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Test on Friday December 3rd

Weekly News

November 28-December 3

Reading: This week we are reading the story The Talking Cloth. We will be working on the skills noting details, contractions, and inferencing.

Writer’s Workshop: We hope you enjoyed reading our Turkey in Disguise stories! This week we are beginning a new story about a holiday tradition that takes place within our family. You can help your student by brainstorming together some different traditions that take place in your home each holiday season.  

Math: We are beginning Unit 6 on more addition and subtraction strategies. We will work with our base ten pieces again and  also continue to work on finding area.  

Science: We are beginning a unit on Force and Motion. We will learn about everyday forces we use and also other things like speed, gravity, distance and direction.  

Important Dates:

None this week!

Study Island This Week

          Reading- Main Idea and Details

          Math- Model Multiplication and Division

BIST Tip:

If the child’s behavior continues to be hurtful or disruptive in the safe seat, a child may be escorted to another classroom’s safe place, or to the office. This progression is not a punishment, but a series of steps to keep children at Leawood safe and let other

students in the classroom learn.

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Test on Friday November 18th

Unit List
1. join
2. soil
3. joy
4. point
5. boil
6. foil
7. noise
8. voice
9. spoil
10. coil
11. enjoy
12. broil

Bonus List
1. choice
2. voyage
3. embroider
4. joint
5. buoyant
6. destroy
7. oyster
8. poison
9. appoint
10. moisture
11. flamboyant
12. turquoise

Challenge Words
enjoyment
rejoice

Weekly News

November 14-18

Reading: This week we are reading the story Grandma’s Records and working on the skills categorizing, proper nouns, and dictionary guide words.

Writer’s Workshop: We are right in the midst of writing our Turkey In Disguise stories! This week we are prewriting, drafting, revising and editing.

Math: We are continuing Unit 5 on area this week. We are working on a fun lesson called The Mystery Foot. One of our classmates “stole” our candy jar!  We are going to figure out who it was by finding the area of our feet and comparing it to the mystery foot print.

Science: We are working on a short unit this week about having a Healthy Lifestyle. We will learn about food nutrition labels, create healthy menus, and learn about the food pyramid.

Important Dates:

Tuesday 11/15- Early Dismissal

Study Island This Week

          Reading- Text Features

          Math- Real World Problems

Multiplication- We are working on 7’s this week!

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Test on Friday, November 11th

Unit List
1. spring
2. knee
3. throw
4. patch
5. strong
6. wrap
7. three
8. watch
9. street
10. know
11. spread
12. write

Bonus List
1. struck
2. rematch
3. wrinkle
4. thrash
5. sketch
6. wrestling
7. strict
8. knickknack
9. sprinkle
10. knuckle
11. threshold
12. sprocket

Challenge Words
strength
kitchen

Weekly News

November 7-11

Reading: This week we are continuing the story called The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco. We will be working on the skills: author’s viewpoint, making inferences, and common nouns.  

Writer’s Workshop: We are beginning to write our stories about turkeys that go in disguise so they will not be eaten at Thanksgiving. We read the book Turkey Trouble and will be working on prewriting this week.

Math: We are beginning Unit 5 on area this week. Students will find area of different shapes by counting centimeter squares inside the shape.

Social Studies: We are finishing up Washington D.C. this week. Students will continue researching the monuments in the library with Ms. Greenall and we will continue learning in class.

Important Dates:

Tuesday/Wednesday 11/8-9: Book Fair in the Gym

*We will go as a class to preview the book fair on Tuesday and make purchases on Wednesday

BIST Tip: Rethinks

“Rethinks” are quick time outs to help students refocus and get back on track. When a child is off task, they are asked to put their head down and hide their eyes. The child must be able to identify what got them into trouble in the first place, make a plan of what they can do differently next time, and then demonstrate the appropriate classroom behavior. When the student has finished a “rethink,” they let the adult know by giving a thumbs-up signal.

No Study Island This Week!

Multiplication- We are working on 8’s this week!