Mrs. Richards' Reports from Room 137

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
On Friday, a leprechaun made a quiet appearance by putting gold coins in everyone's supply box.
The children were looking for leprechauns all day!

Congratulations to the 2 students in our classroom to to get Math Awards and gift certificates to Baker's Square.
Rolin Mane for highest Math score on MAPS and Jaylen Barron for the most improved math score.

Here's the scoop for this week!  BOOK FAIR: Monday March 18-21st. 9-3pm
                                                      Wednesday March 20 is Family Night   6-8pm.
                         *  COIN CHALLENGE to raise Money for Classroom Books
                                      Monday:  Pennies
                                      Tuesday: Silver Coins
                                      Wednesday:  Dollars

Inquiry: Students will write some space inferences about the moon, sun, and the earth. They will complete their acrostic poem activity.

Math: Students will do measuring using various objects.

Writing: Students are doing their "expert" writing.... informational.

 Magnet Unit Pictures

Mrs. Richards' Reports from Room 137

Parents please remember to sign up for conferences on this website: 
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It will make signing up for conferences much easier! 

Here is what we are focusing on this week.

Literacy/ Inquiry: We will log new learning about the sun and the moon. Last week we did research in the computer lab using the programs: brainpop and pebblego. The children love going to these websites.

Math: Students are learning how to use a number line to find a missing addend. We will be learning how to measure using various objects.

Writing: Students will write about topics that they are an expert on.

Class Picture with Abe Lincoln

Mrs. Richards' Reports from Room 137

Our All School Dr. Seuss celebration on Friday March 1st.was such a hit!
The children did such a wonderful job leading the Fish meeting. Everyone had a part even introducing the mayor of West Allis, Dan Devine. Here are some highlights for another exciting week!

Literacy/Inquiry: We are learning about the sun and moon and how they affect the earth.

Math: We are learning how to tell time to the hour and to count the minutes after the hour. We are learning to use a number line and to count on to find the missing addend. We are reviewing 2-D shapes and how to cut them to show fractions.

Writing: We are learning to be experts and to write about what we know.

****  Friday is our Pinkalicious field trip. Remember to send a bag lunch.

Mrs. Richards' Reports from Room 137

Welcome back from a long four day weekend! After our wonderful classroom visit last week with Abraham Lincoln, I decided to go and see the movie, "Lincoln" on Friday afternoon. It was great! Yesterday, on President's Day, teachers were busy attending staff development on various topics to help move students along with their learning.  We learned about some effective ways to teach and guide our math lessons and also the importance of writing everyday. We will be working on narrative, informational, and opinion/persuasive writing.

Literacy/Inquiry: Students are writing information about polar bears. They will be comparing the 3 bears on a Venn Diagram.

Math:  Students are counting the minutes after the hour on a clock. We are also working on missing addends.

Writing: Students will do a writing sample on informational writing by writing about something that they know a lot about.

Mrs. Richards' Reports from Room 137

Hi from Room 137!  What a wonderful time we had sledding on Tuesday. The snow and the temperature was perfect. The children were very excited about earning their 5th. Golden Award which gave them the opportunity to do something special as a class. So, we decided on the sledding since the weather was right for it!  Thank you to Mr. Thakkar, Dhruv's dad for joining us. Here is an update on what's going on this week!

Literacy / Inquiry:  We are reading and learning about brown bears and panda bears. The children are logging new learning, filling out a chart with information, and doing informational writing about these bears. They are doing an amazing job!

Math: We are learning about the parts of an analog clock: the face, minute hand, hour hand, and the numbers.The children are practicing to tell time to the hour and to count the minutes after the hour. Please practice time with the clock in their homework folder.

*  Friday is our 100th. Day of school.  Be sure to send the 100th. Day project and snack for our mix.

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!