Monday, May 25, 2015
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Plays of Week #37
Reminders for the Upcoming Week
***Please continue to send in Team Meyer's Backpacks. We will be taking things home a little each day.
***Please send in the lunch form for the last day of school as soon as possible.
***Report cards will be sent home this week.
Monday 5/18 = H - Wear a Hat day in 4th grade
Kindergarten Promotion 6-7 pm
Tuesday 5/19 = 5th Grade Celebration 6-7 pm
Wednesday 5/20 = Last Day of School!
Panther Pride Assembly at 9:05 am
Field Day at 10:00 am
Big Event at 10:40 am
Dismissal at 1:35 pm
Rest of the Week and Summer = Enjoy the Summer!
Reading = We brainstormed our Summer Reading Plans last week. Please ask your child what they came up with for this summer. (pictures of the examples below) The packets will be sent home this week and if Team Meyer returns them in the fall filled in they will receive a prize from the 4th grade teachers. We are hoping it will promote more reading over the summer which will in turn help them be more successful within 5th grade. They do not need to read in all 100 places, but rather there are some ideas to mix up their reading routine this summer.
Writing = Please check Team Meyer's letters to the future 4th graders for next year. We reflected on activities and projects we have worked on this year. My favorite part was the advice they came up for the kids next year. This week we are going to finish up our Team Meyer Memory book and read a letter we wrote to ourselves at the very beginning of the school year.
Spelling = We will not have any more Spelling words this year. Team Meyer took their spelling things home on Friday.
Content = This week we will be working with some of our last team building experiences as Team Meyer.
Highlights of the Week...
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Plays of Week #36
Reminders for the Upcoming Week
Monday 5/11 = End of the Year Spelling test and Finish end of the year Writing Prompt
Summer Spelling Test words will be sent home
We will have a "Countdown to Fifth Grade"...
Tuesday 5/12 = (F) - bring your Favorite stuffed animal in
Wednesday 5/13 = (I) - I love Portland! Wear a Portland shirt or a red shirt
Thursday 5/14 = (F) - wear your Favorite Color day
Friday 5/15 = (T) - Team spirit day - wear a jersey or t-shirt
Monday 5/18 = (H) - Hat day Kindergarten Promotion 6-7pm
Tuesday 5/19 = 5th Grade Celebration 6-7pm
Wednesday 5/20 = Last Day of School
- Panther Pride Assembly at 9:05 am
- Field Day at 10:00 am
- Big Event at 10:40 am
- Dismissal at 1:35 pm
Reading = This week we will be wrapping up the end of the year reading testing. Team Meyer has been working extremely hard to reach their goals. We are also thinking about Fact and Opinion to support our last writing unit of the year.
Writing = Our Opinion writing unit goes really well with our end of the year writing prompt. The students have to weigh facts about technology in the classroom. They are publishing these pieces tomorrow as well as working on their personal opinion piece later this week.
Math = Tomorrow we are completing our Dream Houses. I think this is Team Meyer's favorite project all year! Please check out the pictures below of the planning and calculations they have been making so far. We are also going to put them in the hallway for all to enjoy so please be sure to check them out. Later this week, we will be reviewing fractions.
Spelling = We are taking our end of the year spelling test to see where Team Meyer has grown within their overall spelling year. There will be a "Summer Word List" that will be sent home Monday and we will work with these words this week.
Content = We will do many team building reflections this week and next throughout our content time. As we wrap up the year it is a great time to make goals for the summer and future as well.
Highlights of the Week...
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Plays of Week #35
Reminders for the Upcoming Week
- We will be doing end of the year testing for Reading, Writing, and Math this week so please make sure your child is in attendance and well rested.
Monday 5/4 = Spelling Test (make-up from last week) and new words being sent home
**All Library books due as soon as possible**
Wednesday 5/6 = Nurse's Day - Thank you to Nurse Sandra!
Thursday 5/7 = Flat Stanley visits Portland and Miss Guthrie's Last Day with Team Meyer
Friday 5/8 = Spelling Test
Reading = This week we will be wrapping up Inferences and Unit 3. We will begin our final unit of strategy focuses which includes looking at Cause and Effects, Fact or Opinion, and an Author's Point of View and Purpose. On Wednesday, we will begin with Cause and Effect while analyzing the story entitled Beach Safety together as a class.
Writing= Last week, we participated in the "Great Mail Race" because we received a letter from a previous teammate of Team Meyer who now lives in Tennessee - Levi. We wrote back to him as well as wrote to a state/elementary of our own choice (check out the pictures below). We are hoping we get some letters back before the end of the year to learn more about the states/schools we wrote to. Team Meyer did an excellent job writing their letters and addressing their envelopes to the schools. This week we will begin our last writing unit - Opinion Writing as well as begin our end of the year writing prompt.
Spelling = Last week's spelling test had to be postponed because we had an assembly when we returned from our Field Trip on Friday. We will plan on testing tomorrow. Then we will also be getting new words tomorrow and testing on Friday (like normal). It is hard to believe we only have this week and next week left for Spelling.
Math= This week, we will be reviewing and enhance our Geometry skills and vocabulary. We will work on our Geometry journals and be working on our "Dream Houses". Towards the end of the week, we will be testing over the Geometry concepts for this quarter. I am excited for Team Meyer to hear about our "Dream House" project as we work with area and perimeter. It is something I think they will really enjoy and get enthusiastic about while doing math calculations!
Content = We will be reflecting on our Field Trip from last week! Please check out the pictures below and ask your child about it. Team Meyer and Team Eaton did a great job while we were there and viewed/learned a lot of unique things in the process.
Highlights of the Week...
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Plays of Week #34
Reminders for the Upcoming Week
***Turn in Permission Slips and $2 for Admission as soon as possible**
Monday 4/27 = New Spelling Words
Tuesday 4/28 = Last Library Check-out of the Year
Friday 5/1 = All Library books need to be returned
Spelling Test
Field Trip to Mansfield
Panther Pride Assembly
Reading = At the end of the week, we used Summarizing as our focus. Team Meyer used the non-fiction piece called Seahorses to state the most important aspects of what they read. This week we will also move into an Inferencing focus using The Story of King Midas which some may be familiar with.
Writing = Last week, we worked on reflecting on our last writing unit as well as an Earth Day writing piece. This week, we will practice some editing strategies, rejuvenate our idea banks, and work towards one of our final writing units together.
Spelling = After two weeks off with MAP testing, we are ready to hit our spelling for another couple of weeks. New words will be sent home on Monday and we will test on Friday.
Math = Last week, we reviewed for and completed the Mathematics section of the MAP test. Team Meyer worked very hard while working through the problems, showing their work, and checking over answers. This week we will begin to review concepts we have touched on earlier in the year. One topic that we began to recall was two digit multiplication and the most efficient ways to solve those problems. We will mix these in with geometry aspects as well.
Content = We will be reviewing and exploring more about the Famous Missourian = Laura Ingalls Wilder. Please feel free to check out the links below which we will be looking at this week while reading Little House on the Prairie. On Friday, we have our Field Trip to Mansfield for more hands-on exploration. Please remember to send in the permission slip signed and $2 for admission. Thank you all for your support as always!
Highlights of the Week...
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Plays of Week #33
Reminders for this Week
**Turn in Field Trip Permission Slip and $2 for Field Trip = on May 1st as soon as possible**
**Send in Donation Drive for Castaway Animal Rescue Effort** - for Big Event this Friday
Monday 4/20 = No Spelling for this Week
Tuesday 4/21 = Library Check-out *All books due 5/1
Wednesday 4/22 = Administrative Professional's Day
**Team Meyer Testing**
Thursday 4/23 = **Team Meyer Testing**
Friday 4/24 = Big Event at 1:30 pm
Reading = Team Meyer worked very hard last week throughout the English Language Arts Section of the testing. This week within the classroom, we will begin to look at Summarizing and Making Inferences from what we read. Two stories we will work through together as a class are entitled "Seahorses" and "The Story of King Midas."
Writing = We will be finishing up and publishing our Informational/Explanatory writing piece. Some students have already published and have began the reflection process on how to improve their next writing piece that we will begin later this week.
Math = This week, we will be MAP testing over the Mathematics section on Wednesday and Thursday. Before then, we will be reviewing some concepts to gain more confidence before testing. Later this week, we will be continuing with our Geometry chapter and thinking about Symmetry.
Spelling = There will be no new Spelling words this week due to MAP Testing. We will receive new words starting next week. Be sure to get some extra rest this week to prepare for testing.
Content = Please send in your permission slips and $2 for admission for our Field Trip to Mansfield on May 1st.
Highlights from the Week...
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Plays of Week #32
Reminders for the upcoming week
** Send in Yearbook forms as soon as possible **
Monday 4/13 = No Spelling Words
Tuesday 4/14 = Library Check-out
Wednesday 4/15 = Team Meyer MAP Testing at 9:00 am
Thursday 4/16 = Team Meyer MAP Testing at 9:00 am
Friday 4/17 = No School
Wednesday 4/22 = Team Meyer MAP Math Testing at 9:00 am
Thursday 4/23 = Team Meyer MAP Math Testing at 9:00 am
Friday 4/24 = Big Event
Friday 5/1 = Mansfield Field Trip
Panther Pride Assembly @ 2:30 pm
Reading = This week we will be wrapping up Unit 2 of our strategies: Sequencing, Finding Similarities and Differences, and Predicting. We have been reading some great stories that Team Meyer has been very excited about! We will use the story "The Foster's Family Camping Trip" as an assessment. On Wednesday and Thursday this week we will be MAP Testing over the Communication Arts/English Language Assessment.
Writing = On Friday, we began to edit our Informational/Explanatory Writing Pieces using our check-lists. We will continue this at the beginning of this week. Then we will publish and share our pieces. Please be sure to ask your child where their "Special Place" is and why they chose it.
Spelling = We will not have any new words this week due to the short week and MAP testing. Be sure to get some extra rest.
Math = On Friday, we began Chapter 14 of Geometry. This week, we will continue to explore the Geometry terms: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and learn how to Classify and Draw Angles. Next week, we will be testing over the MAP Math section on Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
Content = Please check-out our recent Nature Unleashed Field Trip to the Springfield Nature Center. We learned so much from our Missouri Department of Conservation friends. It was a great learning experience and we had beautiful weather.
Highlights of the Week...
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