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November 8, 2009 Welcome to MRS. MADISON'S SCHOOLNOTES! REMINDERS November 2009 November 10 - First Quarter Report Cards Released November 11 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (School Closed) November 17 - Science Fair Help Night 6:00 pm November 18 - American Education Week (Parent Visitation, 8:30-11am) November 23 - Mrs. Puglia's Class to Owens Science Center November 24 - Mrs. Madison's Class to Owen's Science Center November 25-27 Thanksgiving Holiday (Schools Closed) November 30 - Ms. Brown's Class to Owens Science Center Parent Conferences: If possible,The fifth grade team would like parents who have a conference scheduled for tomorrow to bring their child. We feel that students should be a part of this important process. Federal Impact Aid Survey: A survey was sent home with each student. It is imperative that student's return this form as soon as possible. This form impacts the amount of federal aid available to the school. Scholastic News: The fifth grade will be using the Scholastic News to reinforce skills in reading, social studies, science, and health. A sample copy of this child friendly news magazine was sent home along with each child. If you have not already done so, please send in $4.50 to cover the cost of the magazine. Language Arts: Our new theme is "Give It All You've Got." We will be reading Michelle Kwan: Heart of a Champion. Students will read to identify the author's purpose for writing and to evaluate what they have read. Evaluate means to make a judgment about the characters, story, and author. Students will use what they have read combined with their thoughts and opinions. We will also distinguish between facts and opinions. A fact is a statement that can be proven either true or false. An opinion is a statement that expresses what someone feels, thinks, or believes. November/December Research Paper: Students will be researching information for their Science Fair research paper during library time. They will be assigned their topics this week. You can best assist by taking your child to the library to find child appropriate books or resources. I would appreciate their bringing in a book on their topic. Essential Vocabulary: deduct, elements, transform, champion, challenge, coach, impatient, artistic, skater, competition, exhibition, presentation, discipline Strategy Vocabulary: autobiography, fact, opinion, evaluate, purpose Spelling & Grammar: Our spelling pattern is compound words. We will also learn to identify common and proper nouns. ☺
Work Habits and Social Skills: Agenda books need to be signed every Friday. Weekly social skills and work habits grades are written in the agenda book by the homeroom teacher. Work Habits grades below an A indicate missing assignments and/or poor organization skills. ------------------------------- October 25, 2009 Welcome to MRS. MADISON'S SCHOOLNOTES! REMINDERS October 29 - Lifetouch Pictures and End of 1st Quarter (This picture will appear in the 2009-2010 yearbook) October 30 - Grading/Teacher Planning (Schools Closed) November 10 - First Quarter Report Cards Released November 11 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (School Closed) November 25-27 Thanksgiving Holiday (Schools Closed) Language Arts: We will be reading the tall tales Paul Bunyan and John Henry. Tall tales have exaggerated characters and events and sometimes explain how natural phenomenon or events came about. After reading, students will summarize in order to explain the most important parts. They will identify words and phrases that helped them to visualize events and also created a humorous or funny mood. October Book Report: Story maps for the October book report are due in class Monday, October 26. Do not send in a written book report. Missing story maps will receive a letter grade reduction for every day the assignment is late. Essential Vocabulary: deeds, hero, heroine, frontier, settler, pioneers, cascaded, protruded, Great Lakes, Grand Canyon, axe, ditch, lantern, cradle, toddler,lumberjack, bunkhouse, haul, exaggerate, confusion, requirements Strategy Vocabulary: tall tale, tradition, summarize Spelling & Grammar: Students will identify words that are related in meaning even though the vowel sound changes from long to short. Example: wise--wisdom Work Habits and Social Skills: Agenda books need to be signed every Friday. Weekly social skills and work habits grades are written in the agenda book by the homeroom teacher. Work Habits grades below an A indicate missing assignments and/or poor organization skills. ☺
Reminder: Please check your child's agenda book for homework assignments. There is reading and/or math homework everyday. When there is no homework in a subject area, we have students write no homework in the agenda book under that subject. October 18, 2009 Welcome to MRS. MADISON'S SCHOOLNOTES! REMINDERS October 19-23 October Book Fair October 20 & 22 Book Fair Family Night 5-9 pm October 20 Cherrydale Fundraiser Pickup 1-5pm October 20-21 FAST Mathematics Test, Grades 3-6 October 29 - Lifetouch Pictures and End of 1st Quarter October 30 - Grading/Teacher Planning (Schools Closed) I enjoyed seeing so many fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and significant others who come out to spend the day with their child. You are truly making a difference. Language Arts: We will continue reading the nonfiction text "Volcanoes." Students will read to categorize and classify information. A category is a group of people, animals, things, or ideas that are alike. To categorize means to find a name describing all the items in a group. To classify meansto arrange similar items into a group. As students read, they will usethe comprehension strategy monitor and clarify. When you monitor, youare checking to make certain that you understand the authors words,phrases, and ideas. When you clarify, you clear up your confusion. Youmay clarify text by rereading and using context clues. Students will identify main idea/supporting details and sequence of events text patterns. Fun Fact: Did you know that Hawaii is the world's largest lava structure? If the Hawaiian volcano Mauna Loa is measured from the sea floor, it is the world's tallest mountain. October Book Report: Please note the following changes to the October book report.Thank you to all students who brought in their mystery book to be approved. Thestory map for the book is due October 26. As a reminder, the book report will bewritten in class by students after I have checked their story map.Please do not have your child turn in a book report. Essential Vocabulary: advancing, spout, summit, magma, crater, crust, eruption, lava, molten Strategy Vocabulary: monitor, clarify, classify, categorize, paraphrase, topic, main idea Spelling & Grammar: Students will identify words with long vowel patterns. Students will study the word roots rupt and struct. A word root is part of a word that has meaning but cannot stand alone. The word root rupt means break or burst. The word root struct means build. We will be identifying singular and plural nouns. A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. Studentswill improve their writing by using conjunctions. A conjunction may beused to join words in a sentence or to join shorter sentences together. Ex: Kansas has many tornadoes. Oklahoma has many tornadoes. Kansas and Oklahoma have many tornadoes. Work Habits and Social Skills: Students need to come to class each day with folders, pencils, homework, and books. Check your child's agenda book on a weekly basis for social skills and work habits grades. Work Habits grades below an A indicate missing assignments and/or poor organization skills. Reminder: Whenstudents are absent they must bring in a written note. When a studentmisses an assignment or test, it is their responsibility to come induring recess to complete the assignment so that it does not result ina grade of zero. -------------------------------------------------- October 11, 2009 Welcome to MRS. MADISON'S SCHOOLNOTES! REMINDERS October 17-19 October Book Fair October 16 - MSTA Convention (School Closed) October 29 - Lifetouch Pictures and End of 1st Quarter October 30 - Grading/Teacher Planning (Schools Closed) Language Arts: This week we are reading nonfiction text called"Volcanoes." Students will be reading to categorize and classify information. A category is a group of people, animals, things, or ideas that are alike. To categorize means to find a name describing all the items in a group. To classify means to arrange similar items into a group. As students read, they will use the comprehension strategy monitor and clarify. When you monitor, you are checking to make certain that you understand the authors words, phrases, and ideas. When you clarify, you clear up your confusion. You may clarify text by rereading and using context clues. Students will continue to analyze clues that help them recognize main idea/supporting details and sequence of events text patterns. October Book Report: Please note the following changes to the October book report. I am asking that students bring in the mystery book they are reading by Thursday, October 15, to be approved. Many students have already checked out books from the school library. The story map for the book is due October 26. The book report will be written in class by students after I have checked their story map. Please do not have your child turn in a book report. Essential Vocabulary: advancing, spout, summit, magma, crater, crust, eruption, lava, molten Strategy Vocabulary: monitor, clarify, classify, categorize, paraphrase, topic, main idea Spelling & Grammar: Students will identify words with long vowel patterns. Students will study the word roots rupt and struct. A word root is part of a word that has meaning but cannot stand alone. The word root rupt means break or burst. The word root struct means build. We will be identifying singular and plural nouns. A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. Students will improve their writing by using conjunctions. A conjunction may be used to join words in a sentence or to join shorter sentences together. Ex: Kansas has many tornadoes. Oklahoma has many tornadoes. Kansas and Oklahoma have many tornadoes. Work Habits and Social Skills: Students need to come to class each day with folders, pencils, homework, and books. Check your child's agenda book on a weekly basis for social skills and work habits grades. Work Habits grades below an A indicate missing assignments and/or poor organization skills. Reminder: When students are absent they must bring in a written note. When a student misses an assignment or test, it is their responsibility to come in during recess to complete the assignment so that it does not result in a grade of zero. ------------------------------- September 28, 2009 Welcome to MRS. MADISON'S SCHOOLNOTES! REMINDERS October 6 - 1st Quarter Progress Reports Released October 7-17 October Book Fair October 16 - MSTA Convention (School Closed) October 29 - Lifetouch Pictures and End of 1st Quarter October 30 - Grading/Teacher Planning (Schools Closed) Language Arts: This week we will be reading "Eye of the Storm." Students will be reading in order to identify how nonfiction text is organized. We will learn signal words that help us identify how the text is organized. The text may be organized by main idea and supporting details, sequence of events or chronological order, and by cause and effect. September Book Report: Book reports are due Wednesday, September 30. Assignments not turned in on time will result in a lower grade for everyday the assignment is late. Students must read an Adventure story that is a chapter book, complete a story map, and follow book report guidelines. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Book Report Dates & Guidelines under Downloads. Essential Vocabulary: collide, rotate, severe, jagged, prairie, sizzling, tornado, funnel cloud Enrichment Activities: With your child, look for weather-related stories in magazines and newspapers that you have at home. Choose one and take turns reading it aloud to each other. If there are photographs with captions, decide together if the caption is necessary and how it helps the reader. A Disaster Plan: Are you prepared in case of a natural disaster? Discuss the types of disasters that could happen and ways to prepare for them. Identify items to include in a home disaster kit, important phone numbers to know and safety procedures to practice. Strategy Vocabulary: sequence of events, text organization, mood, predict, infer, question, main idea, details Spelling & Grammar: Students will identify words with long vowel patterns. We having been learning about simple subjects, simple predicates, complete subjects, and complete predicates. The simple subject is who or what the sentence is about. The predicate refers to the verb. The simple predicate shows action. Example: The boy ran fast. boy - simple subject the boy - complete predicate ran - simple predicate ran fast - complete predicate Students will improve their writing by using conjunctions. A conjunction may be used to join words in a sentence or to join shorter sentences together. Ex: Kansas has many tornadoes. Oklahoma has many tornadoes. Kansas and Oklahoma have many tornadoes. Work Habits and Social Skills: Students need to come to class each day with folders, pencils, homework, and books. Check your child's agenda book on a weekly basis for social skills and work habits grades. Work Habits grades below an A indicate missing assignments and poor organization skills. Reminder: When students are absent they must bring in a written note. When a student misses an assignment or test, it is their responsibility to come in during recess to complete the assignment so that it does not result in a grade of zero. Parents, if you do not have a password to view your child's grades on School Max, contact the parent liason at Mattaponi. ================================= September 15, 2009 Welcome to MRS. MADISON'S SCHOOLNOTES! REMINDERS September 17 - First Day for Beginning Instrumental September 25 - School Closed for Students September 28 - School Closed (Yom Kippur) October 6 - 1st Quarter Progress Reports Released October 7-17 October Book Fair October 16 - MSTA Convention (School Closed) October 29 - Lifetouch Pictures and End of 1st Quarter October 30 - Grading/Teacher Planning (Schools Closed) Language Arts: We are reading Earthquake Terror which is a realistic story about a 12-year-old boy and his 6-year-old disabled sister who are left alone when their parents go to the hospital. Students are using what they already know and clues from what they have read in order to make inferences. Making inferences helps the reader to understand what the author did not state in the text. As students read, they are identifying words that create a mood in the text. We aren’t talking about a character’s mood, but the feeling that the reader gets while reading. He/she might feel happy, sad, peaceful, mysterious, afraid, or excited while reading. September Book Report: The first book report is due September 30. Students must read an Adventure story that is a chapter book, complete a story map, and follow book report guidelines. The story map is to be completed first. Students are to use the story map to write the second paragraph of their book report. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Book Report Dates & Guidelines under Downloads. Essential Vocabulary: debris, impact, shuttered, jolt, fault, devastation Enrichment Activities: Ask your child what he or she already knows about earthquakes. If you have every been in an earthquake, share your experience with your child. Strategy Vocabulary: mood, predict, infer, characters, events, problem, solution Spelling & Grammar: Students are learning how to identify words with the short vowel pattern. Parents, it is important that students have a dictionary and thesaurus at home to aid them with homework and classwork assignments. We are learning about the four types of sentences.
Work Habits and Social Skills: Check your child's agenda book on a weekly basis for social skills and work habits grades. Work Habits grades below an A indicate missing assignments and poor organization skills. ================================= September 7, 2009 Welcome to MRS. MADISON'S SCHOOLNOTES! REMINDERS September 8 - Camp Schmidt Permission Slips Due & Money Past Due Parent volunteers please turn in your Background Check Receipt before Thursday, September 10 Cost of the trip is $12 (Cash or money order only please). Parent volunteers are required to have a security clearance. September 9 - Back to School Night, Grades 4-6, 6:00-7:30 p.m. September 10-11 Camp Schmidt Camping Trip September 15 Cherrydale Fundraiser Order/Money Due September 17 - First Day for Beginning Instrumental September 25 - School Closed for Students September 28 - School Closed (Yom Kippur) Camp Schmidt: To learn more about the Center, scroll to the bottom of this page and click on William Schmidt Education Center under Favorite Links . Language Arts: Our first reading theme is Nature's Fury. The first story is "Earthquake Terror." Students will make predictions and ask questions about the text while reading. They will use what they already know combined with clues from the text in order to read between the lines and make inferences about the characters in the story. As students read, they will identify words that create a mood in the text. We aren’t talking about a character’s mood, but the feeling that the reader gets while reading. He/she might feel happy, sad, peaceful, mysterious, afraid, or excited while reading. September Book Report: The first book report is due September 30. Students must read an Adventure story that is a chapter book, complete a story map, and follow book report guidelines. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Book Report Dates & Guidelines under Downloads. Essential Vocabulary: debris, impact, shuttered Enrichment Activities: Along with your child, look for weather-related stories in magazines and newspapers that you have at home. Choose one and take turns reading it aloud to each other. If you have experienced a weather event such as a hurricane, blizzard, earthquake, flash flood, fire, etc. Share your experiences with your child. Strategy Vocabulary: mood, predict, infer, characters, events, problem, solution Spelling & Grammar: Students will spell words with short vowel patterns. Parents, it is important that students have a dictionary and thesaurus at home to aid them with homework and classwork assignments. Work Habits and Social Skills: Check your child's agenda book on a weekly basis for social skills and work habits grades. Work Habits grades below an A indicate missing assignments. =================================== August 28, 2009 Welcome to MRS. MADISON'S SCHOOLNOTES! REMINDERS September 1 - Camp Schmidt Parent Orientation September 4 - Camp Schmidt Permission Slips Due Cost of the trip is $12 (Cash or money order only please). Parent volunteers are required to have a security clearance. September 9 - Back to School Night, Grades 4-6 September 10-11 Camp Schmidt Camping Trip Language Arts: This week we will be reviewing reading strategies. Students will make predictions and inferences, ask questions, monitor and clarify, evaluate and summarize as we read The Pumpkin Box. Our first reading theme will be Nature's Fury. Essential Vocabulary: Enrichment Activities: Along with your child, look for weather-related stories in magazines and newspapers that you have at home. Choose one and take turns reading it aloud to each other. If you have experienced a weather event such as a hurricane, blizzard, earthquake, flash flood, fire, etc. Share your experiences with your child. Vocabulary and Grammar Skills: Work Habits and Social Skills: Check your child's agenda book on a weekly basis for social skills and work habits grades. Work Habits grades below an A indicate missing assignments.
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