May 25, 2018
Dear Families,
Wow. I can't believe we only have a few days left of school. I suppose time flies when you have an awesome class! We had a busy week full of learning. Students did a great job on being the teacher. I'll be completing a small write up with some feedback from each lesson taught. Look for those to come home on Tuesday.
We did a lot of reflecting on our learning this year by going through the first rocket math test, first writing prompt and our first math interim. Today, students looked through the interim taken last week and compared it to the test (exactly the same test) they took the first week. It was so great to see the smiles on their faces. They also compared their first Rocket Math to yesterday's. Again, lots of smiles on faces. They should all be proud of how hard they worked this year.
Next week is short but busy. Please send your child with a water bottle each day. It's nice and warm out there, and we'll be spending a lot of time outside with Field Day and our field trip. No school on Monday. Field Day is Tuesday from 9-10:45. Students can wear athletic wear. Wednesday is our field trip, and students should wear college t-shirts and non-uniform bottoms. Thursday is our last day of school, and students will finish strong with the CA uniforms.
As always, let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Take a look at what we've been up to......
Math:-
symmetry, line of symmetry
congruent shapes-same size, same shape
Lines, line segments, rays, points
3D/solid shapes
Weight: oz,lbs, pounds, tons
Mass: grams, kilograms
Capacity:
Gallon, quart, pint, cups
Liters
We explored with water and a sensory table full of rice. It was messy but a lot of fun.
Graphing:
gather data, survey
tally chart, pictograph and bar graph, pie charts
fractions:
-minutes until or to the hour (ex: 20 minutes to 3:00)
Math interim
numerator, denominator
half, halves, equal parts
how to write a fraction Algebra-solving for the mystery letter
-addition and subtraction Interim 3-Monday and Tuesday
Measurement:
-Standard units of measurement: in, cm, yards, feet
-Measure to the nearest inch and cm
-Measure to the nearest half inch
-non-standard units of measurement: paper clips, pencils
-Money:
-adding and subtracting money
-identifying coins and the value of coins
-counting coins to 1 dollar
-using decimals
-Time intervals
-days, minutes, hours, weeks, months, year
-quarter past, quarter to, half past
short hand/hour hand, long hand/minute hand
am, pm
1:20=20 minutes past 1
Muliplication-terms: factor, product
multiples of 2,5 and 10-Rounding a 2 or 3 digit number to the nearest ten or hundred
-Regrouping in the ones, tens and/or hundreds place, addition and subtraction problems
-Regrouping 'across the o's' with renaming ex: 500-123=
-Renaming (borrowing) in the ones place
-Regrouping in the ones, tens and both
-We finished our math interims on Monday. It was wonderful to go through those and see how much we've learned this year!
-partial sums
--Math interim #1 is Monday, Oct. 30.
-adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers without regrouping
-word problems
symmetry, line of symmetry
congruent shapes-same size, same shape
Lines, line segments, rays, points
3D/solid shapes
Weight: oz,lbs, pounds, tons
Mass: grams, kilograms
Capacity:
Gallon, quart, pint, cups
Liters
We explored with water and a sensory table full of rice. It was messy but a lot of fun.
Graphing:
gather data, survey
tally chart, pictograph and bar graph, pie charts
fractions:
-minutes until or to the hour (ex: 20 minutes to 3:00)
Math interim
numerator, denominator
half, halves, equal parts
how to write a fraction Algebra-solving for the mystery letter
-addition and subtraction Interim 3-Monday and Tuesday
Measurement:
-Standard units of measurement: in, cm, yards, feet
-Measure to the nearest inch and cm
-Measure to the nearest half inch
-non-standard units of measurement: paper clips, pencils
-Money:
-adding and subtracting money
-identifying coins and the value of coins
-counting coins to 1 dollar
-using decimals
-Time intervals
-days, minutes, hours, weeks, months, year
-quarter past, quarter to, half past
short hand/hour hand, long hand/minute hand
am, pm
1:20=20 minutes past 1
Muliplication-terms: factor, product
multiples of 2,5 and 10-Rounding a 2 or 3 digit number to the nearest ten or hundred
-Regrouping in the ones, tens and/or hundreds place, addition and subtraction problems
-Regrouping 'across the o's' with renaming ex: 500-123=
-Renaming (borrowing) in the ones place
-Regrouping in the ones, tens and both
-We finished our math interims on Monday. It was wonderful to go through those and see how much we've learned this year!
-partial sums
--Math interim #1 is Monday, Oct. 30.
-adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers without regrouping
-word problems
-dozens, half dozen
-# bonds: parts and whole
-mental math: horizontally solving two digit numbers (no regrouping)
-ordinal numbers
-patterns: 1 more and less, 10 more and less and 100 more and less
-word problems
-comparing and ordering numbers
-greater than, less than and equal to
-value of digits in ones, tens and hundreds place
-expanded form
-place value form, written form and standard form
-terms: ones, tens, digit, more, less
-# bonds: parts and whole
-mental math: horizontally solving two digit numbers (no regrouping)
-ordinal numbers
-patterns: 1 more and less, 10 more and less and 100 more and less
-word problems
-comparing and ordering numbers
-greater than, less than and equal to
-value of digits in ones, tens and hundreds place
-expanded form
-place value form, written form and standard form
-terms: ones, tens, digit, more, less
IRA: (Interactive Read Aloud) skills: habits of discussion=track the talker and speak in complete sentences, comprehension, written responses to selection
Mo Willems
Don't Let the Pigeon Ride the Bus
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late
The Pigeon Finds a Hotdog
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy
Phonics and Grammar:
No more spelling lists this year
Grammar-complete sentences
Writing:
Presenting our Small Moment Stories
I graded these using a rubric. Please look at the rubric with your child when they bring these home next week.
Core Knowledge:
Ancient Greece
12 Gods of Olympus
Map features: key/legend, compass rose, land forms, scale
Mythology
Ancient Olympic Games
Victory at Marathon
Athenians vs Spartans
Democracy begins in Ancient Greece
Great Thinkers: Plato, Socrates
Upcoming Events and Reminders:
***Please bring water bottles all week!
-Field Day on Tuesday, May 29th. -Athletic wear
-EOY field trip to Lake Rebecca on Wednesday, May 30-College t-shirts and non-uni bottoms
-Last day of school on Thursday, May 31st-CA uniform
We want to know what YOU think about our school. We have the great opportunity to participate in a study that helps us collect and understand your opinion of the climate of our school.
This study will seek to establish the usefulness of the My Child’s Classroom Inventory-Short Form, a 25-item user-friendly survey designed to assess parents’/guardians’ perceptions of their child’s classroom environment.
As you know, we are a PBIS school and our desire is to continue to grow a positive and sustainable classroom environment. Your input is very valuable!
Non-identifying data gathered from the survey will be stored in a secure online environment. Information will be kept confidential and secure and only the people working with the study will have access to the data unless required by law.
This survey will only take 10-15minutes. We greatly appreciate you taking your time to do this!
Please click on the following link: https://www.surveymonkey
If your student is sick or has end of day changes, please email the front desk at the following email: frontdesk@cologneacademy.org Please copy me into the email, also. Thank you.
**A reminder for parents dropping students off in the mornings... If you need to come into the school with your child in the morning, ALL parents should enter through the main office regardless of the reason for their visit and check in with the front desk. You will need to have a visitor's pass when in the building. Thank you.
