Mrs. Richards' Reports from Room 137

Welcome Back to a full week of school! Here are some highlights of what we'll be doing!

Literacy: Students will get their new word sort on Monday and a spelling list to study for their spelling test for next Monday. We are putting words in ABC order and also learning that compound words are two words put together to make a new word.

 ****  MAPS TEST in READING   Tuesday morning.

Writing: By using colorful words like adjectives, students are learning that this will help to make their writing more interesting.We are also working on what happens first, next, and last.

Math: We have been using "touch math" as a strategy to help us add.

Inquiry: We are going to be finishing up with our study of magnets by doing some more investigations and doing some informational writing about what we now know about magnets. We are going to begin a mini-unit on bears and hibernation.

*  I'm in need of some empty toilet paper rolls
* Please check out this site about an upcoming PTA dance: 80's Dance Flyer.pdf(175KB).

Mrs. Richards Reports

    *Please send 4-6 pictures of your child doing 
fun family activities to use for writing ideas.

·                  Websites to check out:

          *  Raz-Kids       login:  brichardsn

          *  Compass Learning     logins below

·                  Find/Draw 2-4 pictures of how magnets are used on a daily basis.

·                  Bring one special Christmas item on Fri. It can be a toy, book, ornament.

·                  Check out my blog on the Mitchell website to see my weekly newsletter and important dates.

·                  Be sure that your child has all of their warm winter clothing each day… hat, mittens, snow pants, and boots.

·                   Send a healthy snack every day!

·                  The second conference of the year will be this Tuesday January 15. Please call me to set up your conference if I did not get a hold of you. There will be two more conferences scheduled yet this year. Watch for e-mails and notes!

Mrs. Richards' Reports

It's a busy time in Room 137.  Students are back to lots of reading and Daily 5 activities. They are working on building stamina, using reading strategies, and  moving quickly and quietly through the Daily 5 rotations.

Reading:  We are learning the four digraphs: sh, ch, th, and wh.

Writing: We are creating a Writing Folder to use during Writer's Workshop.
The children are drawing  pictures of their family and favorite places to put in the
folder to use for writing ideas.

Math: We are learning how to write fact families, counting and writing
 numbers by twos, and using Touch Math to do addition.

Science:  We are doing an inquiry unit on magnets.

Social Studies: We wrote some goals for the new year....2013!

Here is a link to check out from Mr. Hill: http://www.scholastic.com/bookbonanza/