I hope your Rodeo Vacation went very well for you and everyone feels recharged for school.
We have a couple of special events this week. Wednesday morning we have Spring pictures. Check the Dragon Folder for more information. Thursday we have our friendly docent from Tucson Museum of Art coming to teach us a pottery lesson. That will be exciting to work with clay.
Hopefully the kids will complete their character sketch this week. We need more time on the computers to complete the final copy. Our reading selection is an informational text titled Fire. The kids should know far more about fire fighters this week. We will be reviewing the features of informational text.
We are approaching the end of our fraction unit. There are three lessons left and then a review on Thursday. Please review the study guide with your son or daughter on Thursday evening. Friday the class will take the end of the module assessment. We all want the kids to demonstrate a solid understanding of fractions.
Let's have a wonderful week full of learning opportunities.
Warmly,
Mrs. Figueroa
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Homework week of February 29, 2016
Monday - vocabulary 96, math 56 & 57, and reading log
Tuesday - spelling 78 & 79, math 68 & 69, and reading log
Wednesday - reading 91 & 92, math 11 & 12, and reading log
Thursday - study spelling words, math study guide, and reading log
Tuesday - spelling 78 & 79, math 68 & 69, and reading log
Wednesday - reading 91 & 92, math 11 & 12, and reading log
Thursday - study spelling words, math study guide, and reading log
Spelling list: Fire
1. doctor
2. dollar
3. power
4. sugar
5. corner
6. collar
7. danger
8. ladder
9. labor
10. cellar
11. other
12. motor
13. hunger
14. calendar
15. horror
16. officer
17. finger
18. director
19. master
20. regular
Bonus words
ventilate
billowing
brigade
flammable
curfew
dedication
2. dollar
3. power
4. sugar
5. corner
6. collar
7. danger
8. ladder
9. labor
10. cellar
11. other
12. motor
13. hunger
14. calendar
15. horror
16. officer
17. finger
18. director
19. master
20. regular
Bonus words
ventilate
billowing
brigade
flammable
curfew
dedication
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Teacher's note February 22, 2016
This will be a three day school week and then Rodeo Vacation! Thursday and Friday there will not be school. In my opinion, Rodeo Vacation is a wonderful Tucson tradition. I hope you have an enjoyable four day weekend - it should be beautiful weather!
This week we will work on grammar, writing our character sketch and improving our cursive. We will not read a selection from our anthology or have spelling and vocabulary words. Please edit the character sketch with your son or daughter on Monday evening. Tuesday we will bring the lap tops into our room and work on the final copy.
The kids will know how to multiple fractions of whole numbers times a mixed fraction using the distributive property by the end of this week. We will be working on multiplying fraction strategies all week. Last Friday the kids seemed to totally understand multiplying a proper fraction times a whole number - yeah!
Many of our All Stars are trying out for the Soleng Tom track team and this Wednesday the team is announced. Monday we will have practice. Tuesday there will not be practice so the coaches can use the time to analyze the data and select the team. Wednesday afternoon the athletes will be given a letter informing them whether or not they made the team. I certainly admire all of the students that were brave enough to try out for the team.
May we have many learning opportunities this week!
Take care,
Mrs. Figueroa
This week we will work on grammar, writing our character sketch and improving our cursive. We will not read a selection from our anthology or have spelling and vocabulary words. Please edit the character sketch with your son or daughter on Monday evening. Tuesday we will bring the lap tops into our room and work on the final copy.
The kids will know how to multiple fractions of whole numbers times a mixed fraction using the distributive property by the end of this week. We will be working on multiplying fraction strategies all week. Last Friday the kids seemed to totally understand multiplying a proper fraction times a whole number - yeah!
Many of our All Stars are trying out for the Soleng Tom track team and this Wednesday the team is announced. Monday we will have practice. Tuesday there will not be practice so the coaches can use the time to analyze the data and select the team. Wednesday afternoon the athletes will be given a letter informing them whether or not they made the team. I certainly admire all of the students that were brave enough to try out for the team.
May we have many learning opportunities this week!
Take care,
Mrs. Figueroa
Homework week of February 22, 2016
Monday - edit character sketch, math 23 & 24 and reading log
Tuesday - main ideas, math 34 & 35 and reading log
Wednesday - Have a terrific Rodeo Vacation!!!!!
Tuesday - main ideas, math 34 & 35 and reading log
Wednesday - Have a terrific Rodeo Vacation!!!!!
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Teacher's Note February 15, 2016
The kids looked super cute all dressed up for the literature parade on Friday! We had a fun day reading, watching the parade, exchanging valentines, singing and working on an art project.
Tuesday the spell-a-thon money is due if you want to be considered for a prize. The students can hand in their envelope to me or the front office. Just make sure your donations are handed in before 5:00 so you have a chance for a prize. Please support our wonderful PTSA and participate in the spell-a-thon.
I love the reading selection from our anthology titled One Grain of Rice. It is a mathematical folk tale with beautiful illustrations. We will have vocabulary and spelling words this week. Also, we will continue with our character sketch writing project. The kids have written paragraphs about their looks, personality, hobbies and now we are working on our favorites. Each favorite must have its own paragraph. The kids may write about their favorite movie, restaurant, park, show, game, pet ...
Next the kids will write about the important people in their life and finally their goals. I really want each student to put their best effort into this writing project.
The fraction unit continues with adding and subtracting mixed fractions. The students will be shown a couple of different strategies and then they can decide which strategy works best for them. Please continue to monitor your son's or daughter's progress. These are multi step problems we are solving and the kids need a solid understanding of the process. I am available before school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday if your son or daughter needs assistance.
Structures of Life, our next science kit, has arrived! We will be conducting a seed search and setting up sprouters this week. I predict the kids will love this science unit! First we study plants and then we focus on animals - specifically snails and crayfish.
Thursday a docent from Tucson Museum of Art will come to Soleng Tom to teach us an art lesson and then guide us in an art project. We will be studying the art of the Northwest United States Native Americans. I predict the kids will love the art project.
I hope each one of us stays healthy and has many learning opportunities this week!
Take care,
Mrs. Figueroa
Tuesday the spell-a-thon money is due if you want to be considered for a prize. The students can hand in their envelope to me or the front office. Just make sure your donations are handed in before 5:00 so you have a chance for a prize. Please support our wonderful PTSA and participate in the spell-a-thon.
I love the reading selection from our anthology titled One Grain of Rice. It is a mathematical folk tale with beautiful illustrations. We will have vocabulary and spelling words this week. Also, we will continue with our character sketch writing project. The kids have written paragraphs about their looks, personality, hobbies and now we are working on our favorites. Each favorite must have its own paragraph. The kids may write about their favorite movie, restaurant, park, show, game, pet ...
Next the kids will write about the important people in their life and finally their goals. I really want each student to put their best effort into this writing project.
The fraction unit continues with adding and subtracting mixed fractions. The students will be shown a couple of different strategies and then they can decide which strategy works best for them. Please continue to monitor your son's or daughter's progress. These are multi step problems we are solving and the kids need a solid understanding of the process. I am available before school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday if your son or daughter needs assistance.
Structures of Life, our next science kit, has arrived! We will be conducting a seed search and setting up sprouters this week. I predict the kids will love this science unit! First we study plants and then we focus on animals - specifically snails and crayfish.
Thursday a docent from Tucson Museum of Art will come to Soleng Tom to teach us an art lesson and then guide us in an art project. We will be studying the art of the Northwest United States Native Americans. I predict the kids will love the art project.
I hope each one of us stays healthy and has many learning opportunities this week!
Take care,
Mrs. Figueroa
Friday, February 12, 2016
Homework week of February 15, 2016
Monday - vocabulary 86 & 87, math 38 & 39 and reading log
Tuesday -spelling 73 & 75, math 50 & 51 and reading log
Wednesday - edit character sketch, math 62 & 63 and reading log
Thursday - study spelling words, math 74 & 75 and reading log
Tuesday -spelling 73 & 75, math 50 & 51 and reading log
Wednesday - edit character sketch, math 62 & 63 and reading log
Thursday - study spelling words, math 74 & 75 and reading log
Spelling Words: One Grain of Rice
1. addition
2. sadness
3. lovable
4. endless
5. handful
6. plentiful
7. breathless
8. happiness
9. solution
10. careful
11. function
12. stillness
13. information
14. celebration
15. capable
16. available
17. believable
18. careless
19. reusable
20. forgiveness
Bonus words
decreed
famine
implored
trickle
plentifully
2. sadness
3. lovable
4. endless
5. handful
6. plentiful
7. breathless
8. happiness
9. solution
10. careful
11. function
12. stillness
13. information
14. celebration
15. capable
16. available
17. believable
18. careless
19. reusable
20. forgiveness
Bonus words
decreed
famine
implored
trickle
plentifully
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Teacher's Note February 8, 2016
We had an excellent field trip to Saguaro National Park last Wednesday. The weather was absolutely beautiful, our volunteers were very supportive and the docents did an excellent job teaching the kids. I hope your son or daughter told you about the field trip. Thank you to all the parents who provided transportation and supervision.
Thursday we took the Spell a thon test! The tests were returned to the students that afternoon. I hope you already know the results of your child's test. If not, ask to see their paper. Please give your best effort into finding sponsors and collecting the money. I believe the money is due on February 16 to be considered for a prize.
This week will be exciting too! Thursday and Friday the students will be dismissed at 11:40 for parent teacher conferences. Please have a plan in place for eating lunch and after school care. The students will have an option of ordering a sack lunch from school. Please discuss the lunch plans and transportation with your son or daughter to avoid any confusion. I am in the process of arranging the parent teacher conferences. It is not too late to schedule an appointment if you would like to talk with me. I absolutely want the student at the conference.
This is also Love of Reading Week! We have three guests readers scheduled to share a book with the class. Plus we have the literacy parade on Friday - it is usually one of the high lights of the entire year! The students will dress up as a character from a book and parade through the school with that book in their hand. Parents are welcome to come and watch the parade if they wish.
After the parade on Friday, the class will have an opportunity to exchange Valentine cards. If the kids want to hand out Valentines cards, please give every student one. Our class list will be in Monday's Dragon Folder to assist with the Valentine writing.
We will not read a selection from our reading anthology this week - that means no spelling or vocabulary words. Instead we will work on our character sketch writing project. The kids will be writing paragraphs about themselves. Friday we started writing about our looks and personality. Monday we will write about our hobbies. Each hobby the student writes about should be in its own paragraph full of details! As the project continues the kids will write about their favorite places, important people and goals. The rough draft will be in their writing notebook and the final copy on the computer. I anticipate the entire writing project taking two to three weeks to complete. I hope the final copy becomes something the kids treasure.
This week we say good bye to our mini science Weather Forecasting unit and hello to the Structures of Life kit. The kids will love Structures of Life! It is very hands on!
Please save the date of April 12th and April 13th for our overnight field trip to Camp Cooper. I know some of you are asking what date we go so you can arrange time off to go on this field trip.
Wow! That is enough information for this week. I sincerely hope we all have a wonderful week full of learning opportunities.
Take care,
Mrs. Figueroa
Thursday we took the Spell a thon test! The tests were returned to the students that afternoon. I hope you already know the results of your child's test. If not, ask to see their paper. Please give your best effort into finding sponsors and collecting the money. I believe the money is due on February 16 to be considered for a prize.
This week will be exciting too! Thursday and Friday the students will be dismissed at 11:40 for parent teacher conferences. Please have a plan in place for eating lunch and after school care. The students will have an option of ordering a sack lunch from school. Please discuss the lunch plans and transportation with your son or daughter to avoid any confusion. I am in the process of arranging the parent teacher conferences. It is not too late to schedule an appointment if you would like to talk with me. I absolutely want the student at the conference.
This is also Love of Reading Week! We have three guests readers scheduled to share a book with the class. Plus we have the literacy parade on Friday - it is usually one of the high lights of the entire year! The students will dress up as a character from a book and parade through the school with that book in their hand. Parents are welcome to come and watch the parade if they wish.
After the parade on Friday, the class will have an opportunity to exchange Valentine cards. If the kids want to hand out Valentines cards, please give every student one. Our class list will be in Monday's Dragon Folder to assist with the Valentine writing.
We will not read a selection from our reading anthology this week - that means no spelling or vocabulary words. Instead we will work on our character sketch writing project. The kids will be writing paragraphs about themselves. Friday we started writing about our looks and personality. Monday we will write about our hobbies. Each hobby the student writes about should be in its own paragraph full of details! As the project continues the kids will write about their favorite places, important people and goals. The rough draft will be in their writing notebook and the final copy on the computer. I anticipate the entire writing project taking two to three weeks to complete. I hope the final copy becomes something the kids treasure.
This week we say good bye to our mini science Weather Forecasting unit and hello to the Structures of Life kit. The kids will love Structures of Life! It is very hands on!
Please save the date of April 12th and April 13th for our overnight field trip to Camp Cooper. I know some of you are asking what date we go so you can arrange time off to go on this field trip.
Wow! That is enough information for this week. I sincerely hope we all have a wonderful week full of learning opportunities.
Take care,
Mrs. Figueroa
Homework week of February 8, 2016
Monday - write hobby paragraphs, math 72 & 73, and reading log
Tuesday - A Map Scale, math 82 & 83, and reading log
Wednesday - Main Ideas 10 & 11, math 13 & 14 and reading log
Thursday - edit character sketch, math 25 & 26 and reading log
Tuesday - A Map Scale, math 82 & 83, and reading log
Wednesday - Main Ideas 10 & 11, math 13 & 14 and reading log
Thursday - edit character sketch, math 25 & 26 and reading log
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