Week in Review 10/21 - 10/26

1. We had our first curl test in gym. We have one more test left--flexibility! AC & FD
2. We are going to have our Author Celebration for our Personal Narrative stories. We published our final copies, created covers, and wrote About the Author. CO MW
3. We were sharing our strategies in a math congress to figure out how many ice tea bottles would fit in the ice tea machine. We looked at the ice tea machine and saw it held 132 bottles. We looked to see how many 6-packs fit in the machine and how many full boxes we would need. During our math congress we looked at which mathematician's strategy was most efficient. We are thinking about using these strategies next time!  Some of us had to explain our strategies to the rest of the class. We noticed that we are using similiar strategies. KC, AA, HP & HS
4. We shared our Personal Narrative stories with Miss Dineen's class. They shared their small moment stories with us! CV
5. Patricia Polacco came to our school for an Author Visit. She brought in a tiny piece of the meteor and the "new" keeping quilt. The original one is in a museum. On the "new" keeping quilt was the original heart from Ana's dress. This is the heartbeat of the quilt and what makes it keep living. We all got to touch the meteor and make a wish on it. We couldn't wish for money, change a person, or toys/purchased item.  We learned how this shooting star landed in her grandparents yard. She told us that we,"touched the hand, that touched the hand, that touched the hand of Abraham Lincoln." AN. AC, RB, AA, HP
6. We did not earn a compliment this week, we need to do something about this! Check back with us next week! MA
7. We are collecting a lot of Box Tops! FH
8. After finishing our personal narratives, we have been  brainstorming ideas for Halloween Stories. AA
9. This is our second week of Fall 4 Math. We will find out who won in each grade level next week! MW
10. Ida B. made a "secret" friend named Ronnie. We think this is changing who she is as a person because previously she was the kind of person who was alone and pessimistic. Now she is starting to like school and making friends. She is being more optimistic! She recently got called on to read a book in front of the entire class and she didn't want to do it, but deep down inside she really did because she was practicing at her house.
11. We are starting a countown to Halloween. Hurricane Frankenstorm aka Sandy, is coming Monday-Friday. Please DON'T cancel Halloween this year! This is going to be a really bad storm because it is going to combine with a snow storm! HP DS

Weekend Homework 10/26 10/28

READING: Read for 30+ minutes and log EACH NIGHT. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters. Take your best post it from each day, and stick it in your reading notebook with the date next to it. You should have one post-it from each day of reading 10/26, 10/27, 10/28 in your notebook. You should have other thoughts jotted on post-its in your books.

SECOND STEPS: Homelink on Listening With Attention Due: Monday, October 29th

 

MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log. Play at least 10 minutes each night.
The second weekly log is due Monday, October 29th.

Picture Retakes: Picture Retake Day is November 7th. Students should bring in their photo packet from the 1^st picture day. If they need another order form Mrs. Lay has extra forms in the office.

Homework Thursday, October 25th

READING: Read for 30+ minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters. Take your best post it, and stick it in your reading notebook with the date next to it.

Example:

Ida B.

10/25/12

Post it of your thoughts and evidence proving your thinking.





WORD STUDY: Please bring home and catch-up if needed.

WRITING WORKSHOP:  Writing Celebration tomorrow. Woo Hoo!



MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log. Play at least 10 minutes each night.
The second weekly log is due Monday, October 29th.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Computer Lab Thursday, October 25th

This morning, you will take two multiplication ThatQuiz.
Everyone takes Test A. If you get 80% or higher, take Test B.
If you get 79% or lower, take Test C.

Test A: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classtest?NJYV1585

Test B: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classtest?CAYH6971

Test C: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classtest?BXDZ5303

Remember to log your results on your tracking sheet.
After, you should log in to Dream Box for the remainder of our time.

Homework Wednesday, October 24th

READING: Read for 30+ minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters. Take your best post it, and stick it in your reading notebook with the date next to it.

Example:

Ida B.

10/24/12

____________ is the kind of person who ________________.
Remember to show evidence for your thinking!





WRITING WORKSHOP: If you need to catch up on your publishing, please bring home and work on this. Final draft is due tomorrow!



MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log. Play at least 10 minutes each night.
The second weekly log is due Monday, October 29th.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Homework Tuesday, October 23rd

READING: Read for 30+ minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters. Take your best post it, and stick it in your reading notebook with the date next to it.

Example:

Ida B.

10/23/12

Ida B. is the kind of person who doesn't verbally share what is bothering her. I think she really does want people to know how sad she is, but she doesn't know how to say it. Instead of talking to others, she is acting out of character in hopes that someone will notice her sadness and frustration. 





WORD STUDY: Due Wednesday. Please bring home and catch-up if needed.

WRITING WORKSHOP: If you need to catch up on your publishing, please bring home and work on this.



MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log. Play at least 10 minutes each night.
The second weekly log is due Monday, October 29th.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

HOMEWORK Monday, October 22, 2012

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters. Take your best post it, and stick itin your reading notebook with the date next to it.

Example:   

Ida B.

10/22/12

Ida B. is the kind of person who is opinionated.  She knows  what she wants and she has a reason for it! This is also leading me to believe that she is self-centered because she is only concerned about her wants and needs, and not others.





WORD STUDY: Due Wednesday. Please bring home and catch-up if needed.

WRITING WORKSHOP: Please create a cover for your Personal Narrative. Add pictures that give your reader clues as to what your personal narrative is about.

Ex: The Flight of a Lifetime

by: Miss Sproch



MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log. Play at least 10 minutes each night.
The second weekly log is due Monday, October 29th.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Week in Review 10/15 - 10/19

1. In science we all got to light up a light bulb using one wire, one battery, and one bulb. AA & FH
2. In writing workshop, we are going to publish our final drafts soon! KC
3. We had special guests in our classroom for reading today. HP
4. We went on a field trip to the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. We got to see some very cool exhibits. Many of us got lots of souvenirs from the gift shop. The line was reallllllly long! We went on coach buses!  FD, CV & MW
5. We did the push up test in gym and we tried to reach 40 push ups in total. DS
6. We had a chair fairy-athon and most people wanted to be chair fairy. MA
7. In math, we got new partners. We also had a math congress today about the Fitness Edge. We were exploring strategies we used to figure out how many six-packs fit in the water machine and how many bottles of juice were in each flavor. CO & HS
8. We had no mystery reader today :( GS
9. We got another compliment today, we need to push ourselves to earn more compliments. MA
10. Garrett and Ava went to the first student council meeting was yesterday and they brought a bag to collect box tops in! AN & RB
11. We are working on not having side conversations. WS
12. We started Fall 4 Math. We are trying really hard to earn a prize! DS
13. Miss Sproch picked out two names today from the I Caught You Jar. JL
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Weekend Homework

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters. Spefically, you might want to think about how your characters are acting around one person vs another person and then grow an idea. LOGS ARE DUE ON MONDAY! 

MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log.
The first weekly log is due Monday, October 22.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Homework, Thursday, October 18th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters.

MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log.
The first weekly log is due Monday, October 22.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Homework, Tuesday & Wednesday October 16th-17th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters.

WORD STUDY: We have our field trip on Wednesday. If you need to finish any of your work, please bring this home and catch up. It is due Wednesday. Remember to fill out your rubric!

WRITING WORKSHOP: We are approaching our Author's Celebration. Use these next two nights to add more to the heart of your story so it springs to life! Recall how the story started. Where, exactly, were you and what, exactly were you doing? Make a movie in your mind and record what you said, what you did. Write, I thought...I noticed...I remembered...I wanted to say...

MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log.
The first weekly log is due Monday, October 22.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

FIELD TRIP TOMORROW! Remember to bring a bagged lunch!

Homework Monday, October 15th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters.

WORD STUDY: We have our field trip on Wednesday. If you need to finish any of your work, please bring this home and catch up. It is due Wednesday. Remember to fill out your rubric!

MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log.
The first weekly log is due Monday, October 22.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Weekend Homework

READING: Read for 30 minutes each day over the weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday).



Remember to log and jot down your thoughts. Logs are due Monday, October 15th


STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Enjoy the Weekend!

Week in Review 10/9 - 10/12

1. We ran our first 9 laps and 50 ft around the field. This was one mile. AC & MW
2. We are starting to learn about electricity in science. WS
3. We played Jeopardy in Science to review what we learned about magnetism. Team 1, won it all! GS & AA
4. We just got our new words in word study. We did not have a spelling test, but we are trying to use these spelling patterns in our writing. KC & FH
5. We are learning about arrays in math. We are trying to focus on using open arrays to see how they can help us multiply easier facts and harder facts. We learned that we can halve and double our facts to make the problem easier to solve! MW, DS, & HP
6. We had our depot party yesterday and we had a lot of fun! The food cost money! CV
7. We have new math partners! Ask us about them! CV
8. We watched Bill Nye the Science Guy and learned about magnetism and Compass Man! RB
9. We gained our first compliment in two weeks. We need to work on our transitions still. MA & MW
10. We have been praciticing for our push up, curl up, and flexibility tests in gym. CO
11. In Ida B, we just found out Ida B's mom has cancer. Her mom has lumps under her arm. Ida B is scared that her mom will die and leave her, but her mom told her, "I will always be with you no matter what." Ida B has to stand up and start helping around the house. She is also going to have to grow up quicker. AN, FD, RB
12. In writing we started to learn about timelines to help us plan out our story. Timelines are helpful to eliminate parts that aren't interesting. They are also helpful in adding events in the order they happened. KC

HOMEWORK Thursday, October 11th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

WORD STUDY: If you need to finish any of your work from this week, please bring this home and catch up. It is due tomorrow. Remember to fill out your rubric!

BOO GRAMS: Please bring these in by Friday, October 12th.

HOMEWORK Wednesday, October 10th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

WORD STUDY: If you need to finish any of your work from this week, please bring this home and catch up. It is due tomorrow. Remember to fill out your rubric!

BOO GRAMS: Please bring these in by Friday, October 12th.

Computer Lab 10/9/12

Today in computer lab, please complete the following addition That Quizzes.

Test A: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classtest?ZCVT9245
Test B: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classtest?GQBC1846
Test C: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classtest?IZFU9960

Then work on Dreambox.

HOMEWORK Tuesday, October 9th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

WORD STUDY: If you need to finish any of your work from this week, please bring this home and catch up. It is due tomorrow. Remember to fill out your rubric!

BOO GRAMS: Please bring these in by Friday, October 12th.

Week in Review 10/1 - 10/5

 

1. We are voting for our class representatives for student council. RB
2. We finished our math road trip. We zoomed in on one day of our trip and made a poster to show our math thinking. We had a gallery walk, where we walked around the classroom, looked at other mathematician's posters, and left comments. We used these comments from our fellow mathematicians to check for accuracy, add information needed to make our stategies clear to a stranger. We self reflected on ourselves as mathematicians using a rubric. AA, HS, FH, HP
3. We practiced for our push-up test in gym. CO
4. We celebrated two birthdays this week. GS
5. We started Dreambox this week during workshop time. Dreambox is a place that we can work on math and earn coins to get prizes. MW
6. We are having our second mystery reader today... Who will it be? AC
7. We finished our first week of word study and now we actually have our real sorts! FD
8. In writing workshop we are working on our discovery drafts. A discovery draft is where we keep our eyes on the paper and write fast and strong. We are trying to make our endings leave a lasting impression by including important actions, dialogue, whole story reminder, and images. WS, MA, HP
9. In reading workshop we talked about why our reading log is important to us and how it can help us to become the best readers we can be! DS
10. We started a new read aloud called, "Ida B." She is homeschooled. We learned in a flashback that her parents put her in a "real" school and she doesn't know how to act or behave. Her teacher isn't calling her by her nickname that she likes and she doesn't know how she is going to survive kindergarten. Ida B also talked to trees and brooks. We thought this was unusual, and we are wondering if she is lonely or alone. JW, AA
11. Mr. Cornwall visited our classroom this morning. It was so nice to see him! AN
12. We have been working on making connections to our books. We made a connection to Ida B when Ida B got in trouble and her mother said, "Ida B. Applewood!." Some of our parents use our full names when they want to get our attention. MA
13. We reflected on ourselves as readers and we got a bookmark to remind us how to make reading the best it can be! GS
14. Miss Sproch followed the rules and made us wear a sticker that said, "Time to order a yearbook!" EVERYONE!

Homework, Weekend 10/5 - 10/8

READING: Read for 30 minutes each day over the long weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday). If you can't read each day, you can read for longer on another day. 

For example: Friday- 30 min, Saturday-1 hr, Sunday- none, Monday 30 min.



 

 Remember to log and jot down your thoughts. Logs are due Tuesday, October 9th


STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

BOO GRAMS: Please bring these in by Friday, October 12th.

Have a nice long weekend!

HOMEWORK, Thursday, October 4th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts.


STUDENT COUNCIL: We will have a Student Council Election on Friday, October 5th. If you are interested in running, please prepare a short speech. We will vote for one girl and one boy representative for our class.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

BOO GRAMS: Please bring these in by Friday, October 12th.

Homework. Wednesday, October 3, 2012

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Try to make connections to your life, to another book, or to things in the world.  Study Logs.


STUDENT COUNCIL: We will have a Student Council Election on Friday, October 5th. If you are interested in running, please prepare a short speech. We will vote for one girl and one boy representative for our class.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

BOO GRAMS: Please bring these in by Friday, October 12th.

We celebrated Will's birthday with his sister Katie and Mrs. Stamoulis

Happy Birthday Will! Enjoy this special day!

Homework Tuesday, October 2, 2012

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Try to make connections to your life, to another book, or to things in the world.

STUDENT COUNCIL: We will have a Student Council Election on Friday, October 5th. If you are interested in running, please prepare a short speech. We will vote for one girl and one boy representative for our class.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Happy Birthday Francesca

We had fun celebrating Francesca's birthday with Mrs. Highton. She read "Too Many Frogs"

Happy Birthday Francesca! I hope you have an amazing day!

Homework Monday, October 1st

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Notice what you are wondering and jot it down. Then either:

1. Read on to find answers to your wonderings

 

Or

 

2.Use what you know from other books or your life to try to answer your wonderings.

 

STUDENT COUNCIL: We will have a Student Council Election on Friday, October 5th. If you are interested in running, please prepare a short speech. We will vote for one girl and one boy representative for our class.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Scholastic News: Please bring in check by September, 28th. Thank you for your help!