Newsletter-Condra

 

STAR STUDENTS FOR DECEMBER:

 

Matthew Kalichak – December 9

Paisley Shoch – December 16

WEEK OF 12/2/13 – 12/6/13:

Dear Parents,

 

Christmas is upon us!! The students are working so hard creating Christmas writings, poetry, ornaments, and art!

Feel free to come in the day of the Christmas Party on the 20th! We will have a short fun snack,bible story, and share time from 10:20-11:15 a.m. This day is an early dismissal day.

The end of the nine weeks is approaching quickly .  These next two weeks are crucial. Homework, quizzes, and tests will still be in the mix of this Christmas season so keep studying and reading each night. Remember, daily math drill practice with multiplication and division  helps your student succeed each day during math drills.

 

If you need to contact me please email me directly at:  rcondra@mtparanschool.com

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Condra

 

Week in Review 10/28-11/1:

 

 

 

Bible- Walking in Love and Born Again.  Verse- Isaiah 60:1

 

Social Studies-Scholastic News

 

Science-  Chapter 2- Test on Tuesday, October 29.  Scientific Method Lab with Mrs. Bunn’s class on Friday.

 

Spelling- Unit 11-vowel sounds in the word lawn. We will continue our look at the roots, scrib and scrip.  

 

Reading- Finish Main Idea and begin to study the skill of sequencing

 

English- Friendly letter/Types of sentences, complete subject and complete predicate. Test over Shurley English Chapter 2 Friday.

 

 

 

 

 

Week in Review:  10/22/13 – 10/25/13:

Bible –Building on the Rock/ I am statements/Walking in Love  Verse- Proverbs 15:29

Social Studies -  None due to Science unit

Science- Chapter 2 How different animals live, grow, and change

                   Vocabulary- trait, vertebrate, larva, pupa, adaptation, inherited, migrate, hibernate

                    Test on Science Chapter 2 Tuesday, October 29th

Spelling – Unit 10-  Test and Dictation on Friday; This week we will add in a new Latin root word to help us increase our vocabulary comprehension. Our focus words will be “scribe” and “script”.

Reading-  Main Idea/ Text Elements

English – Finish chapter 2 in Shurley English/Organization  in writing

 

 

Week in Review:  10/14/13 – 10/18/13:

 

PIP’s will NOT go home Tuesday 10/15/13.  PIP’s will be sent home Tuesday 10/22/13. The children will come to school MONDAY & TUESDAY this week ONLY.  I look forward to speaking with everyone Wednesday & Thursday at your conference time.

 

Week in Review:  9/30/13 – 10/4/13:

Bible – Beatitudes/Salt and Light/Building on the Rock  Verse- John 14:6

Social Studies -  Chapter 2-Features of Our Land test on Tuesday.  Study the pink study guide.

Vocabulary:

landform     geography     erosion     climate     coast     desert     region     environment     natural resources     renewable resources

non renewable resources

Spelling – Unit 9-  Test and Dictation on Friday

Reading-  Main Idea/The students will be learning about how to complete a reading contract.  They will use the book  I Survived to help learn the steps to complete the projects in the reading contract.

English – Friendly letter- keying in on parts and writing complete sentences/  Ideas in writing

 

Week in Review:  9/30/13 – 10/4/13:

Bible – Beatitudes/Salt and Light/Building on the Rock  Verse- 1 Corinthians 3:11

Social Studies -  Chapter 2-Features of Our Land test on Tuesday.  Please look for a study guide on Friday.

Vocabulary:

landform     geography     erosion     climate     coast     desert     region     environment     natural resources     renewable resources

non renewable resources

Spelling – Unit 8- Three-Letter Clusters/ Test and Dictation on Friday

Reading-  Main Idea/The students will be learning about how to complete a reading contract.  They will use the book  I Survived to help learn the steps to complete the projects in the reading contract.

English – Friendly letter- keying in on parts and writing complete sentences/  Ideas in writing

 

 

Week in Review: 9/23/13-9/27/13: 

 

Bible – Jesus calls eight more disciples/Spiritual growth/Beatitudes   We are learning a poem to help memorize the disciples’ names.  Ask your student about it.  Verse- Matthew 5:16

 

 

 

Social Studies – Scholastic News/We are beginning chapter 2-Features of Our Land

 

Vocabulary:

 

landform     geography     erosion     climate     coast     desert     region     environment     natural resources     renewable resources

 

non renewable resources

 

 

 

Spelling – Unit 7- long vowel sounds/ Test and Dictation on Friday

 

 

 

Reading-  Charlotte’s Web- We will complete the novel this week.  The students will have an open book test on Friday.  There will not be a study guide due to it being an open book test.  Review main ideas.

 

 

 

English – Friendly letter- keying in on parts and writing complete sentences/Synonym and Antonym review/Chapter 2-

 

Week in Review 9/16/13-9/20/13: 

Bible – The first four disciples respond to Jesus and grow in faith/Jesus calls eight more disciples.  Verse- Luke 6:40

Science –  Plants - Chapter 1 test on Tuesday, September 17.  The students received their study guides on Monday.  The guides may be found the science section of your student’s binder.

Science Vocabulary

system

deciduous

pollinate

coniferous

seed leaf

germinate

seedling

fossil

extinct

 

Social Studies – map skills

 

Spelling – Unit 6- the words are a review of units 1-5/ Test and Dictation on Friday

 

Reading-  Charlotte’s Web- Chapters 14-17; During the reading we are discussing how to use context clues to define words, making predictions about the events, and elaborating a character sketch of Charlotte.  In addition, we will be answering comprehension questions.

 

English – Friendly letter- keying in on parts and writing complete sentences/Writing sentences with the following parts of speech- article adjective, adjectives, noun, verb, and adverbs/Review parts of speech/Grandparent’s Day cards

 

Newsletter for 9/9/13-9/13/13:

Spelling: list 5, test Friday
 
Language
            Shurley: Chapter 2- classifying simple sentence
            Reading: Charlotte’s Web
            Skill: Main Idea/Inference
 
 
Bible:
·          The First Four Disciples
·         Memory Verse Due this Friday.  Isaiah 6:8
 
Writing:
·         Writing Traits:   Continue to study the writing trait IDEAS- We have read The Hickory Chair and now we will produce our on writing based on the ideas trait modeled.
 
Social Studies: Continue to practice map skills; focus will be on Science
 
Science: Plants and Organisms of GA Chapter 1

PLEASE continue practicing 0-18 Addition and Subtraction Facts.  Timed quizzes have started! Many students have already started multiplication facts:)!

 

Newsletter for 9/2/13-9/6/13:

 
Spelling: list 4, test Friday
 
Language
            Shurley: Chapter 2
            Reading: Charlotte’s Web
            Skill: Main Idea/Inference
 
 
Bible:
·          Jesus Prepares for Ministry
·         Memory Verse Due this Friday. Matthew 3:17
 
 
Writing:
·         Writing Traits:   Continue to study the writing trait IDEAS
 
Social Studies: None; focus will be on Science
 
Science: Plants and Organisms of GA

PLEASE continue practicing 0-18 Addition and Subtraction Facts.  Timed quizzes have started! Many students have already started multiplication facts:)!

 

Newsletter for 8/26/13-8/30/13:

 
Spelling: list 3, test Friday
 
Language:
Shurley: Applying
·         Capitalization and Punctuation Rules
·         Classifying parts of Speech. (SN V ADJ ADV)
·         Reviewing question and answer flow
·         Syn/Ant
·         Analogy Review
·         4 types of sentences
·         Jingles 2-7
 
Reading: Novel Introduction: Charlotte’s Web
Skill: Main Idea/Inference
Students will be learning how to use the new novel contract.  This novel will be read by most students, and they will learn how to choose higher level thinking activities that are on the contract.  They will learn my expectations of the contract, and the level of effort I will expect them to put forth on each assignment they choose each day.
After much training,  each child will then choose their own novel to focus on during novel center time.
 
Bible:
·          Jesus’ Birth and Childhood
·         Memory Verse Due this Friday. LUKE 2:4
 
 
Writing:
·         Writing Traits:   INTRODUCING IDEAS
 
Social Studies:
·          Tuesday we will test our first unit in Social Studies!  It is chapter 1.  (Communities). We will then begin our Science unit on the scientific method.
 
 Bible:  Bible Verse: Luke 2:40

 

Week of August 19

Math:   Math 4 Today (Quiz on Friday), problem solving strategies, and review 2nd grade concepts.  We will begin our first study on Number

Sense next week.

Bible:  Jesus in the beginning. Memory verse quiz this Friday. The students will be quizzed orally and through a fill in the blank (Cloze) activity.

 

Science:  High Touch High Tech this Tuesday August 20, 2013.  “GEORGIAOLOGY”

 

Social Studies:  Chapter 1 Communities- We will finish our study on this chapter Friday, review concepts on Monday and test on Tuesday. I will send home a study guide for the chapter 1 test on Thursday of this week.

 

Writing:  Basic Paragraphs, Friendly Letters

 

Spelling – List 2 test on Friday. The children did GREAT on their first test last week!! Keep up the great study habits.

 

Shurley English:  Jingles Review,Capitalization, punctuation review, synonyms and antonyms, and word analogies

 

PLEASE begin practicing 0-18 Addition and Subtraction Facts.  Timed quizzes have started!