Tomorrow's Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Tuesday

Today was a Tuesday that felt like Friday.   We continued to talk about Pilgrims and Thanksgiving.  Kids published the wonderful articles they wrote last night. Many added a few "pilgrim speak" phrases. Huzzah!  Today we also used context clues to decipher the meaning of words that were common to the Pilgrims, but are new to us.  To practice our math skills, we played a group game, completing problems to "fill out plates" with Thanksgiving food.  Thanks to the Oh'Boy 4th Grade teacher for this great activity.

This weekend, I hope that all 201 students are able to relax and spend time with family and friends.  There is no regular homework.  Please do read and record on your Gold Card.  I will expect to see three reading sessions!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF THE 201 FAMILIES!

Mayflower Monday

Today was all about 1620!  Kids, if you have extra time this evening, explore some of the links on edmodo.  Tomorrow we will shift our focus, exploring the Pilgrims arrival from the Wampanoag perspective.  We will practice double digit multiplication, "Thanksgiving style," and we will publish the articles that kids are writing for homework tonight.

This evening at home....

• Read the  First Thanksgiving Mini Pages
• Write a rough draft of an article that reports what you learned. Create a catchy heading. The article should be about one to two paragraphs.
• Complete Go Math181-182

Parents, don't worry, I have the Gold Cards!  I will check all of the Scrapbooks tomorrow and give out stamps! Thanks for your patience. We were very busy today!

Check Edmodo for  the How to Talk Like a Pilgrim link.

Field Trip Form Alert!

Field Trip forms are due on Monday at 8:00 a.m.!  

On December 3rd, we will be going on a field trip to the Children's Film Festival. All money and forms are due by 11/24, 2014 (Monday). Students will need to bring a bag lunch-Please, no glass bottles.

Parents, if your student has lost the form, simply write a note:

My child, __________, has permission to attend the field trip on 12/3/14 to the Children's Film Festival.  

Parent Signature______________________

Parent Emergency Contact information _________________________

The cost of the trip is $6.50.

Finding Facts About the Northeast Friday

This weekend at home....

• Finish your scrapbook. Don't forget that illustrations should be colored and contain captions
• Get the Reading Test signed.
• Want extra credit? Do some research on the Mayflower voyage and the first Thanksgiving.

Next week will be filled with Thanksgiving and Pilgrim activities!  Can anyone bring us a copy of Thanksgiving on Thursday?

Taking it in Context Thursday

Today we worked on using context clues to help us grasp an understanding of difficult terms and phrases.  We also spent some time talking about the term Melting Pot and how it applies to immigration and the U.S.A..  Ask your child to explain the concept. I hope that they can!  Tomorrow we will finish our NE Region Scrapbooks.   We will also..... discuss mixtures and solutions, take a reading/spelling/vocab/grammar test, work on our eSparks goals and do some partner problem solving in math.

This evening at home.....

• Read, record and write. After reading, record one interesting fact that is presented in your book. Then, write a paragraph that tells me your opinion about this fact. This is similar to what we did in class today, but you will write a bit more.
• Finish the context clues activity, working with the poem Can't.
• Complete the Go Math problems on pages 175-176

F.Y.I. : I do not anticipate giving any homework over the Thanksgiving break.  If you child is missing homework or classwork, this will be a good opportunity to catch up. 

Winning Awards Wednesday

This evening at home......

• finish your vocabulary windows
• complete the math review/enrich sheet. Show your work!
• read and record!

Tough Math Tuesday or Trying a New Way to Do Math Tuesday or.....enough

This evening at home....

167 and 168 Go Math
Read and Record
Reading Notebook78-82

Awards Assembly: tomorrow at 9!

Book Fair and Awards Assembly

201 will visit the Book Fair this Monday, November 17th, at 8:30. 

The First Quarter Awards Assembly is at 9:00 on Wednesday, November 19 in the CAC. Students will be recognized for Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, and Citizenship.

Free Fake Field Trip to China Friday

Don't even ask!  Thanks, Nisma and Ana, for coming up with today's very appropriate title!  Today we added details to our "Escape Plans." They are hilarious!  We also briefly discussed Area Models and the Partial Products method. In Social Studies, we discussed the differences between climate and weather. Can your child explain them to you? Please ask!

This weekend at home.....
Read the next selection in Journeys: Coming Distractions.  Record on your Gold Card.
Find time to log on to ST Math and MyON!
Stay warm!
**This just in: We will be ready for our "mid- chapter-math" quiz on Thursday. Wednesday will be a review day.

Talking Turkey Thursday

Aloha Team201 Families,

Ask your child about the greetings they learned in Video Productions today.  In 201, we discussed physical and chemical changes. We also delved further into rounding and multiplication problems.  Earlier, we devised escape plans.  We wrote step by step instructions that will help liberate Thanksgiving Turkeys.

This evening at home....

• complete Math pp155 and 156
• completScience Fusion  p.405-413

Monday Message

Hi 201 Families!

This is sort of a crazy week! There is no school tomorrow, in honor of Veteran's Day.  There is no school on Wednesday, in honor of parent teacher conferences.  I am looking forward to meeting with you all. Please note that each family has a ten minute time slot.  I will try my best to stay on schedule! Please help me by arriving a few minutes earlier than your scheduled time.

This evening at home.....

• Finish the Phineas Gets Slimed comprehension questions. Record your responses in your Reading Notebook. Don't rip them out!
• Complete Go Math pp. 143/ 144 and  149-150

I will get caught up on Gold Card stamps Thursday.  Remember, we are not beginning a new Journeys story this week, and we will not have a Friday Language Arts/Reading test.

Wednesday, Not Thursday

I just corrected the error on the pervious post. Conferences are on Wednesday, not Thursday! See you then!

Free Friday

I hope that Team201 students are enjoying their "free" day.  This is the first of three non-attendance days. Don't forget that there is no school on Tuesday or Wednesday. Tuesday is Veteran's Day, and Wednesday is Parent Teacher Conference Day. If you haven't signed up for a conference, please scroll back to the last post to see the time slots that are still open. Send me an email so that I can reserve your spot! I can't wait to meet with all of the 201 families! If you can't make it to Disney on Wednesday, just send me a note or an email so that we can schedule  a phone conference or a  face to face meeting on a different day.


This weekend at home, make sure that you are reading and recording on your log!

Next week, we won't begin a new story in Journeys. Instead, we will focus on Phinneas Gets Slimed.  We will also begin our U.S. Regions tour in Social Studies. Get ready to work on the new math chapter. We will be multiplying two digit numbers, and of course, working on multi-step problems.  In Science, it's time for some changes... physical and chemical changes.  Check out the videos to get a preview of next week's topics.

Wireless Writing Wednesday

We had some issues today, but we have an entire team working to solve our problems.

Today we...

• almost finished our Physical Landmarks posters
• read Phineas Gets Slimed 
• had our first discussion about physical and chemical changes in matter
• revised, edited and published our Invasion From Mars summaries
• measured volume in the Science Lab
• went to Library with Mrs. Rowe

This evening at home:

• study for math: complete the review sheet. Test tomorrow!
• study for spelling/reading vocabulary. Test tomorrow!
• read and record on your Gold Card
• Readers Notebook p.  72 
• finish the reading comprehension classwork. Most kids finished this in class.

Need extra practice with grammar? Go to last night's post to watch the grammar videos!

Help With Helping and Linking Verbs

Am, is was, seems, will...When do they help and when do they link? Remember, the secret is in the ACTION VERB.  Use these songs and videos to help you become a Verbinator.  I made that word up just now!

Time Lost Tuesday

We are having some "falling back" issues in 201. The problem is not an hour, but 15 minutes, which is really confusing.

This evening at home...
-complete the Math handout and look over the review page. We will review more tomorrow in class and we will test on Thursday.
-in Reading, complete the 68-70
-complete any unfinished math classwork
-Read and record

No Homework Passes allowed this evening. We need to prepare for Thursday's MATH TEST!

Conference times are filling up quickly! Please return the time slot form a.s.a.p.!
These time slots are still available:
1:40
1:50
3:20
3:30
3:50
4:10
4:20
4:30
4:40
5:00
5:10
5:20
5:40

Invasion From Mars Monday

Just ask your child to explain today's title!

This evening at home....

• complete page 61 in the Readers Notebook. Please use the Journeys book, especially when completing the plot events. DO NOT complete page 62. Read the last sentence one more time, please.
• complete pages 63 and 64 in Readers Notebook
• complete pp.135/136 in Go Math.  
• Read, record, and get your Gold Card signed.

Notes...

• Students are coming home with a Parent/Teacher Conference Sign Up sheet today.  Please indicate your first, second and third choice. I will highlight the time slot and return it to you as soon as I receive it.  The returned, highlighted form will  be your confirmation. 
• There is no school for students on these days: this Friday, November 7, next Tuesday, November 11, and next Wednesday, November 12th, which is Report Card Day.
• The Scholastic Book Fair will open next week.  201 is scheduled for Monday, November 17th.
• New Gold Cards are going home today.

Thank you, Izabella, for donating the paper cups. We had a great time counting and eating m and ms while learning about factors and multiples.