Busy Minion News - Week of September 27th

This Week  Wow – that week went by F A S T!  We celebrated Map Day today!  Please check out our webpage to see our NH County Maps.  The Minions did a terrific job – they were so creative with their projects!  This week we also enjoyed “The Astronaut and the Onion,” as well as some space activities.  We finished our DRA reading level tests.  We have started Unit 2 in Math – and are busy memorizing multiplication facts.  We had a few fun activities that helped us learn about multiples, factors, and products.  Our NH Region books are in the midst of being worked on and completed – as well as our Animal ABC books.

Next Week  For Literacy next week, we will read the story, “Because of Winn Dixie.”  We will work on summarizing and sequencing story events.  We will work on ways to fix run-on sentences.   In Math, we will continue working on extending our multiplication facts by learning how to multiply larger numbers with zeros.  We will continue to keep working on X-ray Math and the higher multiplication facts.  We will work on finishing the writing to our NH Regions Picturing Writing project so we can get those published, as well as our ABC Animal books.  We will also start learning about the Native Americans that lived in what is now NH.

  

NH COUNTY MAP DAY!!!!!

What an amazing collection of creative maps!  

All the kids were so proud of their maps...and I was so impressed!
What a fantastic job! 

Thank you Map Minions and families!

 

 

 

 

Above - the NH County Cake Map....before....and after....YUM!

Engaged Mathematicians!

Sharing some photos from some Unit 1 Math investigations and activities:

 

 Above: Creating growing patterns with cubes and reporting them out on Owl slips.

 

Above: Making large numbers and reviewing place value with our recycled jean pockets!

Above: Working with Diagon Alley partners on rounding!

Busy Minion News - Week of Sept. 20th

  This Week  Hard working week!  We finished Dibels and tackled the nonfiction article “Kid Reporters at Work.”  While the article was a little confusing, we learned to take notes on important points to help us remember them.  We also finished up with Unit 1 in Math.  We reviewed for the test with our new College Prep pocket board – getting to choose a college pocket and then solving the review card with it.  Studying and reviewing always make taking a test easier.  It’s good to be prepared and it’s a good lesson to learn early on!  We also finished our Tree Ring projects and have started an animal ABC Book project – that we will work on while doing the DRA reading level assessments.  We have also started to write to our painting of the different regions of NH.  We also got to start Activity Clubs.  Those will run for the next few weeks and should be a lot of fun.

Next Week  For Literacy next week, we will read the story, “The Astronaut and the Onion.”  We will work on identifying important elements of the story, as well as do some space related activities with our Work Plan.  We will continue to work on making sentences more complex.   In Math, we will review any skills missed on the Unit 1 test and then begin Unit 2.  We will focus on Multiplication and Division.  We will start with making a priority of learning and memorizing the multiplication facts.  We will work on the writing to our NH Regions Picturing Writing project, as well as our ABC Animal books.  Please continue to work on the NH County Map Project at home. Friday will be NH Map Day! 

Busy Minion News - Week of Sept. 13th

  This Week  We made it through our first whole week!  Yay!  We did it!  We enjoyed “The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein” in reading this week.  Students learned some new Work Plan choices like the Wordless Story and Reader’s Theater fluency practice.  Everyone worked hard at completing the various choices of the Work Plan.  We also worked hard on comparing numbers, place value, adding review, and tackled rounding to different place values (that was a little confusing)!  We are finishing up our Tree Ring projects and starting our NH Regions project.  We have also started the Reading Dibels testing, as well as the Math Dibels. 

Next Week  For Literacy next week, we will read the nonfiction selection “Kid Reporters At Work.”  We will work on looking at the elements of nonfiction articles and the structure of compound sentences.   In Math, we will review the skills of Unit 1 to get ready for the test at some point in the week.  We will review place value, rounding, number patterns, adding, and subtracting.  We are going to be starting to do the writing to our NH Regions Picturing Writing project.  Please continue to work on the NH County Map Project at home. (Reminder - To allow your family time to work on the project during the long term project time frame, our regular homework will consist of the spelling practice, reading independently, and possibly occasional math practice.  Good luck with the project!  Have fun.)

Busy Minion News - Week of September 6th

  This Week  Another good week logged into the books!  We dove into our first Literacy story and learned more of our Work Plan routines with “My Diary From Here to There.”  The kids practiced spelling choices, vocabulary booklets, Lucky Listener Club, got to know the story elements chart, and had fun learning how to do a popsicle stick story.  We worked on repeating and growing patterns in Math.  We also completed our new NH license plate designs and started learning about NH’s place in the world.  We are still working on our Tree Ring writing projects and are enjoying listening to Harry Potter each day.  We also pretested on Study Island.

Next Week  For Literacy next week, we will read the story “The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein.”  We will continue to work on the skills of story elements and the structure of sentences.   In Math, we will review place value, and comparing numbers.  We are going to be working on completing our Tree Ring projects.  We are going to be starting a Picturing Writing project on the regions of NH.  We will also be starting our first long term project and it will come home on Monday. (To allow your family time to work on the project during the long term project time frame, our regular homework will consist of the spelling practice, reading independently, and possibly occasional math practice.  Good luck with the project!  Have fun)

      REMINDER: We have Phys Ed on Mondays – so remember your sneakers!  Activity Clubs to start next Friday!