Read aloud chapter 14

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Enjoy the winter break!

Senses Poems

Author Celebration

This Thursday we will have a writers celebration in our classroom from 8:30-9:00.

All families are invited to attend. We will be viewing a slide show that the class made using poetry written by the students. Students will also have a chance to share some of their writing from this school year.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at:

nealw@shorecrest.org

Weekly Update (12/12-12/16)

Math-

Lessons covered:

5.2 Reading, Writing, and Ordering Numbers

5.3 Place Value to Millions

5.4 Application: The U.S. Census

The math tests are graded and will go home on Thursday.

Language Arts-

We will read selections from the Voices reading series this week.

There is no vocabulary or spelling this week.

Visit the links for some practice with words from previous weeks.

Science-

We will continue studying forces and motion and continue working with the "KNex" building materials.

Social Studies-

This week we will continue our study of the native tribes of Florida.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at nealw@shorecrest.org

Weekly Update (12/5-12/9)

Math-

Lessons covered:

Unit Four Review

5.1 Place Value through Ten-Thousands

5.2 Reading, Writing, and Ordering Numbers

The Unit Four test will be Tuesday (12/6).

Language Arts-

The vocabulary will come from Wordly Wise this week.

The vocabulary test will be Friday (12/9).

The spelling theme this week is "prefixes (pre-, re-, un-)."

Click on the link below the spelling list

for some practice games with the spelling words.

There will be a spelling test on Friday (12/9).

Science-

We will continue studying forces and motion and continue working with the "KNex" building materials.

Social Studies-

This week we will continue our study of the native tribes of Florida.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at nealw@shorecrest.org

Weekly Update (11/28-12/2)

Math-

Lessons covered:

4.7 "Baseball Multiplication"

4.8 Exploring Arrays and Facts

4.9 Estimating Distances with a Map Scale

4.10 "A Coin-Toss Experiment"

The Unit Four test will be next Tuesday (12/6).

Language Arts-

We will read selections from the Voices reading series this week.

The vocabulary will come from Wordly Wise this week.

The vocabulary test will be next Friday (12/9).

The spelling theme this week is "double ff, ll, ss."

Click on the link below the spelling list

for some practice games with the spelling words.

There will be a spelling test on Friday (12/2).

Science-

We will continue studying forces and motion and continue working with the "KNex" building materials.

Social Studies-

This week we will continue our study of the native tribes of Florida.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at nealw@shorecrest.org

Weekly Update (11/14-11/18)

Math-

Lessons covered:

4.1 Multiples of Equal Groups

4.2 Multiplication Arrays

4.3 Equal Shares and Equal Groups

4.4 Division Ties to Multiplication

Language Arts-

We will read selections from the Voices reading series this week.

The vocabulary will come from Wordly Wise this week.

The vocabulary test will be Friday (11/18).

The spelling theme this week is "compound words." Eighteen words were given in class, and the students each added two self-selected words.

Click on the link below the spelling list

for some practice games with the spelling words.

There will be a spelling test on Friday (11/18).

Science-

We will continue studying forces and motion and introduce the "KNex" building materials.

Social Studies-

This week we will continue our study of the native tribes of Florida (Tequesta).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at nealw@shorecrest.org

Poetry in the Park

Poetry in the Park was a HUGE success this morning. The children all did an outstanding job, and I have been told by many people that it was one of the best Poetry in the Park performances that they have seen.

If you missed it, here is a video clip:

Untitled from Neal Wolfrath on Vimeo.

Weekly Update (11/8-11/11)

Math-

Lessons covered:

4.1 Multiples of Equal Groups

4.2 Multiplication Arrays

4.3 Equal Shares and Equal Groups

4.4 Division Ties to Multiplication

Language Arts-

We will read selections from the Voices reading series this week.

The vocabulary will come from Wordly Wise this week.

The vocabulary test will be next Friday (11/18).

There is no spelling this week.

Click on the link below the spelling list

 for some practice games with past spelling words.

Science-

We will continue studying forces and motion.

Social Studies-

This week we will continue our study of the native tribes of Florida (Timucua).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at nealw@shorecrest.org

Weekly Update (10/31-11/4)

Math-

Lessons covered:

3.9 Diameter and Circumference (cont.) Unit 3 review

The Unit 3 Math test will be on Wednesday morning (11/2).

Language Arts-

We will read selections from the Voices reading series this week.

The vocabulary will come from Wordly Wise this week.

The vocabulary test will be Friday (11/4).

The spelling this week will be "doubling (part 2)."

Click on the link below the spelling list

for some practice games with the spelling words.

There will be a spelling test on Friday (11/4).

Science-

We will continue studying forces and motion.

Social Studies-

This week we will continue our study of the native tribes of Florida (Timucua).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at nealw@shorecrest.org

Weekly Update (10/24-10/28)

Math-

Lessons covered:

3.7 Area

3.8 Number Models for Area

3.9 Diameter and Circumference

The Unit 3 Math test will be on next Wednesday, November 2 (11/2).

Language Arts-

We will read selections from the Voices reading series this week.

The vocabulary will come from Wordly Wise this week.

The vocabulary test will be next Friday (11/4).

The spelling this week will be "silent -e."

Click on the link below the spelling list

for some practice games with the spelling words.

There will be a spelling test on Friday (10/28).

Science-

We will conclude our study of simple machines and begin studying forces and motion.

Social Studies-

This week we will continue our study of the native tribes of Florida (Tequesta).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at nealw@shorecrest.org

Weekly Update (10/17-10/21)

Math-

Lessons covered:

3.3 Standard Linear Measures

3.4 Perimeter

3.5 A Pattern-Block Toss Experiment

3.6 Exploring Perimeter and Area

Language Arts-

We will read selections from the Voices reading series this week.

The vocabulary will come from our science unit about Simple Machines this week.

The vocabulary test will be this Tuesday (10/18).

The spelling this week will be "doubling rule."

Click on the link below the spelling list

for some practice games with the spelling words.

There will be a spelling test on Friday (10/21).

Science-

We will conclude our study of simple machines and begin studying forces and motion.

Social Studies-

This week we will continue our study of the native tribes of Florida (Calusa).

There will be a short quiz on the Calusa tribe on Thursday (10/20). Students will be able to use the passage that we have been studying in class.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at nealw@shorecrest.org