Week of December 1

Please read the following reminder from Nurse Kaiser:

Remind parents if their child has any of the following to please keep them home for at least 24 hours after vomiting, diarrhea, or a fever. If everyone will follow these guidelines, we should be able to decrease the spread of these ailments.

**The children are responsible for copying the assignments every day into their planners.  I will be doing spot checks and rewarding those students who have been doing the right thing and copying assignments.

The clean hands campaign is a big success.  It is great to see so many kids excited about washing their hands.  I am hoping that this healthy habit pays off for all of us. 

Thank you to all of you who have contributed soaps and hand sanitizers!

**The best way to contact me is at brookbankl@lisd.net There can be up to a 24 hour delay if you go through schoolnotes.com

This week:

Reading:  Our story this week is The Case of Pablo's Nose.  We will work on story elements and comparing and contrasting.  Comprehension and vocabulary quiz on Friday.

Math:  Our unit on fractions continues this week.  We will begin comparing and ordering fractions.  We will also learn about improper fractions and mixed numbers.  There will be a review on Friday for a quiz next week.

Writing:  We will take the opportunity to read and score papers learning how to use a scoring rubric.  After scoring the papers, the students will work on making them better.  We will also be working on compound and complex sentences.

Spelling:  Unit 14 spelling, test on Friday.   This starts the new six weeks and the students should keep up with their lists of words. 

Science:  Changes in states of matter.  We will learn specific vocabulary to get us through this unit.

Social Studies:  See Mrs. Watkins schoolweb page.  You can log in to her page as a guest.

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Science supplies needed:

This week we will need magazines for a cutting and pasting project.

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Thank you for helping me make learning Science fun!

Our daily schedule

7:55 - 8:10 Morning work/routine

8:10 - 8:45 Reading

8:50 - 9:40 Specials

9:45 - 11:20 finish Reading/Math (snack time)

11:20 - 12:00 Science

12:00 - 12:40 Social Studies with Mrs. Watkins

12:40 - 1:40 Lunch/Recess

1:40 - 2:50 Language Arts

2:50 - 3:00 Pack up/Dismiss

I hope all of you enjoyed the break and had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I am reminded every day how much I have to be thankful for, including this class of super kids!

LeAnne Brookbank