Sunday, September 21, 2014

Ms. Chapin's Monkey Jungle of Excellence!!!!

Welcome to our class blog page!!!!

Here's our learning goals for this week (September 22nd-26th):

Reading:

 Common Learning Goal: I can read informational text, including text features, and identify its main topic and supporting details.




*Ask your child what his/her vocabulary word of the week is from last week such as: radiant, injustice, etc.   Your child's goal is to say or write the vocabulary word in as many ways as possible.  This can even be in a casual conversation.  You can tally mark on the back of your child's index card every time he/she says the word.

Our vocabulary words for this week are: 
rugged

attack
climate
ideal
individually
relationship
harvest

When reading your child should always:

ALWAYS:  Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.


Math: 


 I can use repeated patterns to count and represent numbers.
·       I can read and write numbers up to 1,000 using different forms.
·       I can tell how many ones, tens, and hundreds are in a given number.
·       I can represent a number up to 1,000 in a variety of ways.
900 + 90 + 7 = _________
400 + 5 = _________
500 + 6 = _________
100 + 40 + 7 = _________
500 + 50 + 7 = _________

600 + 90 + 5 = _________
        100 + 8 = _________
I can skip count by 5s, 10s and 100

Math Vocabulary for this week:

Odd, even, ones place, tens place, hundreds place, digit, bundling, expanded form, standard form, value

SCIENCE:

I can observe and describe major stages in the life cycles of plants and animals, including beans and butterflies.


 
Your child also planted a bean plant last Thursday and will be watching his/her bean plant grow with enough light and water.  Ask your child about his/her progress with their bean plant. 

Students are working in groups and still researching various kind of animal life cycles.  They will be presenting on Wednesday!!They're learning that different kinds of animals have similar life cycles whereas other animals have different kinds of life cycles.  For example: there are many similarities with mosquito and butterfly life cycles.  Ask your child about this.  You will be super surprised by what they can share with you about these life cycles!!! :-)


SCIENCE VOCABULARY FOR THE WEEK: 
flowers
seed
germinate
seedling
cone

Writing: 

I can use proper punctuation in my writing, correct capitalization for proper nouns and can create topic sentences for my paragraph.  

**Students will return to their writing from last week where they created a scene to Charlotte's Web and will be editing their stories.  By the end of the week, they will publish their stories.


Other information:

Our library day is this Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.!!!! Remind to place his/her library book in his/her bag by Tuesday night if they're done reading their book!!

Please sign your child's planner every night and check your child's class dojo!!

The bottom of progress reports that went home on Friday needs to be signed and returned.   If you have not signed up for conferences, I'm sending a paper home this week for dates to be picked to discuss your child's progress!!

Homework: Math and Vocabulary are due every day!! Reading is to be completed at least 3 days a week for at least 10 minutes or more.  Please have your child log it on his/her Reading Room online or on a paper reading log.   If your child needs another reading log, let me know on CLASSDOJO or in planner and I will send you another one. :-)

Also, anything in return to school part of your child's take home folder needs to be signed and returned!!! This is usually tests and letters of regret for behavior!!

School Pictures are this Wednesday September 24th!!! There was a form for pictures sent last Wednesday!!! I can send another form if you need one, let me know. :-) 

We have a school fundraiser starting this week, so check out the large envelope coming home with your child tomorrow Monday September 22nd!!

ANY QUESTIONS, feel free and contact me at mchapin@pasco.k12.fl.us or on classdojo, or lastly in your child's planner!!!


Have a great week!!! :-)



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