Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, Jan 27th
Dear Parents,
It has been a really good learning week but a very rainy indoor week! I feel bad about all of the indoor time! Hopefully this rain will end soon! Take a look at what we’ve been doing!
Reading- We finished reading the book The Egypt Game this week. We will be doing a few more activities next week to finish up. We will be taking a comprehension test over the book, taking an AR test over the book, sequencing story events, and creating some Egyptian costumes. Students can bring in some beads, cloth, and small embellishments to decorate their costume. Send them in a sealed plastic bag with your child’s name on the bag. This is not a requirement just something extra that I thought would be fun.
Grammar- We finished our unit on adjectives with a review Thursday and Friday. Next week we will begin a unit on adverbs.
Writer’s Workshop- We are working in the writing trait of “Word Choice”. We talked about using vivid verbs to make our writing more exciting. Next week we will be using adjectives and adverbs to enhance our writing.
Math- We finished Chapter 13 with a test on Wednesday. We started Chapters 14 and 15 which both teach fractions. We will be working with equivalent fractions, adding/subtracting fractions, and working with mixed numbers. I will test on Chapter 14 and 15 at the same time when we are finished with 15.
Social Studies/ Science- We finished up Chapter 6 in Social Studies with a test this week. When we return to Social Studies with will be studying the causes of the Revolutionary War and the war itself. In science, we have started our unit over the solar system. Next week we will be learning about planets, why we have seasons, and why we have day and night. By the end of next week your child should be able to answer those questions. I sent home a project sheet this week explaining a solar system model project. The project will be due Friday, Feb.10th. Hopefully your child has started talking to you about this project! The class seems excited to be learning about space!
Have a great weekend! Mrs.Alvarado
Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, Jan. 20th
We have had a great learning week! Take a look at what we are working on for next week:
Reading- We are reading The Egypt Game. Our focus for lessons next week will be on comprehension, vocabulary, summarizing, and sequencing.
I hope your child has been working on their mystery packets for their independent reading projects. It has been fun to have a theme for the month of January. These packets will be due next Friday Jan.27th.
Grammar- We are learning about adjectives.
Math- We have been working on Chapter 13 which covers Geometry. We will be reviewing Chapter 13 on Monday and will be testing on Tuesday, Jan. 24th. Chapter 14 covers fractions.
Social Studies- We have been learning about the Middle and Southern Colonies. We will be reviewing Chapter 6 on Monday and testing on Tuesday. I will send home a study guide to help with the review! Then we will be moving back to Science on Wednesday. We will be starting a unit on the solar system. I will also be sending home a project sheet on Wednesday. We will be making solar system models as part of this unit. More information to come!
Writer’s Workshop- We started an essay contest this week for writing. Our theme was “My Hero”. These essays will be submitted as a school wide contest. Next week we will continue with the writing trait of “Word Choice”.
Spelling- We are learning words with a final soft c and g sound.
Have a great weekend! Mrs.Alvarado
Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, Jan.13th
Dear Parents,
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful break from school! I really enjoyed relaxing with family and sleeping in! I wanted to thank the class for the very generous gift card I received in December. I love the Loft! I had so much fun shopping the sales in January!
We are off to a great start! This week has been really busy. I gave part 2 of the checkpoint tests. These tests are like pretests for the 2nd half of the year. The class actually did pretty well on the tests considering they were over material that has not been taught. These tests should give me a good idea of what areas I need to teach really well before CRCT. Take a look at what we are working on:
Reading- We started a book called The Egypt Game .The book is a Newberry award winning book. The book is a mystery with school aged kids as the main characters. It is really well written. If your child is enjoying the book there is a sequel to this book called The Gypsy Game. The author’s name is Zilpha Keatley Snyder. Next week’s lessons will focus on comprehension, summarizing, and cause and effect.
Independent Reading Project- This is mystery month in my class! I assigned a mystery packet this week for the month of January. We got books from the library and reviewed the tasks in the assignment. This is a large assignment and the class only has 3 weeks to complete the work so get started early!
Grammar- We are working on an adjective unit.
Math- We are working on a Geometry unit which is Chapter 13 in the book. I will be encouraging students to bring home their math journals to help with homework. There is a lot of vocabulary in this unit.
Social Studies- In Chapter 5, we learned about the New England Region of the colonies. In Chapter 6, we are learning about the Middle and Southern Colonies.
Writer’s Workshop- We started working on our hero essay. When we have finished the essay we will be starting a unit on the trait of “Word Choice”.
Enjoy the nice long weekend! Mrs.Alvarado
