Miss Teaford's Class

Monday, April 14, 2014

Week 32

This week in reading we are talking about synthesizing and metacognition. Students will soon be taking the DRA again, so we will also be reviewing for the DRA. Our spelling this week is Sort 55 i before e except after c. I am giving students 2 weeks to do their homework for this spelling sort so our spelling test will be next Friday. This week we will be taking our SAGE writing test on Wednesday and Friday. This test will be given during reading time in my class. Please make sure that your student is in class so they will not have to make up the test. Please also make sure your student has a good breakfast so they can focus and do their best during the test.

This week in writing we will practice how to take the SAGE test and then will take it later in the week. We are still working on our Porquois Tales and hopefully students will finish their draft this week and be able to start their actual book. Student's finished book is due next Friday.

In math this week we are finishing our last unit. On Wednesday students will take their test for Unit 13. After this, we will start reviewing. Students will take 5 review tests so I can see what we need to review before the end of the year.

In social studies this week we will be finishing our communities as well as presenting them. Students are creating a drawing on Google Drive to make a digital copy of their community map. Also, students will be presenting their Native American Model Homes project. I told students before Spring Break that I would give them a couple extra days to do their project, so my class's project is due on Wednesday, April 16th and Miss Goldsborough's class's project is due on Thursday, April 17th.

This Week's Homework:

Monday: Read 20 Mins

*Reading Log & Road to Success

Spelling Sort 55

Big Book pg. 397-398

Native American Homes Model Project

Tuesday: Read 20 Mins

*Reading Log & Road to Success

Spelling Sort 55

Big Book pg. 401-401

Native American Homes Model Project

Wednesday: Read 20 Mins

*Reading Log & Road to Success

Spelling Sort 55

Big Book pg. 411-412

Thursday: Read 20 Mins

*Reading Log & Road to Success

Spelling Sort 55

Big Book pg. 413-414

Friday: Read 20 Mins

*Reading Log & Road to Success

Monday, March 31, 2014

Week 31 Vocabulary

Migration – seasonal movement of animals from one region to another

Hibernation – the act of sleeping through the winter

Adaptation – a characteristic about a species that helps it survive

Invertebrate – an organism without a backbone

Carnivore – an organism that primarily eats meat

Week 31 Spelling Sort 53

Sort 53:

1.	weather
2.	bored
3.	hire
4.	desert
5.	board
6.	flower
7.	whether
8.	metal
9.	chews
10.	higher
11.	aloud
12.	allowed
13.	dessert
14.	medal
15.	merry
16.	choose
17.	marry
18.	they're
19.	there
20.	their

Week 31

This week in Reading we are continuing to talk about reading strategies. We are talking about visualizing and questioning while we read. Our spelling is Sort 53 on Homophones.

This week in Writing we are starting our Pourquoi Tales. Students are going to be writing stories explaining why or how something in nature happened. For example, why mosquitoes buzz, how the zebra got it's stripes, etc . . . We will be making a small book for this story, illustrated as well as written by the student. Also, I want to let you know that our writing testing will begin the week after Spring Break.

This week in Math we are starting a unit on geometric shapes. We will be talking about shape patterns, reviewing lines and triangles, learning about quadrilaterals, and learning about symmetry.

This week in Social Studies students will finish rebuilding their ghost town and then they will begin creating their own communities. They will sketch a map of their community and then use the Chrome books and Google Drive and will create a computerize drawing of their community map. Also, I've decided to give students another couple of days to finish their Native American Model Home project. My class's project will be due on Wednesday, April 16th and Miss Goldsborough's class will be due on Thursday, April 17th.

Lastly, our class has run of of tissues. If you can have your student bring some for the class that would be very helpful!

This Week's Homework:

Monday: Read 20 Mins

*Reading Log & Road to Success

Spelling Sort 53

Lesson 9.6 P181

Native American Homes Model Project

Tuesday: Read 20 Mins

*Reading Log & Road to Success

Spelling Sort 53

Lesson 9.7 P183

Native American Homes Model Project

Wednesday: Read 20 Mins

*Reading Log & Road to Success

Spelling Sort 53

Lesson 9.5 P179

Native American Homes Model Project

Thursday: Read 20 Mins

*Reading Log & Road to Success

Spelling Sort 53

Big Book pg. 363-364

Native American Homes Model Project

Friday: Read 20 Mins

*Reading Log & Road to Success
Native American Homes Model Project

Monday, March 24, 2014

Native American Homes Model Project

Students have received a blue paper with instructions to make a wicki-up, tepee, or hogan. Here are examples/pictures to help guide you as you make these models.

Week 30 Spelling Sort 50

Sort 50:

1.	rainy
2.	clearly
3.	snowy
4.	easily
5.	foggy
6.	dimly
7.	misty
8.	quietly
9.	stormy
10.	loudly
11.	angrily
12.	daily
13.	chilly
14.	cloudy
15.	windy
16.	noisily
17.	breezy
18.	roughly
19.	lazily
20.	smoothly

Week 30 Vocabulary

Wigwam – American Indian dwelling

Ramada – open shelter made by Indians

Buckskin – the skin of a buck or deer

Moccasins – a heelless leather shoe (Indian)

Precious – of high price or great value