 Thank you to all the wonderful parents who volunteered their time last week to proctor for TCAP tests
TCAP pep rally is this Friday afternoon at 2:30pm in the gym.
Mark your calendars... there is no school on Tuesday, May 8. It is a teacher inservice day.
Looking ahead... Field trip to Tipton Haynes Historical Site is Monday, May 21st and our Appalachian Lunch is Tuesday, May 22nd. More information coming soon!
ReLaTeD aRtS
Monday ~ Music-Have a song in your heart, dance in your step
Tuesday ~ Art- Dress for a mess, just in case of course
Wednesday ~ Guidance- Be prepared to share, mon frere
Thursday ~ Library- Don't forget those library books
Friday ~ P.E.- Sneakers please, unless you want to go barefoot
sPeLLiNg
REGULAR
1. gem
2. gym
3. cage
4. gel
5. urge
6. germ
7. edge
8. giant
9. ridge
10. orange
11. margin
12. gentle
CHALLENGE
1. judge
2. energy
3. budget
4. giraffe
5. allergy
6. legend
7. original
8. strategy
9. bridge
10. apology
11. imagine
12. dangerous
SIGHT WORDS - Everyone
13. usually
14. swimming
15. summer break
VoCaBuLaRy
1. mural
2. pride
3. project
4. scene
5. sketches
6. landscape
7. critique
MaTh
In math we are learning multiplication and division strategies. Students will continue to practice skip counting, counting sets, repeated addition related to multiplication facts, drawing diagrams, and making arrays.
ReAdInG
During reading and literacy centers, students are going to focus on informational text, text features, and research questions. From Seed to Plant will be our main focus... students will also have the opportunity to read and explore a variety of books about plants, trees, and seeds. I will be spending the time assessing the students on their final "Reading 3D" palm pilot test. By this time of the year, students should score at or above a "24" which is equivalent to a 2.9 or end of 2nd grade reading level.
LaNgUaGe
Our last unit in language arts focuses on agreement within sentences. Students need to be able to identify all the following parts of speech within a sentence: article, noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, and adverb. They should be able to write and interpret sentence that have/do not have agreement. The dog barks loudly, has agreement. The cats meows loudly, does not have agreement. This is more difficult for the students when using the being/helping verbs: am, is, are, was, were, have, has and had. As we progress we'll also look at agreement when using homophones, words with prefixes, and words with suffixes.
ThEmE
In theme, we are focusing on plants, parts of plants, germination, and life cycles. Reading and social studies will be integrated and students will have the opportunity to research, experiment, and write about plants.
School related information can be located on:
Towne Acres Elementary Webpage
Information regarding the school system, code of conduct, general policies and questions can be located on:
Johnson City Schools Webpage
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What's for Lunch?
Awesome April BiRtHdAyS
Aiden- 4/5
WISE THOUGHTS TO TAKE HOME AND PONDER...
Package of Seeds
They can't see their pictures,
they can't read the label --
the seeds in a package --
so how are they able
to know if they're daisies
or green for the table?
It sounds like a fancy,
it sounds like a fable,
but you do the sowing,
the weeding, the hoeing,
and they'll do the knowing
of how to be growing.
Aileen Fisher
Ciao for now.
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