Miss
Flaherty’s
Weekly News
Week of
th
September
29
Classroom Notes:
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AM Tips – Practice assignments
can always be completed at home.
If your child is falling behind
earning objectives, they need to be
taking their AM folder home daily.
AR – Please make sure your child is
reading outside of school for at
least 20 minutes for at least 5 days
out of the week. This helps
reinforce the reading strategies we
are learning in the classroom.
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Upcoming Dates to
Remember:
Book orders due –
9/29
October Birthday’s:
Kylie (2nd), Braden
(6th), and Avery (28th)
Weekly
Goals
AR Goal – 10
AM Goal - 11
down last week. We are continuing to learn about story elements this week to help
us comprehend our first class novel! This week our focus is on summarizing and
theme. However, we continue to revisit the story elements that we have learned if
they are in a part of the book we are currently reading.
Vocabulary–We are diving back into our Orange Vocabulary book for unit 2. Their
worksheet over pages 20-23 is due on Friday. The test over comprehension of the
words is on Friday.
Writing/Grammar – The students will be finishing up their final drafts on Monday!
They scored themselves off of a rubric we created together and then made changes to
to their story. I cannot wait to read all of their finished stories! We will then move our
our focus on to the trait of Ideas and having a narrowed topic that stays on topic. The
The students will begin a new writing piece based off of their narrowed topic! We
will also be learning about nouns and pronouns. There will be a quiz over nouns and
and pronouns the beginning of the following week. ~Miss Flaherty
Science –This week, the scientists will create a double bar graph to show the
differences between the “Flying Squirrel’s” and the “Bald Eagle’s” flying distances. In
distances. In addition, the students will review for Tuesday’s test! Beginning on
Wednesday, We will begin learning about the make-up of the earth and how it is
continuously changing. They will get a close-up view of how destructive earthquakes
earthquakes and volcanoes can be, and how quickly they can change the surface of
our Earth. In a couple of weeks, the students will be able to create their own personal
personal volcano and watch it erupt. How exciting! ~Mrs. Ortiz
Math – 4th grade math: This week we will continue to organize and display data
using several different types of graphs. We will create a bar graph and line plot of the
the information collected from homework last week. Median, mode, range, maximum,
maximum, and minimum are words that relate to data and graphs. We are learning
these terms and using them as we graph information. Also, the Acuity math test on
on the computer will be taken this week in the homeroom.
5th grade math: Divisibility rules? WOW! What an amazing math trick with
numbers! We will also review factoring as we highlight prime and composite
numbers. Acuity math tests will be taken this week on the computer in their
homeroom. The 5th grade math students will be taking both 4th and 5th grade tests.
tests. The 5th grade test may feel a bit tough, but we talked as a class about just doing
doing our best. As we continue to work with the 5th grade math standards, their
confidence will grow. ~Mrs. Wentz
Indiana History and Health – History: We are stepping back into the past this
week. The students will enjoy the frigid time of glaciers and how their slow
movement made Indiana what it is today. The students will also have a chance to
showcase their creativity in a climate and wildlife poster this week. After we cruise
through our first three lessons in unit one the students will have their first history
assessment. The students should save and use their study guide booklets to help
them narrow down the need to know information. If your historian misplaces their
their study guide booklet I have linked them to my webpage under important