Mrs. Alvarado's Class News

Friday, April 27th

Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, April 27th Dear Parents, The class is so happy to have the testing finished! We relaxed with some movies after each day. We will be returning to normal next week! I have some fun projects for the class to work on! Take a look at what we are going to be doing: Reading- We are reading the book No Talking by Andrew Clements. Our focus lessons will be on comprehension, vocabulary, and sequencing. Spelling- We are working on Sort 34 which covers the suffixes –ness, -ful, -less. Grammar- We will be reviewing nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Math- We will be working with story problems in fairy tales. Social Studies- We will be working on a mapping unit. Writer’s Workshop- We will be reviewing different types of writing. We will be working on narrative, persuasive, and informative writing in the last couple of weeks. Science- Don’t forget the diorama ecosystem project that is due Friday, May 4th. Have a great weekend! Mrs.Alvarado

Friday, March 30th

Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, March 30th Dear Parents, I hope you have a wonderful spring break with your family! The class has been working hard and they need a break from the schedule! I have been working hard with them to prepare for the upcoming CRCT. We will be testing for the CRCT from Wednesday April 18th- Tuesday April 24th. We will have 7 days after spring break to finish preparing for the test. Take a look at what we are working on: Social Studies- We have been working in Chapter 10 this week. We learned about the War of 1812, how we got the national anthem, Daniel Boone and the wilderness trail, the Louisiana Purchase, and exploration by Lewis and Clark. The week we come back from spring break we will be working in Chapter 11. We will be learning about the Trail of Tears, The Industrial Revolution, Immigrants, the Gold Rush and the Westward Expansion. Science- We will be continuing to work on Ecosystems. We will be learning about the rainforest and desert ecosystems, echolocation, and camouflage. Yesterday I sent home an ecosystem project that will be due on Friday, May 4th. Let me know if you have any questions. Spelling- Sort 31 teaches about the suffixes –y, -ly-, -ily. Math- We have finished the book! Yeah! The class is thrilled! They think we are done with math! But, we have a lot to review before the CRCT. I will be reviewing long division, long multiplication, and fractions. After the CRCT I will be extending the skills we have already learned so we will still have math. They will be so bummed! Actually, it will be fun! Have a relaxing break! Be safe! Have fun! Mrs.Alvarado

Friday, March 23rd

Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, March 23rd Dear Parents, We finished a week full of hard work with a really fun Friday! We started the day with High Touch-High Tech. We had the program “The Power of Light”. This was a fun way to review the light information before the CRCT. Speaking of the CRCT…we have about 2 weeks and two days before the CRCT. I still have some material in Social Studies and Science that I need to cover before the CRCT. For the next two weeks I am going to be teaching Science and Social Studies both each week, until the CRCT is over. We will not be reading a novel and having formal lessons like we normally do. I feel very comfortable with where we are in Reading and Language Arts. I will have the class continue using comprehension and other reading/writing skills in the Social Studies and Science lessons. We finished the day with our nine week celebration…a movie, popcorn, candy bars, and pop! A Big Thank You to Mrs.Hewitt and Mrs. Gordon for popping the popcorn!!! Thank you to all of the moms/dads that sent in candy bars and movies for the class to vote on! You always make the celebrations so much fun for the class! Take a look at what we are doing next week: Social Studies- We are going to be working in Chapter 10 in the book. We will be learning about the nation growing, Lewis and Clark, The War of 1812, and the story behind the National Anthem. Science- We will be working in Chapter 7 which teaches about ecosystems. We will be talking about producers, consumers, decomposers, food chains, and food webs. Math- We are going to be working in Chapter 21 next week. We started dividing decimals this week. The class seems to be doing really well already! We will continue working on dividing decimals by whole numbers next week. I will be testing Chapter 21 on Thursday. Spelling- Sort 30 teaches the prefixes uni-, bi-, and tri-. Have a wonderful spring break!! Be safe and have fun!! Mrs.Alvarado

Friday, March 16th

Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, March 16th Dear Parents, We have had a great week! We worked on some review for the CRCT in the computer lab this week. I will be adding CRCT review into the lessons as the weeks tick by getting closer to the test. I also sent home an independent reading project sheet this week. The planning sheet will be due next Friday, March 23rd. The project will be due Friday, April 3rd. Let me know if you have any questions. Take a look at what we are learning: Reading- We finished the book The Chocolate Touch this week. Next week we will be reading Encyclopedia Brown. Each chapter contains a mystery to solve. My focus lessons will be on comprehension, sequencing, vocabulary, and writing. Grammar- We are going to begin a review of conventions. Our lessons will cover capitalization, common spelling errors, and writing quotes correctly. Spelling- Sort 29 teaches the prefixes ex-, non-, in-, and fore-. Math- We are working in Chapter 20 which teaches multiplication of decimals and whole numbers. It is a very short chapter, there are only 3 lessons. I will be giving a quiz over Chapter 20 next Wednesday. Social Studies- We have been learning about the constitution and the branches of government. We will be finishing up Chapter 9 with a test on Thursday next week. I will send home a study guide to help prepare for the test. We will be switching back to Science after next week. Our next unit in Science is on ecosystems. Writer’s Workshop- We will be working in the trait of “Sentence Fluency”. We will be working on varying sentence lengths. Have a wonderful weekend!!! Mts.Alvarado

Friday, March 9th

Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, March 9th Dear Parents, Only 3 more weeks until spring break! It has been a long run from the winter holidays until now! The class seems tired and ready for a break! Encourage them to hang on!!! Take a look at what we are doing next week: Reading- We are reading the book The Chocolate Touch. The book teaches the same lesson as the story of King Midas. We read the story King Midas and The Golden Touch this week and talked about the lesson of the story. Our focus lessons next week will be on summarizing, persuasive writing, comparing/contrasting, comprehension, and sequencing. Grammar- We will be reviewing the sentence unit and working on dictionary skills. ( Always on the CRCT) Spelling- Our sort will focus on the prefixes dis-, mis-, and pre-. Math- We have been working on Chapter 19 in the math book. The class had some difficulties with the rounding part of this week’s lessons. Something that may help parents with the review…when no place value is given for them to round to I always tell them to round to the largest place value. For example: 35.23 would be rounded to 40.00 not 35.00. We will take a few extra days to review and I will be testing on Wednesday, March 14th. Social Studies- We finished up Chapter 8 with a test on Friday. Next week we will be working on Chapter 9 which teaches about how our government system was formed. Writer’s Workshop- We are working on “Sentence Fluency”. We will be practicing writing a variety of sentence beginnings. Have a wonderful, restful weekend! I think the rain is going stop today so we may have a sunny weekend! Mrs.Alvarado

Friday, March 2nd

Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, March 2st Dear Parents, We have had a busy week! I have heard many positive comments about our beautiful solar system projects! If you are in the building for any reason please stop by the media center and pick them up! I don’t want to wear out our welcome! Take a look at what we are working on: Reading- We have been working on the book Soup. Next week we will be starting the book The Chocolate Touch. The story teaches the same lesson as King Midas. I will be teaching both stories. Our focus lessons will be on fable characteristics, predicting, comprehension, vocabulary, and creative writing! Grammar- We are going to be working on using commas in a series, antonyms, synonyms, and identifying subjects/predicates in a sentence. Spelling- Our spelling reviews the prefixes re- and un-. Math- We finished up Chapter 18 with a test on Friday. We will begin Chapter 19 next week. We will be rounding decimals, adding, and subtracting decimals. Social Studies- We have been having so much fun learning about the Revolutionary War time in history. Next week we will be learning about the battles, the end of the war, and the Treaty of Paris. We will finish up Chapter 8 with a test on Friday. I will send home a study guide to help your child prepare! We will then move on to Chapter 9. Chapter 9 talks about how the constitution was written and how our government was set up. Have a fabulous weekend! Feels like spring already!!! Mrs.Alvarado

Friday, Feb.24th

Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, February 24th Dear Parents, We have had a great short week! We turned our Hero essays in for the contest today. The writing was very touching. I will be sending the writing home at the end of the year for you to see. Take a look at what we are doing next week: Reading- We are reading the book Soup by Robert Newton Peck. The class has had fun reading all of the mis-adventures of Rob and his best friend Soup. Next week our focus lessons will be on comprehension, summarizing, sequencing, and letter writing. Grammar- We are going to review what makes up a sentence. We are also going to review sentence types. (This is always on the CRCT!) I will be reviewing it again before CRCT time! Writer’s Workshop- We are going to be working in the writing trait of “Sentence Fluency” next week. We will be breaking up run-on sentences with the correct punctuation. Spelling- Our sort will have words with ph and gh in them! Social Studies- We finished up Chapter 7 with a test on Friday. We will be going to Chapter 8 in Social Studies. Chapter 8 teaches about all of the battles in the Revolutionary War, Thomas Jefferson, spies, patriots, and loyalists. Should be a fun week! The class has had fun this week talking about the British coming!!! Math- We are working in Chapter 18 in math. The class has learned to write fractions and decimals for models this week. Next week we will be comparing decimals, ordering decimals, and problem solving. We will finish up Chapter 18 with a test on Friday. Have a great weekend!!! Mrs.Alvarado

Friday, Feb.17th

Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, Feb.17th Dear Parents, We have had a fun week! A big Thank you to everyone that helped make Valentine’s Day fun for the class. We had fun snacking and making flowers! Thank you for all of the flowers, goodies, and chocolate. Just a reminder: Monday we have off for President’s Day. Take a look at what we are working on in class. Reading- We will begin the book Soup by Robert Newton Peck next week. The story takes place in the 1920s. We will be comparing that time in history to our own time. Our other focus lessons will be on vocabulary, comparing/contrasting, and comprehension. Math- We will be finishing up Chapter 17 with a test on Wednesday. Chapter 18 relates fractions and decimals. Social Studies- We will wrap up Chapter 7 with a test on Friday. We will be moving onto Chapter 8 which teaches the different battles in the Revolutionary War. Spelling- Sort 25 teaches words with silent letters. Grammar- The class needed more work on adverbs so we worked on them some more this week. We will complete the review on adverbs next week. Writer’s Workshop- We will be writing using “hooks” to grab the reader’s attention. Have a great long weekend!!! Mrs.Alvarado

Friday, Feb.3rd

Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, Feb.3rd We have had a great week! The class has been having fun learning about the solar system! Don’t forget that the solar system projects are due next Friday, Feb.10th. The class has shared their ideas for the projects and they sound great! We will be displaying the solar system projects in the media center. I will meet the class in the media center to help arrange the projects next Friday morning. We have a field trip next Thursday to the Youth Museum. The Youth Museum teaches about the Revolutionary War by putting the kids in a play. Everyone will get a part. It is a great way to preview the Revolutionary War before we learn about it in class. I would like everyone to wear their red class t-shirts and jeans for the trip. We will be eating an early lunch before we go on the trip. They can eat a snack when we get back to school. Should be a really fun day for them! Take a look at what we are doing in subject areas: Reading- We finished the Egypt Game book and all of the activities this week. Next week we will be reading Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary. Our focus lessons will be on comprehension, sequencing, summarizing, and vocabulary. Grammar- We will be starting a unit on adverbs. Writer’s Workshop- We have been working in the trait “Word Choice”. We worked on replacing boring verbs with vivid verbs to make our writing more exciting. We also used our 5 senses to describe in more detail. Next week we will be writing with more vivid verbs, sensory words and adjectives/adverbs to make writing more detailed. Math- We have been working with fractions for the past two weeks. Some of the lessons have been challenging at first but they all seem to have a much better understanding now! Thanks for your help with homework! You really help me when you review at night with homework! You really insure your child’s success! We will be finishing up fractions with a test on Wednesday, Feb.8th over Chapters 14 and 15. Science- We will be finishing up our unit on the solar system with a test on Friday, Feb.10th. I will send home a study guide! Have a great super bowl weekend! May your favorite team win! Mrs.Alvarado

The 13 Colonies

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I would like to share your student's PowerPoint presentation on the 13 colonies:

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