friday.
                  
Reading
The students will be reading Destiny’s Gift.  There will be no take-home book this week. 
In language we will introduce plurals and the rules to plurals.
 
Math
My students will be working on adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers, along with estimating sums.  Test will be on Thursday this week.
 
Science
-Mixtures
They will be taking notes on vocab words.  Also, we will be doing a separating mixture experiment on Thursday.
 
 
Specials this week:
Monday – No School
Tuesday – Library
Wednesday – P. E
Thursday – Music
Friday –  Library/Computer
Have a great week.  Visit this site weekly for new updates. 
Mr. Leintz
 

Monday, September 16, 2013

Classroom Activities for September 16th-20th


Week of September 15th
 
-Early Out Wednesday Sept 18th
 
Spelling Words
/au/ 
 
Vault           fraud          cause          audit           fault            victim        
Timid         jaunt           captain       claim          waistband         raisin
                  
Reading
The students will be reading The Trial of Carnigan Jones.  Be aware that sometime this week your child will be receiving a take-home book of the story to read to you.  When finished, please sign and return tomorrow. 
In language we will continue working on subjects and predicates
 
Math
My students will be working on base 10 and place value and patterns.  We will be using base 10 blocks along with flipcharts and interaction with the smart board. 
 
Science
-Matter test later this week.
-Chemical/physical change Experiment.
Our new lesson we will be covering is Mixtures
 
 
Specials this week:
Monday – P.E
Tuesday – Music
Wednesday – Library
Thursday – Health
Friday –  Music

Have a great week.  Visit this site weekly for new updates. 
Mr. Leintz

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Classroom Activities Sept. 9-13th


Week of September 8th
 
-Classes have been assigned for reading and math
 
Spelling Words
/ai/ and /ay/ long a sound
 
waist           rapid           panic          strain          mailman     maintain
pathway     haystack     midday       railway       pigtail         train
                  
Reading
The students will be reading A Fine, Fine Day.   Be aware that sometime this week your child will be receiving a take-home book of the story to read to you.  When finished, please sign and return tomorrow.
 
Math
My students will be working on base 10 and place value and patterns.  We will be using base 10 blocks along with flipcharts and interaction with the smart board. 
 
Science
In my class we will be learning about the three types of matter.  Also, we will learn the process of matter changing from one type of matter to another through physical and chemical changes.  This week we will be having a couple experiments where my students will identify the type of matter. The later one, they will have to identify the physical changes that occur.
 
 
Specials this week:
Monday – Music
Tuesday – Library/Computer
Wednesday – Health
Thursday – Music
Friday –  Computer/library