The Daly Weekly
Week of: December 7, 2015
Contact me at: bdaly@lcps.org
Academic Content for the Week
Reading:
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Whole Class Novel: Double Fudge: small group discussions, and fiction project
Comprehension Strategies: Vocabulary, Author’s Purpose, main idea/details
Fluency testing continued
Math: Multiplication Computation
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Computations methods for multiplying larger numbers: break apart, lattice
Multiplication Timed tests: Tuesday and Thursday
Writing/Language
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Word Study Groups this Week: All students should practice the sorting process each night
Guided Journal Pages
Virginia Studies: Jamestown
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Complete selected sections of the VA Studies notebook for the Jamestown Unit
Complete Jamestown Unit: The Settlers and the Powhatan, begin Jamestown review
Begin Cultural Landscapes: Agriculture and Slavery, Culture groups and VA regions of settlement
Science: (Our Space Unit will be next after we finish Native Americans and Jamestown)
Your Daly Dose
1. We will be having a holiday party on Friday, December 18th, at 1:15. Thanks in advance again
for making this a special time for the kids. More information to come!
2. Dismissal Reminder: If you are planning to pick up your child before dismissal time, you will
need to be in the office to sign him/her out prior to 2:20 PM. It is important that office
staff be free to help assure timely departure of bus transportation and the
safety/whereabouts of the students within the school. All dismissal changes need to be
shared with the teacher and/or office in order to assure the safe transition of students to
after school locations and activities.
3. The holiday sing-along is on the morning of December 18th.
4. Please send me an email if your child will miss any school leading up to our winter break or
right after our winter break. I can forward it to the office upon receipt.
5. If you read today’s Monday Memo, please draw a snowflake next to your initials in the
planner tonight.
More News Below!!!!
Hi everyone,
In case you haven’t seen it yet…….. Lowes Island’s own corner of YouTube has gone live and is linked from
our homepage. Currently, the site features our Librarian and the fourth grade OTTW product. (4th Grade
students sharing the Powerpoint Presentations for Virginia Special Places…..which includes our own Sam
Schulz and Charlotte Pei!!)
Here’s the link: https://goo.gl/E06XnJ
Introducing our Star Student for the Week:
Alex Johnson
Three Truths and a Fib:
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Last summer, I slept over at my grandma’s house for
four days.
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I’ve wanted Mrs. Daly as a teacher, since third grade
3.
I have my very own ipad.
4.
I made a house for my kitten, Princess.