November 28th - December 2nd

How are we seeing December already!? This year is flying by, and it is such a great year. I hope that everyone had a good vacation break. Only three more weeks until our Winter Break. Reminder that Twin Day is this Thursday, and Tuesday is our December birthday celebration.

This week we do not have reading menu or spelling menu. We will be having Reading Journal Entries. Students should read for 20 minutes and then write a summary using their reading journal chart.
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Math
This week we are having a review on Chapter 5 with multiplications of 0, 2, 5, and 10's. Starting Wednesday we will be moving to Chapter 6 and working with the rest of the times tables. Students should be working with flashcards and the times tables at home.

Monday:
Chapter 5 Review
Homework- Review Worksheet

Tuesday:
Chapter 5 Test
No Math homework

Wednesday:
Chapter 6-1
The Distributive Property
Homework: Workbook

Thursday:
Chapter 6-2
3 as a Factor
Homework: Workbook

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Reading and Wordly Wise

Students this week will be working on Lesson 4 in Wordly Wise.

1. average
2. border
3. cocoon
4. flutter
5. moisture
6. nectar
7. process
8. span
9. suitable
10. timber

Monday:
Part A and B

Tuesday:
Part C and D

Wednesday:
Part E

Thursday:
Wordly Wise Review

In Reading we will be working on Raising Dragons in our Basal reader. We will be working on drawing conclusions in our text as we read the story.

Our vocabulary words are:

1. appetite
2. chores
3. harvested
4. hitched
5. plow
6. sown
7. tended

Fluency: We will be working on accurately reading and recognizing many words automatically.
Grammar: Suffixes -y and -ly
Present Time


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In Social Studies we will be working on Living Traditions with the four Regions of the California Indians. Students will be getting in to groups this week and working on gathering information in order to present to the class their findings. They will be working on knowing the differences and similarities between the two groups.

Each group will learn about
Art and Music
Beliefs and Customs
Folklore
Houses
Food
Clothing
Tools
Ways of Travel
Government: Then and Now
Economy
Gift Giving and Trade

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What I am Thankful For

This week the students worked on what they were thankful for so I decided to do the same thing. I wanted to write a paragraph to share with them what I am looking for in a solid paragraph.

Green is main idea or topic sentence. Blue are my details. Red is my conclusion and ending sentence.

Reminder - December Birthdays

Upcoming Spirit Day

The week we return to school we will be having a spirt day. Thursday, December 1st we will be having Twin Day! Find a friend OR TWO to dress alike with for the day. It does not need to be common dress.

Break Time Assignments

Students will have off the week of November 21st - November 24th. We will be reporting back to school on Monday, November 28th.

I would like students to take this vacation time to spend with family. There will not be a project this vacation.

Students are encouraged to work on Lexia and Dream Box over the break. I will be keeping an eye on the Lexia and Dream Box usage over the break. It is very important that students continue to progress even when we are not in school.

Students are encouraged to read of the break from 20-30 minutes a night. A log of the title, author, and time read is helpful.

Students are encouraged to write a few details that they did over the break to help with some writing when we return to school. They can create a Thinking Map to help organize their writing before returning. A Circle map can be used to collect all the data, or they can create a Tree Map to help separate the activities they did.

Students are encouraged to work on their multiplication times tables over the break. They can use flashcards, or create their own.

Thank you again for attending the Fall Report Card conference. Hope you all have a relaxing and pleasant week off.

November 14th - November 18th

This is the final week before our November week off!

I can't believe we are already here.

This week is conference week still and students will be out for the day at 1 o'clock.

Please check the Google form in the Conference week if you have forgotten your time.

If you are going to need to reschedule please email me.

Wordly Wise Lesson 3

1. ambition
2. auction
3. coast
4. current
5. frail
6. intelligent
7. novel
8. resident
9. starve
10. volunteer

Students will be working on Wordly Wise for Homework and in class as a whole class.

Monday
Part A
Homework: Part A and Part B

Tuesday
Homework: Part C and Part D

Wednesday
In class: Part E
Homework: Review worksheet

Part E is a long comprehension passage that takes some time to get through. It will be done in class.

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Math

Students are still currently working in Chapter 5 learning multiplication facts. Last week we worked on factors of 2, 5, 0, 1, and 9's. Students should be studying flash cards nightly as homework. They can work on creating their own flash cards, creating time tables, or playing Circles and Stars. 

Monday:

Chapter 5-4 

Patterns for Facts

Tuesday:

Chapter 5-5 

10 as a Factor

Wednesday:

Chapter 5-6

Multiplying by Multiplies of Ten

Thursday:

Chapter 5-7

Problem Solving: Two Question Problems

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Social Studies

Students have been working in Social Studies this past week. We worked on California Regions, and this week we will be working on California Indians: Past and Present

How are California Indians in your region alike and different?

Skill: Charts

Regional Lesson: Living Traditions

How have California Indians lived in their environment?
Skill: Climate Maps

Regional Lesson: Living on the Land

How do California Indian groups function?

Skill: Relative Location and Absolute Location

How did Europeans change life for California Indians?

Primary Source: Diaries: Father Pedro Font

Regional Lesson: Interacting with Others

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Homework:

Monday:
Wordly Wise Part A and B
Math Ch 5-4
Reading Journal

Tuesday:
Wordly Wise Part C and D
Math 5-5
Social Studies Workbook
Reading Journal

Wednesday:
Wordly Wise Review
Math 5-6
Social Studies Workbook
Reading Journal

Thursday:
Math 5-7
Social Studies Workbook
Reading Journal

NO SPELLING, but study the Wordly Wise words.

Upcoming Vacations

Hello Parents!

Over the next two months we will be having three weeks off!

Over the break students are encouraged to keep using DreamBox and Lexia to keep their progress moving forward.

They can also be working on it now!

www.lexiacore5.com

http://play.dreambox.com/login/tkc7/northwoode

Class Dojo

Welcome to a new week Parents! Starting Wednesday to next Friday is Conference week and students will be out of school at 1:00 P.M. I will send a reminder notice home today with your date and time. If you can not make your appointment please let me know as soon as possible to reschedule.

This week we will start using our Class Dojo behavior system. I sent home notices this past Friday with instructions on how to log in to the class account. You will be able to check on your child's behavior and classroom progress through out the day.

Students will have a chance to earn points through out the day. They will earn points for having their homework, participating, being on task, teamwork, helping others, and working hard. They can also lose points for having no homework, off task, poor behavior, being disruptive, and not being a team player in group work, class, or at recess.

I will keep the points for the week and at the end of the week the winning group of four will get to have a prize. The prize is not determined at the moment. It will change weekly as well. The top person for the month will also win a prize.

Parents will need to log in to our class site at www.classdojo.com and enter the parent code that was given in on the paper. There you will be able to send messages, and keep watch.

Thank you!

November 7th - November 10th

Welcome to the start of conference week. Please look at the the link to the Conference schedule for a reminder.

We will not be having spelling this week or Reading Menu. I would like students to be working on their book reports due next Monday, November 14th.

Reminder that Wednesday AND Thursday are early release at 1:00 days, and there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, November 11th.

The week of November 15th - 19th is conference week and we will all be early release days leading up to the Fall break. We will have no school November 21st - 25th. Students return to class November 28th.

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In math we started Multiplication and we will be continuing on to the math facts this week in Chapter 5. Students should continue to practice with flash cards at home to learn to quickly identify the answers to multiplication problems.

Monday:
Chapter 5-1
2 and 5 as a Factor

Tuesday:
Chapter 5-2
9 as a Factor

Wednesday:
Chapter 5-3
Multiplying with 0 and 1

Thursday:
No homework

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Social Studies:
We will be starting on Tuesday our first lesson in Social Studies. They will not have a grade on the report card for Social Studies as we have no samples for the grading period.

Unit 1: Land and Water in Your Area 
Pages 3-8
Lesson 1: What are the land and water like in your area?

Vocabulary
Region (Desert, Valley, Mountain, Coast)
Geography

Lesson 2: How have people used the land in your region?
Pages 9 -14

Vocabulary
Resource
Environment
Dam
Flood
Canal
Protect

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The Unit A Science test has been moved from last week to Monday. We will be finishing up the Science for awhile to start working on Social Studies in class.