Crew News

August 19, 2016

Curriculum Updates

Coming This Week:

Miss Tolbert was gone Monday and Tuesday

this week for a Leader in Me training, so the crew
worked with a substitute and got started with our
weekly vocab words and spelling, as well as doing
a timed math facts test. These tests will be
happening every Tuesday and Thursday from now
on. Students have two minutes to correctly solve
twenty multiplication problems in one fact family
(5s, 2s, 9s, etc.) and cannot move on without
passing off the math fact they are currently
working on. Practicing the flashcards sent home
with the homework will help prepare them for
these quizzes and speed up the math fact
memorization.
This week we introduced the 9s to our math
facts and worked on continuing to build fluency
with those facts, as well as decoding word
problems. In literacy we moved on in the writing
process and many students started publishing
their current writing project.
Our class will be getting special writing
support this year with two lessons a week from
writing specialist Pam Onedera! This is such a
great opportunity and will really help the crew
take their writing to the next level.
The crew got a new class mascot this week, a
pirate parrot they ve decided to name Marlow. J

Math: Continuing with multiplication and division.

Math facts this week: 5s, 2s, 10s, 9s, and
introducing 3s. Also introducing the concept of
area and connecting that to multiplication. We will
be doing timed math facts quizzes Tuesday and
Thursday this week.

Spelling: New spelling words coming home in the

Homework Packet.
Social Studies: Following with our discussions on
communities and citizenship we will begin
discussion the importance differences play in
building and supporting a community while
integrating some basic research and writing skills.
HOMEWORK NOTE: There are many students not
bringing their homework back on Mondays. Please
be sure that this homework packet makes it back
to me (spelling words and flashcards should be
kept at home to practice).

Save the Date

Behavior

Wednesday, August 24 School Joga-thon (more info coming)

We reached our goal of having less than 10

call-outs a day this week!

Wednesday, August 31 Fictional

Chapter Book Report Due
Friday, September 2 1.)Book Orders
due (unless you order online using
class code Q4XV3). 2.) August &
September birthday celebration 1pm.
September 3-25 OFF track

Literacy: New vocabulary- Introduce Monday, can

be found on class website. Writing Continuing to
work on our publications and using complete
sentences.

This Weeks Class Goal:

We will use Secret Hallway Walkers
to determine appropriate behavior
walking through the halls to earn
Stuffed Animal Friday .