Building Bar Graphs

Today in small group, the yellow team built bar graphs to display data from Adelina's Whales.

Division with remainders

http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/division-w-remainders/4176577/?s=TAvdZn&ref=app

Click on the link to watch a my lesson on division with remainders!

Update

Due to the snow, we are still reading Adelina's Whales, focusing on Division, and Native American projects.

Snow!! January 17, 2013

Snow comes to West Jasper!! We had so much fun playing outside! Too bad it was too cold to build a snowman. ⛄

January 17-23

Monday, January 21 we will be out of school in observance of King/Lee Day. 

 

Reading:

This week we are reading “Adelina’s Whales” by Richard Sobol  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 newsletter 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: piece, peace, break, brake, threw, through, by, bye, beat, beet, thrown, throne, aloud, allowed, past, passed, weight, wait, there, their, principal, principle, symbol, cymbal, stationary, stationery

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
biologist	scientist who studies living things, including their origins, structures, activities, and distribution
bluff	a high, steep slope or cliff
lagoon	a pond or small lake, especially one connected with a larger body of water
massive	big and heavy; bulk
rumbling	making a deep, heavy, continuous sound
tropical	of or like the regions 23.45 degrees north or south of the equator where the sun can shine directly overhead

Math

We are finishing up estimation of quotients and will begin LONG DIVISION. This skill is IMPOSSIBLE without a solid understanding and knowledge of your multiplication facts.  We hope to send home a CD with the multiples in song. Listen, sing along, and memorize those facts!!!

 

SOCIAL STUDIES 

We are planning to host the Native American's of Alabama exhibit on February 6th.  This is also the Early Release day. We will be creating individual projects focusing HOUSING, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, FOOD, AND WEAPONS. Each child will be creating an entry for the exhibit and presenting to our visitors.

 

VOTE for our question!

APTv Live Web tour of the Capitol! We have submitted a video question and hope that it will be shown during the webcast. Please go online and vote for our question! The webcast will air on February 13 at 1pm. We will be watching anxiously....

http://aptv.org/CapitolFieldTrip/video/expert.asp?modSeries=204842&modTopic=42&modSubmission=69255f

This is a copy of our video! We are super excited! Thank you to EJ Colbert for the question idea.

Non Fiction Focus

Bring MAGAZINES and NEWSPAPERS!! We are focusing on non-fiction for this 9 weeks.  Our weekly stories will also be real text. This is a weak are for our students. Read the newspaper at night with them OR check out the ZITE app. It is a personalized app where your student can read news from stories that interest them. We will add ZITE to our Ipads when they come in!

MATH:

We are focusing on Division, now. A good math student KNOWS their multiplication facts. This base is essential for ALL math! PRACTICE these at home!

READING:

 This week we are reading “Antarctic Journal” by Jennifer Owings Dewey.  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: dictionary, abrupt, predict, import, locally, verdict, locate, portable, transport, bankrupt, dictate, location, erupt, passport, export, contradict, rupture, interrupt, disrupt, dislocate, vindictive, portfolio, jurisdiction, corruption, interruption

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
anticipation	act of anticipating; looking forward to; expectation
continent	one of the seven great masses of land on Earth.  The continents are North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica
convergence	act or process of meeting at a point
depart	to go away; leave
forbidding	causing fear or dislike; looking dangerous or unpleasant
heaves	rises and falls alternatively
icebergs	large masses of ice detached from glaciers and floating in the sea.  About 90 percent of an iceberg’s mass is below the surface of the water

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Still focusing on the Native American's of Alabama. Your student will soon receive an individual project assignment. I will send home a note as soon as possible. These projects will be for our exhibit. 

Welcome Back~ Jan. 3-9

MATH:

We are reviewing and checking off our ALCOS list: Multiplication of 2 digit by 2 digit. We use lattice to solve our problems with SUPER success!

 http://www.coolmath4kids.com/times-tables/times-tables-lesson-lattice-multiplication-1.html

Division mastery is next but we are already able to divide basic facts! Excited!!

READING: Test Wednesday 1/9

 This week we are reading “So You Want to Be President” by Judith St. George.  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: return, courage, surface, purpose, first, turkey, heard, early, turtle, birthday, journal, courtesy, nourish, purse, furniture, search, curtain, burrow, hamburger, survey, turquoise, absurd, furthermore, flourish, nourishment

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
Constitution	the written set of fundamental principles by which the U.S. is governed
howling	very great
humble	not proud; modest
politics	the work of government; management of public business
responsibility	the act or fact of taking care of someone or something; obligation; duty
solemnly	seriously; earnestly; with dignity
vain	having too much pride in your looks, ability, etc.

 SCIENCE:

We are focusing on Plant and Animals interdependence~ their cells, adaptations, and the food webs. (We will make an edible cell on Monday 1/7!)

SOCIAL STUDIES:
The students have been divided up into the 4 tribes of Alabama. They are researching the different tribes customs, cultures, locations, etc. We will host a Native American's of Alabama exhibit at the end of the month.