Porter Class Blog
Monday, May 30, 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
Weekly News May 23-27, 2016
Homework: Continue to work on your timeline homework. This
assignment will be due June 3rd. The reading log and
math packet are due on Friday. Please return them in the yellow folder. Please
make sure you sign your
child’s reading log.
Please
send your child to school with a water bottle. Is is easier for the students to
get drinks than to have to leave the room.
Sing
and Swing is on Thursday at 2:00.
Language Arts: We will work with oo/oo words in our word work. Our opinion writing focus
continues. We will begin to focus on informative writing later this week.
Mathematics: We will begin chapter 18 on lines and surfaces. Please
see the School to Home connection sheet.
Cursive: We will finish our kite string letters.
Science: We will work solids this week. Students will learn about
the vocabulary words that are used to describe solid materials. These words
include flexible, rigid, smooth, rough, soft, hard, colored pointed, flat,
transparent, opaque and translucent.
Ways you can help at home: Read and talk about
the most important part in the story and why you think that was the most
important. Look for oo/oo words. Identify
solid materials. Describe the characteristics that make it a solid.
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Sunday, May 8, 2016
Weekly News May 9-13, 2016
Homework: Please see the timeline homework. This assignment will
be due June 3rd. Your support is greatly appreciated for this project.
The reading log and math packet are due on Friday. Please return them in the
yellow folder. Please make sure you sign your child’s reading log.
Language Arts: We will be working with au/aw words in our word
work. The children are having fun
showing their learning of the continents. In writing we will continue our
opinion work. We will also start a piece on where is a fun place to go in
Shrewsbury.
Mathematics: We are working on chapter 17 on graphs and line plots
this week. Please read the School to Home Connection on this chapter. The
students will be answering questions about picture graphs and will be creating
picture graphs. Students will learn that reading the key to find out how much
the symbol is worth is very important.
Social Studies: Students will continue to work together to make a
project that helps others learn about the continent they studied. We will begin
to study timelines.
Science: The
students really enjoyed the presentation from the Museum of Science on the
states of matter. Hopefully you saw on your child’s reflection what their
learned from the program.
Cursive: We are working on our kite string letters.
Ways you can help at home: Show your child
graphs that you find as you are reading. Together create a picture graph of
your child’s toys or crafts. Look for au/aw words in books. Begin to look
through pictures or talk about important dates in your child’s life for the
timeline project. Write an opinion piece with your child. Talk about the
reasons for your opinion on various topics. Ask your child to give you his or
her opinion and the reasons why he or she feels that way.
Weekly News May 2-6, 2016
Homework: Our writing homework is due by this Friday. The
reading log and math packet are due on Friday. Please return them in the yellow
folder. Please make sure you sign your child’s reading log.
Reminder: Tuesday is an early release day. We dismiss at 12:15.
Please send in a healthy snack for your child.
Language Arts: We will be working with oi/oy words in our word work. We will be working on ways to
share what we know about the continents. Opinion writing continues this week.
Last week we worked on whether we thought children should have a set bedtime or
not. We will be writing about a celebrity that we would like to have lunch with
and why. We will also start a piece on where is a fun place to go in
Shrewsbury.
Mathematics: We will be reviewing A.M. and P.M. We are also working
with elapsed time. Students are working on knowing how to read a time on a
clock and know what time is an hour (half hour) before or after this time. Also
they will do problems like it is 2:00. 1:30 is ______ minutes before or after.
The elapsed time is only expected to be known at a conceptual level. We will be
taking the test on time on Wednesday. We will begin chapter 17 on graphs and
line plots.
Social Studies: Students will be working together to make a project that
helps others learn about the continent they studied.
Science: We have a States of
Matter presentation from the Museum of Science on Friday.
Cursive: We are working on our kite string letters.
Ways you can help at home: Have your child
practice reading his/her writing assignment out loud to you. Practice using
expression, speaking loud enough and reading not too fast or not to slow. Look
for oi and oy words as you read.
Look for sight words that your child could practice. After you read a book
together talk about your opinion of the book and back the opinion up with
reasons and examples from the text. Talk about AM and PM as you go through the
day. Have your child read times from an analog clock and then say what time was
an hour (half hour) earlier and what was an hour (half hour) later.
Weekly News April 25-29, 2016
Homework: We are in week three of our writing homework. This
assignment is due Friday, May 6th. The reading log and math packet are due
on Friday. Please return them in the yellow folder. Please make sure you sign
your
child’s reading log.
Language Arts: We will be working with more r controlled vowels.
We will continue to practice ir,
er, and ur words. We will be
reading about Europe for our continent study. We will work on identifying cause
and effect relationships as we read our Scholastic News article on Penguin
Protectors. We will read and discuss our school’s book of the month I’m
Here. This
will be reviewed in our All school Meeting on Friday. In writing we will be
working on opinion writing for the next several weeks. We will begin by
reviewing what we remember about this genre.
Mathematics: The boys and girls did a fantastic job on their
measurement test. They will be coming home this week. Please sign and return
your test. We will begin chapter 14 on time. Please see the School to Home
Connection Letter for this chapter.
Social Studies: Before break students read about one of the following
continents: Asia, Africa, South America and Australia. They completed a study
guide to help them focus on key features of the continent. Students will be
sharing what they learned. We will continue to read and explore this week. We
will all be studying Europe.
Cursive: We are working on our kite string letters.
Ways you can help at home: Read a fiction book
with your child that has a setting in another continent. Talk about the special
features from place. Practice telling time with your child. Have your child read analogue clocks and
express the time different ways. For example, ten minutes after eight and 8:10.
Have your child write the time in words and in digits. Later in the week we
will practice elapsed time. You can have your child identify how long they
spent doing something to the nearest five minutes. Read the School to Home
Connections letter for more ideas.
Weekly News April 11-15, 2016
Homework: We are week two of our writing homework. This
assignment is due Friday, May 6th. The reading log and
math packet are due on Friday. Please return them in the yellow folder. Please
make sure you sign your
child’s reading log.
Language Arts: We will be working with more r controlled vowels.
We will focus on ir, er, and ur words. Friday the
boys and girls learned about writing from author April Jones Prince. We will
write her thank you cards this week. We will be working on main ideas and
details as we read a Scholastic News. In writing we are working on adding
details to our main event. We are also working on editing our work.
Mathematics: We are working on solving one and two step word problems
involving measuring. We will be reviewing measurement and will probably be
ready to take our test late this week.
Social Studies: We will be focusing on continents and oceans. We will
begin to explore North America. We will be talking about Earth Day and what we
can do to help our planet.
Cursive: We have finished our clock climbers and are working on
our kite string letters.
Ways you can help at home: Explore which country
your child would like to read and write about for the writing assignment. Have
your child practice his/her narrative story about a ride out loud for you. We
are working on stretching out the main event with thoughts, observation, action,
dialogue and sounds. Read and discuss stories together.
Monday, April 4, 2016
Weekly News April 4-8, 2016
Report cards: Today you
will receive your child’s report card. Please sign and return the envelope by Tuesday. You may keep the report card. Returning the signed
envelope lets me know that you have received it. Please let me know if you have
any questions about your child’s progress.
Tissues: Our
classroom supply of tissues needs restocking. We are currently out of tissues.
Thank you to anyone who is able to bring in a box to help us out.
Tuesday is an Early release Day. We dismiss at 12:15. Please
send your child to school with a healthy snack to enjoy. We will be taking a
snack break in the morning.
Homework: A new writing assignment will be sent home today. We
will be writing about a country. Please let me know if you have any questions.
This assignment is due Friday, May 6th. The reading log and
math packet are due on Friday. Please return them in the yellow folder. Please
make sure you sign your
child’s reading log.
Language Arts: The boys and girls are very excited about their
narrative writing about a ride they have experienced. Ask them to tell you
about it. We will have a visit from local author April Jones Prince. We will
read a few of her books this week. We will be reviewing or and ar words.
Mathematics: The boys and girls did a great job on our fraction unit.
Their test will be coming home this week. Please sign and return it to me. We
will be working on using inches and feet to measure height and length. We will
be measuring to the nearest inch and nearest foot. Please see the Home
Connection Letter for ways you can support your child at home.
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