Learning Objectives: Week of 6/14

I can not believe it is the last week of school! What a year we have had! Thank you for partnering with me this year. I hope you have a wonderful summer! I look forward to our Movie Day on Friday and seeing my kiddies in the halls next year as 3rd graders!

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 
*Math: wrap up Ch. 17 Picture Graphs, start Ch. 10 Rounding Numbers
*Spelling: Suffixes -ness, -less, -ible, -able
*Conventions: Using Commas
*Reading: building reading stamina/Sequence
*Writing: State Research/EOY assessments
*Social Studies: Saying Bye to our Friends and Hello to Summer
*Specials: Art

Reminders: 

*Please return my small white boards and any NPE textbooks/materials you may still have from our time learning virtually.
*Please return iPad and chargers on Wednesday (16th) to NPE
*Please help your child come to school prepared and check backpacks for: charged iPad/headphones and take home folder.
*Please clean out folders before Monday :)

Learning Objectives: Week of 6/7

Students shared their Animal Research Google slides with the class. They were AWESOME! You can see your child's presentation using their iPad and the Slides app! I hope you check them out!

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 
*Math: wrap up Chapter 14: Time and start Ch. 17 Picture Graphs
*Spelling: Final Syllables -tion, -ture, -ion
*Conventions: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
*Reading: building reading stamina/Draw Conclusions
*Writing: State Research/EOY assessments
*Social Studies: The History of Cowboys 
*Specials: Library (please locate and return library books at earliest convenience)

Reminders: 

*Please return my small white boards and any NPE textbooks/materials you may still have from our time learning virtually.
*As I mentioned last week, no more homework! I don’t know who is more excited, me, students, or parents! :)
*Please help your child come to school prepared and check backpacks for: charged iPad/headphones and take home folder.
*Please clean out folders before Monday :)

Learning Objectives: Week of 5/31

No school Monday! I hope you enjoy your Memorial Day!

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 

*Math: Chapter 14: Time

*Spelling: Abbreviations

*Conventions: Using Quotation Marks

*Reading: building reading stamina/Author’s Purpose

*Writing: Animal Research/EOY assessments

*Social Studies: Our Families

*Science: Butterfly Observations

*Specials: PE (please wear appropriate clothes/shoes)

Reminders: 

*This week will be our LAST week of homework! Please initial homework sheets each evening upon completion. Thank you for helping your child with this responsibility!

*Please help your child come to school prepared and check backpacks for: charged Ipad/headphones and take home folder.

*Please clean out folders before Monday :)

Learning Objectives: Week of 5/24

No more early dismissal Wednesdays! Yay! This will be our first full week in person together! Wow!

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 
*Math: wrap up Chapter 11: Money and start Ch. 14: Time
*Spelling: Inflected Endings -ed, -ing
*Conventions: Using Capital Letters 
*Reading: building reading stamina/Compare and Contrast
*Writing: Animal Research/EOY assessments
*Social Studies: Our Country’s Flag
*Science: Caterpillar Observations
*Specials: PE (please wear appropriate clothes/shoes)

Reminders: 
*This week there will be Math, Spelling, and Reading homework Monday-Thursday. Please initial homework sheets each evening upon completion. 
*Please help your child come to school prepared and check backpacks for: charged Ipad/headphones and take home folder.
*May Scholastic Book orders are due on 5/28! (When orders come in, I will send home ASAP.)
*Please clean out folders before Monday :)

Learning Objectives: Week of 5/17

Teacher in-service day is this Tuesday so No School! Also, this Wednesday is our last early dismissal Wednesday! Yay! Thank you for reminding your child to complete their Wednesday Asynchronous Assignment in Seesaw! 

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 

*Math: Chapter 11: Money

*Spelling: Vowels aw, au, augh, al

*Conventions: Contractions

*Reading: building reading stamina/Main Idea

*Writing: Animal Research

*Social Studies: Sport Traditions

*Science: Caterpillar Observations

*Specials: Art

Reminders: 

*This week there will be Math, Spelling, and Reading homework Monday-Thursday. Please initial homework sheets each evening upon completion. 

*Please help your child come to school prepared and check backpacks for: charged iPad/headphones and take home folder.

*May Scholastic Book orders are due on 5/28! (When orders come in, I will send home ASAP.)

*Please clean out folders before Monday :)

Learning Objective: Week of 5/10

I hope all the moms have a great Mother’s Day weekend and enjoy the gifts your children made. 

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 

*Math: Chapter 12: Fractions (wrap up)

*Spelling: Consonant Patterns ph, gh, ck, ng

*Conventions: Different Kinds of Pronouns

*Reading: building reading stamina/Character and Setting

*Writing: Animal Research (I am teaching the kids how to use Google Slides for their research project!)

*Social Studies: Week #2 Kindness

*Science: Butterfly Observations

*Specials: Library

Reminders: 

*This week there will be Math, Spelling, and Reading homework Monday-Thursday. Please initial homework sheets each evening upon completion. 

*Thank you for reminding your child to complete their Wednesday Asynchronous Assignment in Seesaw! We do not have many early Wednesday dismissals left so this will soon be something we won’t have to manage for long!

*Please help your child come to school prepared and check backpacks for: charged Ipad/headphones and take home folder.

*Please clean out folders before Monday :)

Learning Objectives: Week of 5/3

We will be discussing the important of kindness for the next 2 weeks. Thank you for reinforcing this message at home :) Also, some students are needing new dry erase markers and I now have a few left. If you'd like to send in a few, I will happily accept them! Thanks for the consideration!

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 

*Math: Chapter 12: Fractions

*Spelling: Consonant Patterns kn, wr, gn, mb

*Conventions: Using I and Me

*Reading: building reading stamina/Plot and Theme

*Writing: Animal Research

*Social Studies: Week #1 Kindness

*Specials: Music

Reminders: 

*This week there will be Math, Spelling, and Reading homework Monday-Thursday. Please initial homework sheets each evening upon completion. 

*Thank you for reminding your child to complete Wednesday Asynchronous Assignment in Seesaw!

*Please help your child come to school prepared and check backpacks for: charged Ipad/headphones and take home folder.

*Please clean out folders before Monday :)

Learning Objectives: Week of 4/26

Everyone has now been our MVP! It has been so fun to see the way the kids have shared information about themselves! Thank you for helping your child participate in this activity this year!

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 
*Math: Chapter 16 Using Bar Models: Multiplication and Division (wrap up)
*Spelling: Prefixes un, pre, dis, re
*Conventions: Singular and Plural Pronouns
*Reading: building reading stamina/Cause and Effect
*Writing: Poetry (wrap up)
*Social Studies: Being Responsible for Earth (Plants)
*Science: Weather/Climate (Mrs. Clarke)
*Specials: PE (Please have appropriate clothing/shoes to participate.)

Reminders: 
*This week there will be Math, Spelling, and Reading homework Monday-Thursday. Please initial homework sheets each evening upon completion. 
*Thank you for reminding your child to complete Wednesday Asynchronous Assignment in Seesaw!
*Please help your child come to school prepared and check backpacks for: charged Ipad/headphones and take home folder.
*April Scholastic Book orders due 4/30!

Learning Objectives: Week of 4/19

Jack will be our MVP this week! Please check out his MVP slide on our blog coming soon! Also, just a note of thanks to you all! I appreciate all the help having your children ready and prepared for school each day. I'm enjoying having them all back together and our transition has felt pretty smooth with your help. THANK YOU ALL!

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 

*Math: start Chapter 16 Using Bar Models: Multiplication and Division

*Spelling: Suffixes ly, ful, er, ish, or

*Conventions: Pronouns

*Reading: building reading stamina/Fact and Opinion

*Writing: Poetry

*Social Studies: Being Responsible for our Planet

*Science: Weather/Climate (Mrs. Clarke)

*Specials: Art

Reminders: 

*This week there will be Math, Spelling, and Reading homework Monday-Thursday. Please continue to initial homework sheets each evening upon completion. 

*Thank you for reminding your child to complete Wednesday Asynchronous Assignment in Seesaw!

*Please continue to help your child come to school prepared and check backpacks for: charged Ipad/headphones and take home folder each day.

*April Scholastic Book orders due 4/30! See previous message for ordering information.

Learning Objectives: Week of 4/12

William will be our MVP this week! Please check out his MVP slide on our blog! 

Learning Objectives: 

*Math: finish Chapter 15 Multiplication Tables of 3 and 4 

This week is our review week in ELA! Skills will be reviewed and assessed!

*Spelling: Final Syllable -le, Vowel oo/ou, Diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oy, Syllable Patterns, and Vowel Diagraphs oo, ue, ui, ew

*Conventions: Adjectives, Comparative & Superlative Adjectives, Adverbs That Tell When, Where, and How 

*Reading: building reading stamina/Drawing Conclusions, Sequence, Fact and Opinion, and Plot and Theme

*Writing: Poetry

*Social Studies: Being Responsible for Earth (Living Things)

*Science: Weather/Climate (Mrs. Clarke)

*Specials: Library

Reminders: 

*This week there will be Math, Spelling, and Reading homework Monday-Thursday. Please initial homework sheets each evening upon completion. (Homework information can be found on my website under the tab General Class Information.)

*Please help your child come to school prepared and check backpacks for: charged Ipad/headphones and take home folder.

*Scholastic Book orders this month are due on 4/30! I will send you ordering information on Monday.

*Please send back math book, reading book, and place ten blocks at your earliest convenience, if haven’t done so already.

Learning Objectives: Week of 4/5

I hope you had a great Spring Break and feel refreshed! Carolina will be our MVP this week! Please check out her MVP slide on our blog! 

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 

*Math: start Chapter 15 Multiplication Tables of 3 and 4 

*Spelling: Vowel Diagraphs oo, ue, ui, ew

*Conventions: Adverbs That Tell How 

*Reading: building reading stamina/Plot and Theme

*Writing: Poetry

*Social Studies: Personal Responsibility

*Science: Weather/Climate (Mrs. Clarke)

*Specials: Music

Reminders: 

*This week there will be Math, Spelling, and Reading homework Monday-Thursday. Please initial homework sheets each evening upon completion. (Homework information can be found on my website under the tab General Class Information.)

*Please help your child come to school prepared and check backpacks for: charged Ipad/headphones and take home folder.

*Please send back math book, reading book, and place ten blocks at your earliest convenience, if haven’t done so already.

Learning Objectives: Week of 3/22

It has been a great week! I’m so happy we are getting back to normalcy! Thank you for helping your child come to school everyday prepared with: Ipad/headphones, and Take Home Folders! I hope you have a great weekend! 

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 
*Math: finish Chapter 13 Customary Measurement of Length
*During Language Arts, we will research women who have made a difference in our world. Students will pick a woman they will research to learn more about and then complete a biography on their woman. Then students will have an opportunity to present to the class their biography! *IPADS will be used for research!
*Writing: Poetry
*Social Studies: Woman History Week

Reminders: 

*Homework will begin next week. Parents are asked to initial each evening upon completion on homework sheet provided :)
*Today students are coming home with a plastic egg and information for a fun egg activity. These are due next Wednesday 3/24.
*Next week: Wednesday is a half day; no school Thursday and Friday due to virtual parent teacher conferences.
*Please send back math book, reading book, and place ten blocks at your earliest convenience, if haven’t done so already.
*If you want to order Scholastic Books in March they are due the 26th. Please see previous Seesaw message for ordering information.
Thanks all!

Learning Objectives: Week of 3/15

I will see you all on Thursday at NPE! I hope you have a great start to your week at home! I will send student work lists in Seesaw Monday-Wednesday mornings!

Next Week's Learning Objectives: 

*Math: Chapter 13 Customary Measurement of Length

*Spelling: Syllable Pattern words (we can break long words into smaller parts/syllables to read them easier)

*Conventions: Adverbs that Tell When and Where (adverbs help adjectives)

*Reading: building reading stamina/Plot and Theme

*Social Studies: Spring

Reminders: 

*Please don't forget ALL of the following is needed at NPE: your GREEN math folder, PURPLE language arts folder, BLUE writing folder, TAKE HOME folder, water bottle, snack, CHARGED ipad and headphones. 

*Please return the following at your earliest convenience: math book, reading book, and place value/base 10 blocks!

*I will place March Scholastic orders for those interested on March 26.

*Please continue to check your child's Seesaw journal to verify all assigned work has been completed.

Learning Objectives: Week of 3/8

Ray is our MVP this week! His poster will be hung in our room and his MVP slide will be on our blog soon! Tomorrow signups for our next virtual conference will become available so please be on the lookout for Mr. Heinle’s eblast tomorrow afternoon! Also, please check that all materials needed at NPE (listed below) are in backpacks :) 

This Week's Learning Objectives: 

*Math: Chapter 7 Metric Measurement of Length

*Spelling: Diphthongs ou,ow,oi,oy words  

*Conventions: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives 

*Reading: building reading stamina/Fact and Opinion

*Writing: Poetry

*Social Studies: St. Patrick’s Day/Pi Day

*Science: States of Matter 

Reminders: 

*Cohort A: Please don't forget your GREEN math folder, PURPLE language arts folder, BLUE writing folder, TAKE HOME folder, water bottle, snack, CHARGED ipad and headphones. 

*Cohort B: Please see our hybrid schedule for our 3 ZOOM times on Monday and Tuesday. 

*If students are home on days they are typically at NPE, please have them ZOOM if possible so they can still be counted present. I will share Asynchronous work so it can be completed. 

*Please continue to check your child's Seesaw journal to verify all assigned work has been completed.

Learning Objectives: Week of 3/1

Lizzie is our MVP this week! Her poster will be hung in our room and her MVP slide will be on our blog soon! Also, please check that all materials needed at NPE (listed below) are in backpacks :)

This Week's Learning Objectives: 
*Math: Chapter 7 Metric Measurement of Length
*Spelling: Vowel Patterns oo/u words  
*Conventions: Adjectives for Number, Size, and Shape
*Reading: building reading stamina/Sequence
*Writing: Writing in complete sentences and in sequential order 
*Social Studies: Read Across America
*Science: States of Matter 

Reminders: 
*Cohort A: Please don't forget your GREEN math folder, PURPLE language arts folder, BLUE writing folder, TAKE HOME folder, water bottle, snack, CHARGED ipad and headphones. 
*Cohort B: Please see our hybrid schedule for our 3 ZOOM times on Monday and Tuesday. 
*If students are home on days they are typically at NPE, please have them ZOOM if possible so they can still be counted present. I will share Asynchronous work so it can be completed. 
*Please continue to check your child's Seesaw journal to verify all assigned work has been completed.

Learning Objectives: Week of 2/22

Anderson is our MVP this week! His poster will be hung in our room and his MVP slide will be on our blog soon! 

This Week's Learning Objectives: 
*Math: The Number 100/Chapter 7 Metric Measurement of Length
*Spelling: Final syllable -le words  
*Conventions: Adjectives and Our Senses
*Reading: building reading stamina/Drawing Conclusions
*Writing: Opinion 
*Social Studies: Dental Awareness, Black Lives Matter
*Science: States of Matter 

Reminders: 
*Cohort A: Please don't forget your GREEN math folder, PURPLE language arts folder, BLUE writing folder, TAKE HOME folder, water bottle, snack, CHARGED ipad and headphones. 
*Cohort B: Please see our hybrid schedule for our 3 ZOOM times on Monday and Tuesday. 
*If students are home on days they are typically at NPE, please have them ZOOM if possible so they can still be counted present. I will share Asynchronous work so it can be completed. 
*Please continue to check your child's Seesaw journal to verify all assigned work has been completed.

Learning Objectives: Week of 2/16

Bridie is our MVP this week! Her poster will be hung in our room and her MVP slide will be on our blog soon! No school, Monday, 2/15! I will see you on Tuesday, 2/16! Please stay tuned since the weather can force it to be a virtual day for all!

This Week's Learning Objectives: 

*Math: Chapter 6 Multiplication Tables of 2, 5, and 10 (wrap up)

*This week is review week! Skills in ELA will be reviewed and assessed!

*Spelling: long e patterns (e,ee,ea,y). Long o patterns (o,oa,ow), compound words, long i patterns (i,ie,ight,y), and comparative endings (-er,-est)

*Conventions: verbs, verbs with singular & plural nouns, verbs for present, past, & future, and verbs am, is, are, was, were

*Reading: building reading stamina/author’s purpose, drawing conclusions, compare/contrast, sequence, and fact/opinion

*Writing: Opinion

Social Studies: President’s Day/Random Acts of Kindness

Science: States of Matter

Reminders: 

*Cohort A: Please don't forget your GREEN math folder, PURPLE language arts folder, BLUE writing folder, TAKE HOME folder, water bottle, snack, CHARGED ipad and headphones. 

*Cohort B: Please see our hybrid schedule for our 3 ZOOM times on Monday and Tuesday. 

*If students are home on days they are typically at NPE, please have them ZOOM if possible so they can still be counted present. I will share Asynchronous work so it can be completed. 

*Please continue to check your child's Seesaw journal to verify all assigned work has been completed.

Learning Objectives: Week of 2/8

Noah is our MVP this week! His poster will be hung in our room and his MVP slide will be on our blog soon! We will still exchange Valentine cards so Cohort A please bring your cards by Tuesday if participating in the exchange!

This Week's Learning Objectives: 

*Math: Chapter 6 Multiplication Tables of 2, 5, and 10 

*Spelling: Comparative endings -er, -est words  

*Conventions: Verbs am, is, are, was, were

*Reading: building reading stamina/Fact and Opinion

*Writing: Opinion 

*Social Studies: Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)

*Science: States of Matter 

Reminders: 

*Cohort A: Please don't forget your GREEN math folder, PURPLE language arts folder, BLUE writing folder, TAKE HOME folder, water bottle, snack, CHARGED ipad and headphones. 

*Cohort B: Please see our hybrid schedule for our 3 ZOOM times on Monday and Tuesday. 

*If students are home on days they are typically at NPE, please have them ZOOM if possible so they can still be counted present. I will share Asynchronous work so it can be completed. 

*Please continue to check your child's Seesaw journal to verify all assigned work has been completed.

Learning Objectives: Week of 2/1

 Mia is our MVP this week! Her poster will be hung in our room and her MVP slide will be on our blog soon! Please don’t forget we are exchanging Valentine cards; see my note sent last week for more information if you’d like to participate! Cohort A please bring your cards by Tuesday and Cohort B please bring your cards by Friday!

This Week's Learning Objectives: 

*Math: Chapter 6 Multiplication Tables of 2, 5, and 10 

*Spelling: Long i words  

*Conventions: More About Verbs 

*Reading: building reading stamina/Sequence

*Writing: Opinion 

*Social Studies: Groundhog’s Day

*Science: States of Matter 

Reminders: 

*Cohort A: I'll see you tomorrow at NPE unless we hear otherwise later! Please don't forget your GREEN math folder, PURPLE language arts folder, BLUE writing folder, TAKE HOME folder, water bottle, snack, CHARGED ipad and headphones. 

*Cohort B: Please see our hybrid schedule for our 3 ZOOM times on Monday and Tuesday. 

*If students are home on days they are typically at NPE, please have them ZOOM if possible so they can still be counted present. I will share Asynchronous work so it can be completed. 

*Please continue to check your child's Seesaw journal to verify all assigned work has been completed.