Friday, November 30, 2012

Week of December 3-7, 2012

Hello Room 4 Families!
Here is what's happening in room 4 this week:

Friday, December 7: Craft Faire, 6-8 pm

Language Arts:
New sight words: are and in

We will continue to orally blend and clap out the syllables in words. We have also been writing words using the kids' expert letters, and they are doing very well with this. Encourage your kids to practice writing 3 and 4 letters words as much as possible.

We are continuing to talk about finding friends. If your kids have a book to share that fits with this theme they are welcome to bring it in.

In writing we will begin paragraph called "If I had a reindeer..."

We will review adjectives that describe how many and what color.

Math:
In math we will continue to work on graphing. Each day the kids will be doing a yes/no graph that I have created. This will lead to them coming up with their own yes/no question and collecting their own data.
They are enjoying graphing so far, and doing really well with it.

Thank you to the parents who have been helping out in our room! We couldn't do what we do without your help! If you would like to volunteer all are welcome. I will also have more take-home projects shortly.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. You can email me any time. carrie-relles@scusd.edu

Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Week of November 26-30, 2012

Hello Room 4 families,
I hope you're all enjoying Thanksgiving break.
Here's what is happening in room 4 next week:

Important dates:
Friday, November 30: Free dress day and picture make-up/retake day.

Language arts:
This week we are continuing our Finding Friends unit. Your kids are welcome to bring in a book to share with the class that goes with this theme.
I have introduced consonant sounds by assigning the kids letters they are the "experts" of. If they have anything to share with the class that begins with their expert letter, they can bring it in any day this week.
New sight words: do, has, and who.
In writing we will begin to go through each step of the writing process (getting ideas, prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, publishing) as we work on writing notes to a friend or family member.
This week we will continue oral blending with word parts (I say two parts of a word and the kids put it together) and syllable clapping. They love syllable clapping, so the more you practice this at home, the better they will be!

Math:
We are starting a chapter on collecting data and graphing. The objectives this week will be to collect data from a picture and record it onto a graph and to make and read a concrete graph. The kids will practice these skills in the homework as well.

We are still looking for old puzzle pieces for an art project! If you have any old puzzles (with small pieces) at home that you'd like to get rid of, please bring them by room 4. We will use them in December for an art project with our 5th grade buddies.

Thank you for your time! Enjoy the rest of your time with your family!
Please email me if you have any questions.
carrie-relles@scusd.edu

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Week of November 12-16, 2012

Hello Room 4 families!
I hope your long weekend is off to a good start. Here is what is happening in our room this week:

Important dates:
Monday, November 12: Veterans' Day; no school

Tuesday, November 13-Friday, November 16: parent/teacher conferences; shortened days. Your kids can be picked up from the cafeteria at 12:20
I enjoyed talking with several of you last week about your childrens' report cards and progress so far this year. Thank you to everyone for attending conferences. I am looking forward to meeting with everyone this week!

Monday, November 19-Friday, November 23: Thanksgiving Break; no school

Friday, November 30: free dress day/picture make-up day.

Language arts:
We will continue our unit on Finding Friends. If your child has any books they would like to share that fit this theme they are welcome to bring them in.
 We are starting to work on blending word parts orally in class. This exercise leads to improved reading skills later on. The kids love blending and are very successful with it.
New sight words: do, has, and who.
We are cointinuing to work on writing sentences in our journals and responding to the stories we read.
We will continue working on adjectives. This week the kids will learn that adjectives can describe how many.

Math: We will finish our unit on numbers 6-10 this week. We have begun comparing numbers 1-10 to find which group has more, which has less, and whether or not groups are equal. We will also work on ordering numbers 1-10, and take our chapter test on Thursday.

We are looking for old puzzle pieces for an art project! If you have any old puzzles (with small pieces) at home that you'd like to get rid of, please bring them by room 4. We will use them in December for an art project with our 5th grade buddies.

Thanks, parents for everything you do!
Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions or concerns!
carrie-relles@scusd.edu


Friday, November 2, 2012

Week of November 5-9, 2012

Hello Room 4 families!
November is off to a great start. Here is what is happening in our classroom this week:

Important dates:
Thursday 11/8-Friday, 11/16: parent/teacher conferences. Students will be dismissed at 12:20 from the cafeteria. I will bring them to lunch at 11:50, and you can pick them up there at 12:20.
I am looking forward to meeting with each of you to talk about your child's progress and to answer any questions you may have. each conference will take about 20 minutes. Please let me know if you can't make your scheduled day/time, and we can reschedule.

Monday, 11/12: NO SCHOOL Veterans' Day

Monday, 11/19-Friday 11/23 Thanksgiving break, no school

Friday 11/3: Free dress day/picture make-up day

Language Arts: We finished up our Shadows unit today and will begin Finding Friends on Monday.
New high-frequency words: down, go, and up
During this unit we will begin to focus on the sounds the letters make and how to put these sounds together to form words, both orally and written.
Our writing during this unit will focus on journal entries, responding to what we read, and personal writing such as notes, lists, and cards.
We will also begin to learn about adjectives.

Math: we are continuing our chapter on numbers 6-10. We will focus on writing these numbers.

Science: this week we will finish up our unit on plants. We have learned about what plants need to grow, the parts of a plant, and where plants grow.

Thanks for your time!
Please email me if you have any questions!
~Carrie Relles