Week of Oct. 14th-18th

Team Urban,

 Our ELA focus this week will be:

• Writing: Imaginative narrative (this will be for a report card grade)
• Unit 1 Reading Benchmark test 
• NO SPELLING THIS WEEK

Math:

• Topic 4-Relationship between Multiplication and Division

Science: Moon Phases Gizmo

Dates to Remember: 

10.24 - Make-Up Pictures (CSC)

10.26 - Make a Difference Day

10.31 - Halloween Party 12-1 in class

11.01 - No School: Teacher Work Day

Have a great week Team Urban! 

Oct. 7th - 11th

Team Urban,

Progress Reports went home today.  Please sign and return the paper on Monday.  Thank you!

10.07 - 11: Spirit Week is here! 

Monday - Matching Monday 

Tuesday - Tubular Tuesday (Dress like you live at the beach) 

Wednesday - Sports Day

Thursday - Throwback Thursday

Friday - Disney Day Friday

Birthday Food: The school board recently approved not allowing food treats for students at school. However, you can still send non-food items to all of our classmates.

AR Goals:  Students should be at 70% of their AR goal today.  The cut-off for trimester 1 is November 1st.  There are only 4 more weeks of the trimester. You may have received a separate email if your child is behind on their AR goal.

This Week:

ELA:

-Begin reading the non-fiction text The Moon Seems to Change

-Main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text

-Text features

-Writing: Continue Imaginative Narrative 
-Spelling: V/CV, VC/V

Spelling words: (see below)
Long e sound spelled -ee, -ea 

Science:
Using Gizmo to further analyze the phases of the moon 

MATH:

-Begin Topic 4 Use Multiplication to Divide

Homework:
-20 min. of nightly reading each night (4 entries in the reading log).
-Fact Practice due each day

Dates to Remember: 

10.10 - Great California Shakeout

10.11 - Lions’ Picnic Movie Night 

10.17 - Make-Up Pictures (CSC)

10.26 - Make a Difference Day (opportunity for community service hours) 

Have a great week Team Urban!  

Sept. 30th - Oct. 4th

Team Urban,

Birthday Food: It was recently approved at the School board meeting to no longer allow food treats for students at school.  You can still send non-food items to all of our classmates.

AR Goals:  Students should be at 60% of their AR goal today.  The cut-off for trimester 1 is November 1st.  There are only 5 more weeks of the trimester. You may have received a separate email if your child is behind on their AR goal.

This Week:

ELA:

-Begin reading non-fiction text About Earth

-Main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text

-Text features

-Writing: Begin Imaginative Narrative 
-Spelling: V/CV, VC/V

Spelling words:
1. finish
2. pilot
3. even
4. wagon
5. music
6. silent
7. rapid
8. female
9. lemon
10. pupil
11. focus
12. robot
13. tulip
14. camel
15. salad
Challenge Words:
16. resident
17. spinach
18. climate
19. tradition
20. innocent

Science:
Continue learning about how weather affects tree growth 

MATH:

-Continue Topic 3 Properties of Multiplication (Test Friday)

Homework:
-20 min. of nightly reading each night (4 entries in the reading log).
-Fact Practice due each day

Dates to Remember: 

10.07 - 11: Spirit Week

Spirit Week Is Coming! OCT. 7th - 11th. 

Monday - Matching Monday 

Tuesday - Tubular Tuesday (Dress like you live at the beach) 

Wednesday - Sports Day

Thursday - Throwback Thursday

Friday - Disney Day Friday

10.10 - Great California Shakeout

10.11 - Lions’ Picnic Movie Night 

10.17 - Make-Up Pictures (CSC)

10.26 - Make a Difference Day (opportunity for community service hours) 

Have a great week Team Urban! 

Week of Sept. 23rd-27th

 Team Urban,

We had fun finishing up our thunder and lightning unit with actual thunder and lightning today, and a fun science demonstration to resemble clouds rain, and lightning. As you can see from the pictures below, they also had fun touching it because of shaving cream!

We also had our first House Rally and a couple of students from Perseverance were chosen by Student Council for a fun game.

Homework:
-Due on Friday: (4 entries) in Reading Log   
-Due Daily: Fact Practice
-Remember to study spelling words based on your child's pretest.

ELA:
-Begin reading: Treasure in the Trees
-Identify the main idea in stories or articles, and discuss how writers use details, text features, and illustrations to convey the main idea. 
-Spelling: related words (see below)

-Science Gizmo: Measuring Tree Growth 

Math: 
-Topic 3: Apply Properties of Multiplication (Distributive and Associative Properties of Multiplication)

Dates to Remember: 

09.30 - Lions’ Picnic Movie Night 

10.07 - 11 Spirit Week

10.16-Make-Up Pictures (YBC) 

10.17-Make-Up Pictures (CSC)

10.17-Great California Shakeout

10.26-Make a Difference Day

Have a great week Team Urban!

Week of Sept. 16th-20th

 Team Urban,

I hope you are all safe and well-rested. Let's try this again

THIS WEEK:

Read and respond to Thunder Cake story (see below to play)

ELA:
-Reading Thunder Cake story 
-Reading Test on Friday on vocabulary and concepts learned from Thunder Cake story.
Spelling words: endings -ed, -ing, -er, -est (see below)

Math: Finish Topic 2 (test Thursday)

Science: Thunder and Lightning

Dates to Remember: 

• Friday, September 20th: ELA Thunder Cake Test, Spelling Test, 

Homework:

• Read 20 minutes and track it on the Reading Log due every Friday

• Study Spelling Words that were missed on Monday's Pretest

• Math Fact Practice 1/2 sheet due every day

Week of Sept. 9th-13th

Team Urban,

Students finished up a chapter book called The Case of the Gasping Garbage.  In honor of the storyline about science detective work, we had a fun experiment today called elephant toothpaste.  See the link below and pictures for directions and explanations. 

THIS WEEK:

Read and respond to Thunder Cake story (see below to play)

ELA:
-Reading Thunder Cake story 
-Reading Test on Friday on vocabulary and concepts learned from Thunder Cake story.
Spelling words: endings -ed, -ing, -er, -est (see below)

Math: Finish Topic 2 (test Friday)

Science: Thunder and Lightning

Dates to Remember: 

• Friday, September 17th: ELA Thunder Cake Test, Spelling Test, Math Topic 2 test

Homework:

• Read 20 minutes and track it on the Reading Log due every Friday

• Study Spelling Words that were missed on Monday's Pretest

• Math Fact Practice 1/2 sheet due every day

Science Experiment (Elephant Toothpaste)

Week of Sept. 2-6

Team Urban,

We just completed our first Math Topic test and the class scored an average of 84%. They earned some extra recess this afternoon.  I am proud of the growth they have made in multiplication and division. 

Homework: Each week your child should be reading for at least 80 minutes (20 minutes each night and record it in their reading log).  The other nightly homework will be math fact practice. 

ELA:

• Finish reading The Case of the Gasping Garbage  (see below for link)
• Continue discussing how readers understand the characters' motivations and the effects of their actions, as well as how writers write about characters and show the sequence of events in a story.
• Conventions: functions of a verb and irregular verbs.  
• Spelling words (plural nouns) see below

Math: 

Begin Topic 2 Using Multiplication Facts and Patterns

Dates to Remember 

Monday, September 2 - No School - Labor Day

Friday, September 5 - Picture Day (envelopes went home)

See below for spelling words and fun links to science and language arts videos.