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
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
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
