Thursday, October 31, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Updates
We have an exciting week ahead of us. We have conferences and Halloween parties! I am excited to sit down with each of you this week. No school on Friday!
Halloween - The plan is to start the parade around 1:15. After a trip around the building we will begin parties at 1:45 and stop them at 2:45. Just a reminder, party games need to take place in the classroom and not the hallway. Parking is extremely limited and the shuttle will be running from Concord Trinity United Methodist Church at 5275 S. Lindbergh. Thank you again for all of your help to make our party a success.
This week in curriculum-
In math we are finishing up Unit 3 and are going to take our Unit 3 test on Wednesday. The study guide will be coming home tonight and will be due on Wednesday. This test will cover multiplication and division. There will be word problems where students will be asked to write and solve expressions and equations with multiplication, division, and variables for the unknown. There will also be in/out function pattern boxes.
In English language arts we are finishing up our revising and editing of our realistic fiction pieces and are going to begin publishing them! They have worked so hard and should be so proud of these writing pieces. We will take a day to share them and celebrate on Monday of next week! In reading we are continuing to work on making inferences in poetry. We will begin working on making inferences in fiction writing next week. With the short week, and Halloween parties, new spelling lists will come home next Monday, and we will have three weeks before the test.
Look for pictures from our Halloween Party on Thursday! Have a great week!
Halloween - The plan is to start the parade around 1:15. After a trip around the building we will begin parties at 1:45 and stop them at 2:45. Just a reminder, party games need to take place in the classroom and not the hallway. Parking is extremely limited and the shuttle will be running from Concord Trinity United Methodist Church at 5275 S. Lindbergh. Thank you again for all of your help to make our party a success.
This week in curriculum-
In math we are finishing up Unit 3 and are going to take our Unit 3 test on Wednesday. The study guide will be coming home tonight and will be due on Wednesday. This test will cover multiplication and division. There will be word problems where students will be asked to write and solve expressions and equations with multiplication, division, and variables for the unknown. There will also be in/out function pattern boxes.
In English language arts we are finishing up our revising and editing of our realistic fiction pieces and are going to begin publishing them! They have worked so hard and should be so proud of these writing pieces. We will take a day to share them and celebrate on Monday of next week! In reading we are continuing to work on making inferences in poetry. We will begin working on making inferences in fiction writing next week. With the short week, and Halloween parties, new spelling lists will come home next Monday, and we will have three weeks before the test.
Look for pictures from our Halloween Party on Thursday! Have a great week!
Friday, October 25, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Revising with the lens of transitions
Students began revising with different lenses today. They will continue revising with the lens of setting, word choice, showing emotion, and creating believable characters over the next few days. 
Monday, October 21, 2013
Updates
This is Red Ribbon Week:
Monday, 10/21-”Celebrate a Drug free Life”
Students receive red ribbons to wear promoting our theme during the week.
Tuesday, 10/22-”Wear Blue Day”
Wear blue to show that drugs will give you the blues!
Wednesday, 10/23-”Wear Green Day”
Wear green today because the grass is greener on the drug-free side.
Thursday, 10/24-”Wear Red Day”--- This is also Cardinal's Day
Wear red to show you believe in being drug-free!
Friday, 10/25-”Wear Orange Day”
Wear orange today. Orange you glad you are drug-free?
Report Cards-
Report cards will be sent home via district e-mail this Thursday or Friday. Please make sure to be watching for this in your inbox at the end of the week. Feel free to print a copy and bring it to our conference next week.
SPTG updates:
Tonight is the final Sappington Family Dining Out event: Our 5th graders are hosting Culver's Night to raise money for their 5th grade party. Sappington 5th graders will be happily serving you burgers, fries, ice cream treats and of course, the all-important cheese curds. Culver's has lots of healthy options as well! Remember: visit the Culver's at Big Bend and I-44 (by Sam's Club) for this special event!!
Wednesday, 10/23, is the pick-up day for Great American. Please plan to pick up your fundraiser items between 3 pm and 7 pm Wednesday.
This week in curriculum:
In math we are finishing up learning about our multiplication and division strategies to solve for our facts. We will be taking our quiz over multiplication and division strategies, word problems, and properties tomorrow. Study guides went home last Thursday, and are due tomorrow. We will then begin Chapter 9 where we learn to write multiplication and division expressions and equations.
In english language arts, we are continuing to learn about making inferences. We are learning to make inferences in poetry. In writing we are continuing to draft and revise our fictional narratives. We are narrowing our revising to endings, making sure it all fits together, and making sure our characters seem real to our readers. We will have our spelling test this Friday. Tic Tac Toes are also due on Friday.
One week until conferences! I look forward to meeting with all of you! Have a great week!
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Author visit
Our class got to meet and listen to the author of the Janitor's series, Tyler Whitesides, today! 
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Updates!
Welcome back from a wonderful weekend! I hope you all enjoyed it! This Friday is the final day of first quarter. Our class has worked so hard and learned so much this year already! Friday is also a half day. Students will be dismissed at 11:50. Tuesday night is P’sghetti’s Night fundraiser. If you are free for dinner on Tuesday, please try to stop by and eat at P'sghetti's to help benefit Sappington. We will also have an author's visit on Thursday, October 17th.
This week in curriculum:
We are continuing to learn about strategies to help us solve multiplication and division problems through 12's. Your child should be using a strategy to help them solve until they can memorize their facts. A great website they all enjoy for multiplication practice is multiplication.com. We will also be learning about multiplication properties and solving word problems with multiplication and division. We will take our chapter 8 quiz next Monday, October 21st.
In communication arts, we are continuing to draft and revise our realistic fictional narratives. We are studying the way that authors use leads to revise our own leads. We are also studying the way author's use dialogue to show action for a character and revising and editing our dialogue. In reading we are continuing to work on making inferences. We are going to begin looking at making inferences in poetry this week.
Have a great week!
This week in curriculum:
We are continuing to learn about strategies to help us solve multiplication and division problems through 12's. Your child should be using a strategy to help them solve until they can memorize their facts. A great website they all enjoy for multiplication practice is multiplication.com. We will also be learning about multiplication properties and solving word problems with multiplication and division. We will take our chapter 8 quiz next Monday, October 21st.
In communication arts, we are continuing to draft and revise our realistic fictional narratives. We are studying the way that authors use leads to revise our own leads. We are also studying the way author's use dialogue to show action for a character and revising and editing our dialogue. In reading we are continuing to work on making inferences. We are going to begin looking at making inferences in poetry this week.
Have a great week!
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Making inferences
We learned to make inferences, by putting items in bags, writing clues, and using clues and what we know to figure out what is in them. 
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