MultiCultural Fair/Curriculum Night

Come to the third annual East Elementary Multi-Cultural Fair.  In Conjunction with Curriculum Night!  Thursday, January 27th 6-7:00pm in the gym and  cafeteria.
Also, come visit your students classroom.

         “Dream as if you’ll live forever.  Live as if you’ll die today.”

Math- Dividing and multiplying decimals.  Please practice the multiplication facts with your students.  Our next chapter is fractions-I am extremely excited for fractions because there are so many fun things to do with them…please do not tell your student you hate them. J

Science- Continue our unit on Heredity.  We should be finished with heredity by the end of the  week and will soon be learning about magnetism. 

WRITING- We will continue to practice the steps of the writing process.  If you student would like to

practice writing at home please visit utahwrite.com

Language and Reading- We have been doing a lot of reading comprehension and will continue to do so.  Last week was D.I.B.E.L.S testing and I was very impressed how well all of the students did.  I hope to continue the ongoing improvement.  Thank you for reading with your students.  A recent study, showed that students who read 15 minutes a night with a parent was the equivalent of how much a student would attain from reading in a full day of school. If you have any questions please feel free to visit     

  mrs-smith5.blogspot.com Spelling words:

-eer –ist –ian –or- and -er words

engineer

dentist

librarian

director

customer

pioneer

counselor

tourist

scientist

visitor

investigator

senator

astronomer

character

refrigerator

guardian

commander

physician

politician

leader

Bonus Words:

adornment

dismantle

shareholder

congestion

Homework- Due: THURSDAY, January 27

·      Spelling tic-tac-toe

·      Writing, write a story using the story prompt. Use your adjectives we planned and set up your 4 square before beginning to write.

·      Read 25 minutes or more each evening.

·      Book float dues February 9, 2011

EVENTS-
January 27-Julie Dennett, Brooklyn’s Mom, is coming to teach our class an art lesson.

January 27- Curriculum night 6-7:00pm

January 28- Flag ceremony 2:45pm

March 15- Kindergarten registration

Christmas!

Science-Landforms

Weekly News

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” –Dr. Suess

Math- We have been learning how to use protractors and measuring.  We have also been reviewing polygons, planes, points, lines and etc.

Science- Last week we did two really interesting investigations.  We conducted an experiment using mealworms and earthworms.  We learned about their similarities and differences.  We have also talked about the life cycle (ex: butterflies, mealworms, frogs, etc.)  We will continue to study heredity and talk about recessive and dominate genes

WRITING- We have been looking at the art and writings of Chris Van Allsburg.  Chris Van Allsburg 

has very interesting pictures.  The students have been looking at his pictures and writing their own

stories of what they think is going on in the picture.  This week we will continue to study 4 square  

writing method.

Language and Reading- We are going to begin a new book report project.  This week we will be discussing historical fiction books Mr. Marriot (the reading specialist) will be visiting our class for a book talk.  On Thursday Mrs. Clark (the librarian) will have books available for the students to check out that are historical fiction.  All the students will pick their book and check it out at this time.  I will give the student’s the book project that will go along with this book on Tuesday (no school on Monday).

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.  Also, you can visit mrs-smith5.blogspot.com Spelling words:

-tion -ness words

translation, laziness, population, invention, generation, examination, situation, operation, sickness, kindness, closeness, forgiveness, pollution, imagination, education, transportation, federation, subtraction, smallness, lateness.

Bonus Words:  air-condition, atmosphere, destruction, seismograph.

Homework- Due: THURSDAY, January 13

·      Spelling Relay Worksheets

·      Math decimal review

·      Math simple division review

·      Read 25 minutes or more each evening.

EVENTS-

January 13-D.A.R.E Officer Fisher will be coming every Wednesday.

January 14-Last day of second quarter

January 17-No School! Martin L. King Jr. Day

January 18-Dibels Testing for our class

Welcome Back

Math- Understanding integers, coordinate, planes and graphs.  We will soon be diving into fraction…. please make study multiplication with your student.   Before the Christmas break we took a test on division, mean, mode, range, & median.  I have graded them and returned them to your students to put in their homework folders and take home. 

Science- We will continue to conduct experiment exploring heredity. If you have any string of Christmas lights that no longer work will you please donate them to us for our upcoming electricity/energy unit.

WRITING-For the month of January we will be doing lots of writing.  The Utah State Writing Test is in February.  The student (or teachers) do not know what the writing topic will be on or what type of paper they are to write until the test is administered.  The test is given on a computer and your student will type their thoughts and ideas.  If you have access to a computer please have your child practice typing.   

Language and Reading-  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.  Also, you can visit mrs-smith5.blogspot.com Spelling words:

-ent  -ant words

absent

servant

present

instant

accident

assistant

current

moment

resident

ignorant

pleasant

distant

innocent

intelligent

restaurant

patient

government

statement

migrant

participant

Bonus Words:

barren

meander

sensors

atoll

reef

lagoon

Homework- Due: THURSDAY, January 6

·      Spelling Practice Worksheets

·      Reading Comprehension

·      Math coordinates assignments 

·      Read 25 minutes or more each evening. Reading calendars are due January 6. 

EVENTS-

December 30-Elizabeths’s Birthday (celebrate January 3)

January 5-D.A.R.E program begins.  Officer Fisher will be coming every Wednesday.

January 11-Workers Holiday.  For all of the students whom have no missing assignments get to have Workers Holiday.  This will give those who are falling behind the opportunity to make up missing work. 

January 14-Last day of second quarter

January 10-19-DIBELS testing

January 17-No School! Martin L. King Jr. Day