Last Week Of November

Coyote School News-- 

Spelling Words: videos, teeth, potatoes, themselves, lives, leaves, cliffs, roofs, halves, moose, radios, sheep, cuffs, beliefs, patios, banjos, tornadoes, tomatoes, hoofs, loaves, portfolios, embargoes, handkerchiefs, calves, lassoes

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
bawling	shouting or crying out in a noisy way
coyote	small wolf-like animal
dudes	people who were raised in the city but vacation on a ranch; cowhands
roundup	the act of driving or bringing cattle together from long distances
spurs	metal wheels worn on a horse rider’s boot heel

Thanksgiving and other News...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! I am so very thankful for this class of kids! They are super children who are strong leaders. I am proud of their achievements and effort. I look forward to great things as the year progresses!

 

 Don't Forget your Time Capsule Item!  School will resume on Monday, November 26th.

MATH:
We must continue to work on our Multiplication Facts. After Thanksgiving, we will connect division to this skill. It will only get more difficult and speed up as the year continues.

 

READING: 

 This week we are reading “Coyote School News” by Joan Sandin.  We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story.  It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child.  Also, on this post you will find our spelling words for the week.  Please practice these words at home as well.  The words in italics are our challenge spelling words.  Let’s have a great week!

Spelling Words: videos, teeth, potatoes, themselves, lives, leaves, cliffs, roofs, halves, moose, radios, sheep, cuffs, beliefs, patios, banjos, tornadoes, tomatoes, hoofs, loaves, portfolios, embargoes, handkerchiefs, calves, lassoes

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
bawling	shouting or crying out in a noisy way
coyote	small wolf-like animal
dudes	people who were raised in the city but vacation on a ranch; cowhands
roundup	the act of driving or bringing cattle together from long distances
spurs	metal wheels worn on a horse rider’s boot heel

Week before Thanksgiving

WOW!! Is it already almost Thanksgiving?? How is that possible?

We will be finalizing our speeches for our Living Museum. Hoping (and crossing fingers/toes) that we can plan on the museum before Christmas. I am going to work HARD to make this happen!

READING-- Wednesday November 14- Tuesday November 20

This will be a short week for this story but it is still the skill of "Drawing Conclusions." We should have no trouble! The spelling will be all plurals and it is an easy skill, as well. (Shhh!! Don't tell---For a "Thanksgiving Gift" I am not adding a vocabulary quiz to their schedule. The only vocab test will be the one on the reading quiz).

This week we are reading “The Great Kapok Tree” by Lynne Cherry.  We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story.  It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child.  Also, on this post you will find our spelling words for the week.  Please practice these words at home as well.  The words in italics are our challenge spelling words.  Let’s have a great week!

 

Spelling Words: its, ours, mine, yours, family’s, families’, man’s, men’s, girl’s, girls’, hers, theirs, brother’s, brothers’, teacher’s, teachers’, aunt’s, aunts’, boy’s, boys’, country’s, countries’, witness’s, witnesses’, laboratory’s, laboratories’

 

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
canopy	the uppermost layer of branches in forest trees
dangle	to hang and swing loosely
dappled	marked with spots; spotted
fragrant	having or giving off a pleasing odor; sweet-smelling
pollen	a fine, yellowish powder released from the anthers of flowers. Grains of pollen carried by insects, wind, etc., to the pistils of flowers to fertilize the flowers
slithered	moved with a sliding motion
wondrous	wonderful; marvelous; remarkable

 

MATH:

We are still working on Multiplication computation and fact fluency. WE MUST be finished with multiplication and division by Christmas. We have so much left to cover. PLEASE practice your facts with your student.

Happy Veteran's Day

 READING--

This week we are reading “Moonwalk” by Ben Bova.  We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story.  It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child.  Also, on this post you will find our spelling words for the week.  Please practice these words at home as well.  The words in italics are our challenge spelling words.  Let’s have a great week!

Spelling Words: please, pleasant, breath, breathe, image, imagine, product, production, heal, health, triple, triplet, relate, relative, meter, metric, compose, composition, crumb, crumble, origin, original, academy, academic, inspire, inspiration

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
loomed	appeared dimly or vaguely as a large, threatening shape
rille	a long, narrow valley on the surface of the moon
runt	animal, person, or plant that is smaller than the usual size.  If used about a person, runt is sometimes considered offensive.
staggered	became unsteady; wavered
summoning	stirring to action; rousing
taunted	jeered at; mocked; reproached
trench	any ditch; deep furrow
trudged	walked wearily or with effort

MATH--

We are working on Multiplication and properties. Please practice your multiplication facts EVERYDAY!  As we master the facts, we will be earning "Multiplication Sundaes." Ask your child about this! We are excited!!

MONDAY we are out of School for Veteran's Day!! Thank you to all past and present military for your service! A special note of appreciation to my grandfather: Virgil Price who served in WW2; my uncle: Terry Price who served in Korea; and my brother-in-law: Landon Cordell who is currently a BlackHawk pilot stationed at Ft. Campbell and has been overseas 3 times. 

THANK YOU ALL!

What's Going On...

"How Night Came from the Sea"--

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 1-7

 Read every day!

Spelling for week:

however

 trout

 drowsy

 grouch

 eyebrow

 boundary

flowerpot

scowl

announce

hound

browse 

 mountain

 mound

 scout

 shout

couch

outdoor

ounce

towel

coward

Reading Focus: Generalizations and Cause & Effect

MATH: Using WISE steps to solve addition and subtraction word problems

• W- What is it asking? (Underline ? and key words)
• I-Important Information (Circle numbers and labels)
• S-Solve and label the numbers
• E- Explain
• 1. Use a Magic Word (to find, to figure out, because, since, to show, to get...)
• 2. Restate the question/problem
• 3. Tell operation used 
• 4. Include the 1st number label
• 5. Include the 2nd number label
• 6. Restate problem again as a solution

Social Studies--- Continue working on Famous Alabamians and bring an entry for the Time Capsule.

Science-- Working on Space exploration modes and means