Mrs. Smith's Class

         “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