We are back into our routine full swing now. Tomorrow will be a spelling test and a reading test over the story Wings. Ask your child about Wings, and study the spelling words with them.
There is math homework tonight. It is about angles, but a protractor is no needed. If it would help your student a simple protractor could be made at home. Take a piece of paper and trace around a glass on it to make a perfect circle. Then cut out the circle. Fold the circle in half twice. Mark on the edge where the folds are and those marks can be labeled as 0, 90, 180, and 270 degrees. You can eyeball marks between each mark for 45 degrees less or more.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Angles
We have started learning about angles and how to measure them. Today I introduced measuring angles with a protractor. Below are a couple videos about what we learned today in math and what we will be learning in the next couple days. These videos might help on homework later in the week or next week.
I hope everyone is having a good week. Make sure your student is getting their assignment sheet signed each evening and returned to school each day. Also, have them record their reading minutes. Right now we have about half the class that does this on a consistent basis.
Happy Wednesday!!!
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Brrrrrrr
We are off to another great week. We are moving along very quickly in geometry and I am surprised how well the students are learning the new stuff.
There is no homework besides the 15 minutes of reading tonight. I did give them workbooks to take home and work on some extra work if they would like.
There is no homework besides the 15 minutes of reading tonight. I did give them workbooks to take home and work on some extra work if they would like.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Finally Friday! :)
After two whole weeks off for Christmas I wondered if we would ever get to the end of this week. :) It has been a very busy and full week.
We took our Volcanoes test today and most of the kids did a great job. The kids also all did a good job on the spelling test.
In math we talked about triangles. There is homework over the weekend to draw triangles and measure them. Most of the kids could really use some practice with their measuring skills. Take a few minutes to help them with this and make sure that they are doing it correctly.
I hope everyone has a great, relaxing weekend. Happy Friday!
We took our Volcanoes test today and most of the kids did a great job. The kids also all did a good job on the spelling test.
In math we talked about triangles. There is homework over the weekend to draw triangles and measure them. Most of the kids could really use some practice with their measuring skills. Take a few minutes to help them with this and make sure that they are doing it correctly.
I hope everyone has a great, relaxing weekend. Happy Friday!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Busy, Busy Day
Wow!!! We had a busy day!
This morning we did our volcano experiment. Below there is video of some of the things that went on during the experiment. I will also include a link to the page with directions for doing the experiment at home in the LINKS section.
This morning we also had the opportunity to visit the high school and watch the Show Choir perform. It was exciting as we saw some high school kids and other people that we knew.
After lunch we went to the Kendell Young Library to check out books. We will be doing this on the first Thursday of the first full week each month. Students must have a library card to check out books. They should know after today if they don't have a library card. They will need a parent to take them to the library to get their library card. Hopefully everyone will be able to do this. I also took some pictures at the library and will post those on the blog.
This morning we did our volcano experiment. Below there is video of some of the things that went on during the experiment. I will also include a link to the page with directions for doing the experiment at home in the LINKS section.
This morning we also had the opportunity to visit the high school and watch the Show Choir perform. It was exciting as we saw some high school kids and other people that we knew.
After lunch we went to the Kendell Young Library to check out books. We will be doing this on the first Thursday of the first full week each month. Students must have a library card to check out books. They should know after today if they don't have a library card. They will need a parent to take them to the library to get their library card. Hopefully everyone will be able to do this. I also took some pictures at the library and will post those on the blog.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Halfway through...
We are halfway through our first full week of the year 2013. Did you know that the last time the year didn't have a repeating digit was 1987?
There is homework in math tonight over some of the things that we have learned so far in unit 6. The kids are doing a great job learning about geometry.
Tomorrow and we will be doing science experiments to go along with our reading story about volcanoes. Friday will be the test over the story and the spelling test over words that have wr, kn, mb, and gn.
Tomorrow we will also be taking our first class visit to the Kendall Young Library. This is going to become a monthly occurrence. Students will be allowed to check out books if they have a library card. If they don't they will need to go to the library sometime with a parent to fill out the proper paper work.
There is homework in math tonight over some of the things that we have learned so far in unit 6. The kids are doing a great job learning about geometry.
Tomorrow and we will be doing science experiments to go along with our reading story about volcanoes. Friday will be the test over the story and the spelling test over words that have wr, kn, mb, and gn.
Tomorrow we will also be taking our first class visit to the Kendall Young Library. This is going to become a monthly occurrence. Students will be allowed to check out books if they have a library card. If they don't they will need to go to the library sometime with a parent to fill out the proper paper work.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Great Start to the New Year!
We are off to a great start to the New Year here at Sunset. It seems like it has been forever since we have had a normal scheduled week so it has been nice to get back into the routine that we follow.
This week in reading we are reading a story about volcanoes and learning about volcanoes. This is by far my favorite week of the year. Thursday or Friday we will be making a volcano and the kids will also be doing an expirament of their own. Look for pictures and possibly videos later this week.
In math we have started my favorite unit of the year also. Unit 6 is about Geometry. We have been learning some basic geometry terms. There is homework tonight in math.
Remember to have your child read and to help them record their minutes and to verify the minutes by signing their assignment sheet each day.
This week in reading we are reading a story about volcanoes and learning about volcanoes. This is by far my favorite week of the year. Thursday or Friday we will be making a volcano and the kids will also be doing an expirament of their own. Look for pictures and possibly videos later this week.
In math we have started my favorite unit of the year also. Unit 6 is about Geometry. We have been learning some basic geometry terms. There is homework tonight in math.
Remember to have your child read and to help them record their minutes and to verify the minutes by signing their assignment sheet each day.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Back to School
With the added two days due to the weather at the beginning of break it sure made it seem like a long break. For me it was very relaxing and filled with time spent with family and friends. This two day week will be a nice way to easy back into school and for us to make up some of the things that we didn't get to do before the break.
Tomorrow we will be reviewing for a Math test that we will also be taking tomorrow. We spent time reviewing today and the kids showed that they are mostly ready for the test. If I didn't think they were ready I would push it back. Tomorrow we will also be watching a movie that the kids earned before break. The movie was supposed to be watched the Friday afternoon before we left. Since we were not here we will be watching it tomorrow. The kids earned it so they deserve to get to watch it.
Let's take advantage of the new year to start recording reading minutes every night and to sign assignment sheets each and every night. Studies show that student who are held accountable for reading and recording their reading time at home will improve more than students who are not required to record their minutes. I hope everyone had a great, enjoyable break and is ready to begin the new year.
Tomorrow we will be reviewing for a Math test that we will also be taking tomorrow. We spent time reviewing today and the kids showed that they are mostly ready for the test. If I didn't think they were ready I would push it back. Tomorrow we will also be watching a movie that the kids earned before break. The movie was supposed to be watched the Friday afternoon before we left. Since we were not here we will be watching it tomorrow. The kids earned it so they deserve to get to watch it.
Let's take advantage of the new year to start recording reading minutes every night and to sign assignment sheets each and every night. Studies show that student who are held accountable for reading and recording their reading time at home will improve more than students who are not required to record their minutes. I hope everyone had a great, enjoyable break and is ready to begin the new year.
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