Greetings Parents!
It was such a pleasure to meet with all of you for conferences and discuss your kiddo’s progress. I am
greatly looking forward to a growing Quarter 2! Here is a look at the week ahead.
- The following resources I referred several families to during our conference meeting. Plese see below for the phonogram sound app, shurley grammar resource, and one (more to come) math fact fluency online game:
Math Fact Extra: https://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards
Spalding Phonogram Sound App/Help: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.spalding.phonograms
^Copy and paste the link to check out this App for your Phone!
Please practice the phonograms your child struggles with (about 20-30) each night from your phonogram cards. Check out the Spalding website for more resources! I have the link in the left side bar column of the blog.
Grammar Resource:
Question and Answer Flow
Question and Answer Flow
In the
Question and Answer Flow, an oral series of questions and answers determines
the role each word plays
in the sentence being analyzed. This is a classroom activity in which the
teacher either
leads, or
supervises while a student leads. In this way, students are able to completely
analyze the sentence.
The Q&A flow includes questions for every word in the sentence. The
difficulty level increases by
grade level during the course of the year.
Sample
Question and Answer Flow:
The bears ran to the woods.
1. What
ran to the woods? bears – SN (subject noun)
2. What
is being said about bears? bears ran – V (Verb)
3. To –
P (Prepostion)
4. To
what? woods – OP (Object of the Preposition)
5. The -
A (Article)
6. The -
A
Classified
Sentence:
A SN V P A OP
The
bears ran to the woods.
The
effectiveness of the Question and Answer Flow as a teaching technique is based
upon several
key
elements:
♦Each part of speech is analyzed within the context of the
whole sentence. Parts of speech are never
studied in isolated units.
♦Once a concept is introduced, it is never left behind. As
each concept is learned, it is repeatedly applied in
daily exercises throughout the year.
♦Much of the students’ work is done in a group environment.
This approach provides immediate feedback to
the students in a non-threatening way. Students are able to learn, using not
only
visual but
also auditory and kinesthetic learning styles. When students see, hear, and say
their answers,
retention increases
GREAT Grammar RESOURCE!!!
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Important Dates
1.
Picture Retake Day October 23rd; If your student was absent on picture day you can order with your Picture ID at mylifetouch.com Picture
ID# SR568042Q1 or just want to retake your picture, simply return your
original package on Picture Retake Day. Please email your child’s
teacher by Monday, Oct. 22nd to
let them know your child will need to have their picture taken on Retake day so we won’t miss them.
2.
Fall Concert Thursday, November 15th. Please see class blog for
further details: http://hadleysecond.blogspot.com/
A Look in the Classroom
1.
ELA: We
are going to dive deeper into our study of linking verbs. Our
instruction on paragraph writing will begin as we learn the parts of a
paragraph. As we transition into paragraph
writing, please make sure you students are consistently writing in
complete sentences. Also, we will be learning about how to find the main
idea and details in what we read. Our next poem is going home Monday
10/22. Please have your scholar study our new poem
"Something Told the Wild Geese" by Rachel Field nightly. Poems will be
recited on Friday, November 9th.
2.
Science:
Students will be labeling the parts of animal cells and plant cells. We
will be building a cookie model of a cell, please look out for help
requests soon!
Additionally, students will explain how cells and tissues work together in the body.
3.
History:
Delving further into our beautiful Ancient China unit, we will discuss
The Great Wall, The Chinese and their Ancestors, Chinese writing, and
the teachings of Confucius.
4.
Measurement assessment Monday
New Unit (4): Multiplication
-Write multiplication equations for equal groups
-Use repeated addition to evaluate a multiplication equation
-Multiply a number by another
-Use rectangular arrays to illustrate multiplication
-Write two related multiplication equations
New Unit (4): Multiplication
-Write multiplication equations for equal groups
-Use repeated addition to evaluate a multiplication equation
-Multiply a number by another
-Use rectangular arrays to illustrate multiplication
-Write two related multiplication equations
Assessments
1.
Monday: Length Assessment
2.
Friday: Spelling Test
Please reach out if there is anything I can help with!
Partnering with you,
