Week of January 2-6

First I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.  The week we return we will complete our third math outcome assessment dealing with multiplication.  We will move on to our third story in Unit 3 of our reading series.  The story is title Night Letters and will be covering drawing conclusions, subject-verb agreement, and the J/K consonant sounds.  Once again I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday break.

Week of December 12-16

This week we will be moving into story 2 of Unit 3 titled Pushing Up the Sky.  We will be reviewing Author's Purpose along with Main Verbs and Helping Verbs.  In spelling we will be looking at prefixes.  In math we will continue discussing multiplication and begin getting into our basic facts.  On Friday, December 16th we will be attending the Santa Shop at 2:30.  If you would like to send money with your student you can so they can buy gifts for their family.  We hope y'all have a great weekend and a wonderful week.

Week of December 5-9

Reminder that we will continue our two week swim this week.  Please make sure all students bring their swim gear back to school on Monday, December 5th.  We also have the Christmas program on Tuesday, December 6th starting at 6:30.  Please have students at the high school by 6:15 at the latest.  Monday is an early release.  I hope everyone has a great weekend. 

Week of November 28-December 2

I want to let parents know that we will begin our two week swim on Monday, November 28th.  Please remember to send all swim gear with the students.  They can keep it here until Friday each of the two weeks so they don't forget to bring it back the next day.  We will read our last story in our Unit 2 reading series titled William's House.  You can find a list of concepts being discussed this week below.  I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving break.

Reading- Draw Conclusions

Grammar- Plural Possessive Nouns

Spelling-sh,, th,, ph,, ch,, tch sounds

Math- Multiplication Properties (Commutative, Associative, Distributive, Identify and Zero)

Week of November 14-18

This week we will be taking all reading, grammar, and spelling test from November 7-10 on Monday, November 14.  Because of this we will also take the weekly reading, grammar, and spelling assessments from November 14-18 on Monday, November 21st.  We have began our multiplication unit.  We have only been scratching the service of multiplication.  We will hopefully begin getting into actual facts after Thanksgiving.  This will be a regular week with no interruptions.  Below you will find a list of concepts being discussed this week. 

Reading- Author's Purpose

Grammar- Singular Possessive Nouns

Spelling- spl, thr, squ, str sounds

Math- Multiplication

Week of November 7-10

This week we will begin our second quarter.  We will also be reading the third story in our reading series titled Prudy's Problem.  Don't forget parent/teacher conferences this week on Thursday and Friday which is November 10 and 11.  I believe the book fair will be starting this week and last all week, Nov 7-11, if you would like to participate.  Monday is an early release and because of conferences there will be no school on Friday.  Below you will find a list of concepts being discussed in class this week. 

Reading- Main Idea

Grammar- Irregular Plural Nouns

Spelling- Compound Words

Math- Outcome 2 Assessment

Week of October 31-November 4

This week we had our Halloween party.  Thank you to everyone who volunteered for that and helped make it great.  We are also coming to the end of the first quarter which is Friday, November 4th.  I have sent home parent/teacher conference slips.  Please be on the look out for those and send them back ASAP so I can get yall your times.  Conferences will be Thursday, November 10 and Friday, November 11.  We are also taking our second outcome assessment which is based on time and money sometime this week or early next week.  Below you will find a list of all concepts being discussed this week in class.

Reading- Characters

Grammar- Singular and Plural Nouns

Spelling- le ending

Math- Telling time, Elapsed Time, Money, and Calendars

Weeek of October 24-28

This week we will begin Unit 2 of our reading series.  We will also continue to discuss time and money in math class.  We are also beginning our after school program on October 24th.  If you feel that your student would benefit from after school then let me know and I will sign them up and get the proper paper work sent home.  Our Halloween party will be on Monday, October 31st starting at 12:30.  If you would like to volunteer then just come on down that day.  Mrs. Plowman is in charge of the festivities.  Red Ribbon week will begin Monday October 31st and last until November 4th.  Below you will find a list of concepts being discussed in class.

Reading- Main Idea and Details

Grammar- Common and Proper Nouns

Spelling- Syllables V/CV and VC/V

Math- Time and Money

October 18-21

This week we will not have a weekly reading, grammar, or spelling test.  Instead we will be using several books to help students with sequencing, character traits, and comprehension.  We will begin using our Math books this week and begin looking at telling time, elapsed time, and counting money.  I will be out of the classroom on Wednesday all day and Friday afternoon for district meetings.  We will begin our afterschool program on Monday, October 24th starting at 3 and ending at 4.  Letters were sent home to those students who were recommended.  I hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Week of October 10-14:

This week we are moving into our last story of Unit 1 which is called My Rows and Piles of Coins.  We also have our once a month swim on Wednesday, October 12th.  I have received volunteers for the Halloween party on Monday, October 31st.  Mrs. Plowman and Mrs. Wood has generously donated their time.  If anyone else would like to volunteer please get in contact with Mrs. Plowman.  Below you will find a list of concepts being discussed this week.

Reading- Character and Setting

Grammar- Compound Sentences

Spelling- Vowel sounds in out and toy

Math- Time and Money/Outcome 1 Assessment

October 3-7

First I would like to apologize for not posting the last two weeks.  It is something that I pride myself with so once again I apologize.  September is a very hectic time of the year.  A reminder that Monday, October 3rd is an early release day.  Next I wanted to take a minute and ask parents to remind our student of their attitudes and how important it is to have positive attitudes.  There have been some situations lately where negatives attitudes have affected this classroom and has taken a significantly large amount of time from the classroom.  So please talk with your students and remind them how important it is to have positive attitudes.  We are moving along in our reading series.  Next week we will be reading the story If You Made a Million dollars.  Please make sure students are reading their story every night as well as studying their vocabulary and spelling words.  We are also moving along in math.  We will be discussing comparing and ordering numbers as well as rounding.  By the end of next week or start of the next we will take our first math outcome assessment.  Below you will find a list of concepts being discussed next week. 

Reading- Realism vs. Fantasy

Grammar- Commands and Exclamations

Spelling- Long Vowel Diagraphs

Math- Comparing and ordering numbers/rounding

Week of September 12-16:

Hope everyone enjoyed the first week of school.  This week we will continue in our math lessons by talking about place value, reading and writing numbers in the different forms, and also rounding.  We will also begin our reading series with the story Boomtown.  I will be out of the classroom Tuesday afternoon due to a football game.  For those parents who were not here for parent night, I have sent home some papers that will help you and your child throughout the year.  If there are any questions please email me at Jowilloughby@rangers1.net.  If you look below you will find a list of concepts being discussed in class this week.

Reading- Realism vs. Fantasy

Grammar- Writing Sentences

Spelling- Short Vowels

Math- Read and Write Numbers, Place Value, Rounding