Only two more weeks of school left before winter break! I can’t believe we are already almost half way through the year.
Even though we only have two weeks left, it seems that we have more to do then can fit into that time.
Upcoming dates
Monday, Dec. 7, - Math quiz for 2.1 math students
Tuesday, Dec. 8, - Media Center visit. Please help remind your students to bring back their books, so they can check out new ones.
Wednesday, Dec. 9, - Guidance lesson with Mrs. McCloud
Thursday, Dec. 10,- Creek Project- Thank you to everyone who has donated supplies and their time to help us with this project.
Friday, Dec. 11- Chanukah presentation- If your family celebrates a holiday the students may not know a lot about and you would like to teach the class about it let me know and we will try schedule it.
Monday, Dec. 14-Wednesday, Dec. 16- Graded informational writing.
Tuesday, Dec. 15- Math Test for 2.1 math students- We will continue on Wednesday as needed.
Tuesday, Dec. 15- - Media Center visit. Please help remind your students to bring back their books, so they can check out new ones.
Thursday, Dec. 17- Author’s Celebration!
Thursday, Dec. 17- Winter Party- Thank you to everyone who has volunteered and work to create a fun winter party for our class.
Homework
Monday- Thursday- Reading log
Tuesday and Thursday- Graph practice pages
Wednesday- Plural noun practice page
Message from Yearbook-
Go online and reserve your Yearbook before Winter Break! You will not be guaranteed a Yearbook if you don't purchase one by January 24th!
Go to: www.smart-pay.com
Select the state and city from the pull-down menus on the right-hand side of the page and click on “Locate School” (this will automatically take you to the next page)
You will see New Prospect Elementary highlighted and underlined, click on it and complete the order form
Contact the Yearbook Committee if you have any questions: [email protected]
Thanks!
Message from Ms. Bercher –
We are participating in the Six Flags reading program, which gives a FREE ticket to Six Flags for students who read/are read to for at least 6 hours of extracurricular reading. It will run NOW through February 19th (this date is my deadline for students to turn in their reading logs). Please encourage your students to participate, and to try to read for at least 20 minute increments. (Last year, I added up lots of 10 minute reading sessions.......)
IHere's the parent information letter.
http://static.sixflags.com/readtosucceed/Y20152016/ParentLetter.pdf (English) and
http://static.sixflags.com/readtosucceed/Y20152016/ParentLetter_Spanish.pdf (Spanish)
Also, in effort to conserve paper, here is the Reading Log form http://static.sixflags.com/readtosucceed/Y20152016/StudentReadingLog.pdf and, in Spanish: http://static.sixflags.com/readtosucceed/Y20152016/StudentReadingLog_Spanish.pdf
Let me know if you have any questions. Have a great. Last year we had approx.. 110 participants…let’s see if we can get to 150!
Cecilia Bercher
Math
This week we have been learning about time. Students need to know how to read time on a clock to 5 minutes and how to draw time on a clock. They also need to know the difference between AM and PM.
The quiz on time will be on Monday, December 7, 2015
Next week we will learn about number lines, line plots and review bar graphs.
MGSE2.MD.9 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest whole unit, or by making repeated measurements of the same object. Show the measurements by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in whole-number units.
MGSE2.MD.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single- unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.
Standard MGSE2.MD.9 calls for students to represent the length of several objects by making a line plot. Students should round their lengths to the nearest whole unit.
Example: Measure objects in your desk to the nearest inch, display data collected on a line plot. How many objects measured 2 inches? 3 inches? Which length had the most number of objects? How do you know?
The study guide for math will come home on Monday. Students will receive a blank copy as well as the answer key.
Have them work through the problems throughout the week at their own pace, and use the answer key to help make sure they understand how to solve each problem and what is expected of them. They do not have to turn the study guide back in.
Students can also use IXL to prepare for the math test. The activities below will help them practice the skills we have learned this unit.
Time:
Q3, Q5, Q6, Q8
Graphs
R3, R5, R6, R7
Measuring
S2, S3, S4, S8, S9, S10, S15
Writing
Next week is the last teaching week for our informational writing unit. We will learn about introductions, conclusions as well as review fixing up and fancying our writing.
The students are expected to produce informational books that:
Teach their reader important information about a topic.
Name the topic and get the reader’s attention in an introduction.
Tell different parts of their topic on different pages.
Have an ending.
Tell about their topic part by part including different information in each part.
Use facts to teach about their topics.
Use words that show they are an expert on their topic.
They should also be applying the spelling and grammar skills we have worked on this year.
Grammar
Next week we will continue to work on our grammar skill of plural nouns. We will focus on irregular plurals and how to use them correctly in our writing. Students will have the chance to look over their informational books and check to see if they spelled their plural nouns correctly.
Social Studies
Next week is the end of our Creek and Cherokee unit. We will not have a test or a quiz on this unit. Instead the students will be expected to apply their knowledge to build a Creek village. This is such a fun experience for the students and a great way for them to show what they have learned in a hands on way.
Before we make the Creek village students will learn about Sequoyah and the Trail of Tears.
Reading
We are continuing our study of nonfiction books. Students have filled their book boxes with nonfiction books of their choice and books given to them by me based on their reading level. We have done brainy work this week as we read the diagrams and pictures in these book to gain knowledge from our nonfiction books.
Next week we will continue to discuss previewing a book, using text features, finding new information and using vocabulary from a topic to help us understand and gain knowledge from our nonfiction books.
Have a great weekend!
Beth Lowery
Even though we only have two weeks left, it seems that we have more to do then can fit into that time.
Upcoming dates
Monday, Dec. 7, - Math quiz for 2.1 math students
Tuesday, Dec. 8, - Media Center visit. Please help remind your students to bring back their books, so they can check out new ones.
Wednesday, Dec. 9, - Guidance lesson with Mrs. McCloud
Thursday, Dec. 10,- Creek Project- Thank you to everyone who has donated supplies and their time to help us with this project.
Friday, Dec. 11- Chanukah presentation- If your family celebrates a holiday the students may not know a lot about and you would like to teach the class about it let me know and we will try schedule it.
Monday, Dec. 14-Wednesday, Dec. 16- Graded informational writing.
Tuesday, Dec. 15- Math Test for 2.1 math students- We will continue on Wednesday as needed.
Tuesday, Dec. 15- - Media Center visit. Please help remind your students to bring back their books, so they can check out new ones.
Thursday, Dec. 17- Author’s Celebration!
Thursday, Dec. 17- Winter Party- Thank you to everyone who has volunteered and work to create a fun winter party for our class.
Homework
Monday- Thursday- Reading log
Tuesday and Thursday- Graph practice pages
Wednesday- Plural noun practice page
Message from Yearbook-
Go online and reserve your Yearbook before Winter Break! You will not be guaranteed a Yearbook if you don't purchase one by January 24th!
Go to: www.smart-pay.com
Select the state and city from the pull-down menus on the right-hand side of the page and click on “Locate School” (this will automatically take you to the next page)
You will see New Prospect Elementary highlighted and underlined, click on it and complete the order form
Contact the Yearbook Committee if you have any questions: [email protected]
Thanks!
Message from Ms. Bercher –
We are participating in the Six Flags reading program, which gives a FREE ticket to Six Flags for students who read/are read to for at least 6 hours of extracurricular reading. It will run NOW through February 19th (this date is my deadline for students to turn in their reading logs). Please encourage your students to participate, and to try to read for at least 20 minute increments. (Last year, I added up lots of 10 minute reading sessions.......)
IHere's the parent information letter.
http://static.sixflags.com/readtosucceed/Y20152016/ParentLetter.pdf (English) and
http://static.sixflags.com/readtosucceed/Y20152016/ParentLetter_Spanish.pdf (Spanish)
Also, in effort to conserve paper, here is the Reading Log form http://static.sixflags.com/readtosucceed/Y20152016/StudentReadingLog.pdf and, in Spanish: http://static.sixflags.com/readtosucceed/Y20152016/StudentReadingLog_Spanish.pdf
Let me know if you have any questions. Have a great. Last year we had approx.. 110 participants…let’s see if we can get to 150!
Cecilia Bercher
Math
This week we have been learning about time. Students need to know how to read time on a clock to 5 minutes and how to draw time on a clock. They also need to know the difference between AM and PM.
The quiz on time will be on Monday, December 7, 2015
Next week we will learn about number lines, line plots and review bar graphs.
MGSE2.MD.9 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest whole unit, or by making repeated measurements of the same object. Show the measurements by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in whole-number units.
MGSE2.MD.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single- unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.
Standard MGSE2.MD.9 calls for students to represent the length of several objects by making a line plot. Students should round their lengths to the nearest whole unit.
Example: Measure objects in your desk to the nearest inch, display data collected on a line plot. How many objects measured 2 inches? 3 inches? Which length had the most number of objects? How do you know?
The study guide for math will come home on Monday. Students will receive a blank copy as well as the answer key.
Have them work through the problems throughout the week at their own pace, and use the answer key to help make sure they understand how to solve each problem and what is expected of them. They do not have to turn the study guide back in.
Students can also use IXL to prepare for the math test. The activities below will help them practice the skills we have learned this unit.
Time:
Q3, Q5, Q6, Q8
Graphs
R3, R5, R6, R7
Measuring
S2, S3, S4, S8, S9, S10, S15
Writing
Next week is the last teaching week for our informational writing unit. We will learn about introductions, conclusions as well as review fixing up and fancying our writing.
The students are expected to produce informational books that:
Teach their reader important information about a topic.
Name the topic and get the reader’s attention in an introduction.
Tell different parts of their topic on different pages.
Have an ending.
Tell about their topic part by part including different information in each part.
Use facts to teach about their topics.
Use words that show they are an expert on their topic.
They should also be applying the spelling and grammar skills we have worked on this year.
Grammar
Next week we will continue to work on our grammar skill of plural nouns. We will focus on irregular plurals and how to use them correctly in our writing. Students will have the chance to look over their informational books and check to see if they spelled their plural nouns correctly.
Social Studies
Next week is the end of our Creek and Cherokee unit. We will not have a test or a quiz on this unit. Instead the students will be expected to apply their knowledge to build a Creek village. This is such a fun experience for the students and a great way for them to show what they have learned in a hands on way.
Before we make the Creek village students will learn about Sequoyah and the Trail of Tears.
Reading
We are continuing our study of nonfiction books. Students have filled their book boxes with nonfiction books of their choice and books given to them by me based on their reading level. We have done brainy work this week as we read the diagrams and pictures in these book to gain knowledge from our nonfiction books.
Next week we will continue to discuss previewing a book, using text features, finding new information and using vocabulary from a topic to help us understand and gain knowledge from our nonfiction books.
Have a great weekend!
Beth Lowery