Thursday, September 28th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at "just right" level)
- Math Minute (C21): subtraction
- Grammar: The Princess and the Spree (proper nouns)

Wednesday, September 27th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at "just right" level)
- Close Reading (#5): "So Many Satellites!"
- Multiplication chart

Tuesday, September 26th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at "just right" level)
- FINISH: Johnny Appleseed reading comprehension
- Multiplication chart

Monday, September 25th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

We've finished TRC testing, and are back to our regular program! Yay!

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at "just right" level)
- Math: FINISH Chapter 2 "Are You Ready?"
- ELA: FINISH Vocabulary Ladder worksheet and/or Vocabulary Doodle from last week.

It's Friday!

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Phew! We've finished all of our TRC reading assessments, so it's back to our regular program on Monday.  I can't wait! So much fun stuff coming up.

Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, September 20th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Because I was absent on Monday and Tuesday, and homework was a bit off, there will be no homework tonight -- except for reading. There will always be reading homework! 😀  

Enjoy your Thursday off! See you all on Friday.

Thursday, September 14th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Tonight is Back to School Night! I look forward to seeing all parents who are able to make it.

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at "just right" level)
- That's it for today! Hope to see you tonight!

Wednesday, September 13th

Good Evening, Room 36 Families!

Back to School Night is tomorrow! I look forward to seeing you there.

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at "just right" reading level)
- Science: Read "Minerals", write a brief summary of the article
- Math: Do the first page of the multiplication packet

Tuesday, September 12th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families,

Don't forget: Back to School Night is Thursday, September 14th.  

Here is the schedule:

• 5:30-5:55     Welcome/Introduction (Auditorium w/Ms. Pennicooke)
• 6:00-6:25     1st Classroom Session (In your child's classroom)
• 6:30-6:55     2nd Classroom Session (In your second child's classroom)

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at "just right" level)
- Math: Subtraction Worksheet (p 10)
- Close Reading: California Bound!

Monday, September 11th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

So sorry about the technical difficulties last week! (I will go back and try to reload those posts when I have time.)

We will be having a vocabulary quiz on Week 3 vocabulary (landscape, remote, babble, survive) + the Idiom of the Week (needle in a haystack) this week.

Don't forget: Back to School Night is Thursday, September 14th.  

Here is the schedule:

• 5:30-5:55     Welcome/Introduction (Auditorium w/Ms. Pennicooke)
• 6:00-6:25     1st Classroom Session (In your child's classroom)
• 6:30-6:55     2nd Classroom Session (In your second child's classroom)

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at "just right" level)
- Math: Addition Worksheet (p 8)
- FINISH: Doodle Vocabulary: Week 4

Friday, September 8th

Good Evening, Room 36 Families!

We will have a math test for Chapter 1 (Place Value & Rounding) on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, September 7th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

My goal with our vocabulary program, is that students will be able to add the words to their personal "word bank" to draw from in the future. To that end, we are reviewing all three week's vocabulary in our Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle tonight:

Week 1:

• peer
• plentiful
• ascend 
• constellation

Week 2:

• assist
• benefit
• advantage
• manufacture

Week 3:

• landscape
• remote
• babble
• survive

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes
- FINISH: Doodle Vocabulary Crossword - Weeks 1-3
- FINISH: Multiplication Packet OR Multiplication Mosaic

Wednesday, September 6th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Congratulations to our August Students of the Month: Valery, Azariyah, Heechan, and Desron!

Tomorrow, August's Top 10 Class Dojo students get to have a special Lunch Bunch in the classroom! I will bring chips and treats. Students can also bring treats to share.  Congratulations!

• Valery
• Delilah
• Sophie
• Azariyah
• Danyel
• Isabella
• Sherlin
• Jaylen
• Desron
• Karah

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at "just right" reading level)
- Close Reading: "Be a Tree Detective"
- Quick Check: Rounding

Tuesday, September 5th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families,

We will be having a vocabulary quiz on our Week 2 Vocabulary (assist, benefit, advantage, manufacture) + the Idiom of the Week (hold your horses) this week. 

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes
- Doodle Vocabulary: Week 3 (landscape, remote, babble, survive)
- No Math