Classroom Activities March 25-28

Classroom Activities

Week of March 23

 

-No School March 24th

 

Spelling Words

                /k/ and /kw/ sounds

 

shark           check          queen         circus         flake           squeeze

crack           second        quart          squeak        quick          coldest

Africa         Mexico       black          thank          correct       question

 

Reading
We will be reading The Truth about Bats.  This is the first time we will be jumping out of our reading textbook and reading a chapter book.  This chapter book has a worksheet for each chapter that your child must complete.  Their folders will be going home frequently for homework if they don’t finish in class.  At the end of our unit we will be doing a research project on bats. Please be sure to have your child read 20min every week night and log it on their reading log.  After the book my students will be doing a research project on bats.

 

Math

We are currently working on time.  We will be studying elapsed time as well as quarter and half past to an hour. 

 

Social Studies

Map Skills- Latitude and longitude lines, map keys, cardinal and intermediate directions, map scale.  Map test Thursday this week!

 

Specials this week:

Monday – No school

Tuesday – Music

Wednesday – Library/Computers

Thursday – P.E

Friday –     Music

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

 

Classroom Activities March 17-20

Classroom Activities

Week of March 16th

 

-No School March 21^st and 24th

 

Spelling Words

We will be working in our cursive writing packets this week, however these will be the words for the test on March 28^th                      /k/ and /kw/ sounds

 

shark         check          queen         circus         flake           squeeze

crack          second        quart          squeak        quick          coldest

Africa         Mexico       black          thank          correct       question

 

Reading
We will be reading The Truth about Bats.  This is the first time we will be jumping out of our reading textbook and reading a chapter book.  This chapter book has a worksheet for each chapter that your child must complete.  Their folders will be going home frequently for homework if they don’t finish in class.  At the end of our unit we will be doing a research project on bats. Please be sure to have your child read 20min every week night and log it on their reading log.

 

Math

We are currently finishing up our comparing fraction unit.  We will be doing testing on Tuesday and Wednesday.  All CF packets need to be turned in for a grade.

 

Social Studies

Map Skills- Latitude and longitude lines, map keys, cardinal and intermediate directions, map scale

 

Specials this week:

Monday – P.E

Tuesday – Music

Wednesday – Library/Computers

Thursday – Health

Friday –     No School

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

Classroom Activities March 10-14

Classroom Activities

Week of March 9th

 

-Early Out March 12^th at 1:00

 

Spelling Words

-Common misspelled words in daily work

 

because                was             they            went           Friday         tomorrow

always                  bought       came          school         started        thought

there                    their           they’re        said             again          little

 

 

Reading
We will be reading The Truth about Bats.  This is the first time we will be jumping out of our reading textbook and reading a chapter book.  This chapter book has a worksheet for each chapter that your child must complete.  Their folders will be going home frequently for homework if they don’t finish in class.  At the end of our unit we will be doing a research project on bats. Please be sure to have your child read 20min every week night and log it on their reading log.

 

Math

Comparing Fractions unit.  We are now getting into the more advanced part of our fraction unit.  Your child will need to come up with equivalent fractions and be able to prove that they are equal. Less than, greater than to another by drawing a picture or explaining their answer.  The students had a blast with their fraction pizzas!

 

Social Studies

Map Skills

 

Specials this week:

Monday – Music

Tuesday – Library/Computers

Wednesday – Health

Thursday – Music

Friday –     Library/Computers

Classroom Activites March 3-7

Classroom Activities

Week of March 2nd

 

 

 

Spelling Words

“str”, “scr”, short a sound,  long e with “ea and “ee”

 

three          scrap          street          spring         thrill           scream

strange       throw         sting           scrape        spray          threw

strong        scratch       think          they            straight      scramble

 

Reading
We will be testing on Two Bad Ants on Wednesday.  In language we will be working on synonyms and antonyms.  Later this week will begin our nonfiction story unit, The Truth About Bats.

 

Math

Students will be comparing fractions to see if their less than, greater, than or equal to another.   They will be showing proof of this through plotting them on number lines drawing shapes, and finding equivalent fractions

 

Social Studies

We will be taking a landforms test on Tuesday. Then we will begin our rotation on Wednesday. My class will have Mrs. Staffileno for the next 6 weeks.

 

Welcome new students! In my social studies class we will go over map skills and landforms. 

 

Specials this week:

Monday – Library/Computer

Tuesday – Health

Wednesday – Music

Thursday – Library/Computers

Friday –     P.E

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