Important Announcements

Room 30 News Issue 23 March 7, 2016 Mrs. Cherveny Important Announcements: results of reading assessments APEX Dolphin Dash given in class. As a reminder, our Our Annual LCM Dolphin Dash with fourth graders are expected to our AWESOME Apex Team is on read 100 pages of text/week. Thursday! Our campaign for Reading Logs will be checked on pledges is under way! Please help Fridays. Encourage your child to LCM with this fun and important plan ahead for his/her nightly fundraising event. We will be reading running from 12:00-12:50. If your schedule allows for it, come and Technology for a Green Future cheer us on! Let’s go, Room 30! Students will continue to read about green transportation and Friday Parent Helper Needed! the effects on our environment. I am looking for a parent volunteer whom is willing/able to This week we will use text to help in our classroom on Friday *determine the main afternoons from 2:00-3:10. You idea/supporting details of a will be checking in reading logs, passage helping with our student “bank” and student “coupon store.” I may *explain how reasons and evidence also have you do some quick support the text grading if time permits. If you are at all interested, please email *analyze the author’s purpose me! If two or more are interested, we could have a California Mission Research and rotating schedule. Digital Presentation:

This week, my students will begin their California Mission research during reading rotations. They LEARNING GOALS will be using books and online resources to gather information on a graphic organizer. Next Language Arts: week, they will be creating a AR (Accelerated Reader) digital presentation using Google Students were given a second Slides to share their work. This semester AR Goal based on their project will be done in school. first semester reading and the *Students will only bring home *plot and analyze data on line their graphic organizers to finish plots. if they are not complete by Friday. We will review Unit 4 and take a District Assessment at the end of Word Study/Spelling: this week. *R-controlled vowels (er, ir, ur) *We strongly encourage nightly *use connecting words and basic multiplication fact practice transition words so that your child can build fact fluency. Knowing the basic (Reading Literature): facts, “snappy quick” will definitely be an asset as Read Aloud: We will begin students work with fractions. reading the novel, By the Great Horn Spoon, by Sid Writing: Fleischman. The students will Students will: love reading about Jack and *draft a narrative opening scene his butler, Praiseworthy, who with dialogue are stowaways on The Lady Wilma as they head to *plan and organize an informative California. They hope to essay with quotations strike it rich in the gold incorporated. fields in order to help Jack’s aunt with her financial P.E.: We will have PE on troubles. Tuesdays and Fridays with Coach Chindlund. Please make sure your D.i.R.T. child wears athletic shoes/clothes (Dive into Reading Time): on these days. Our grade level reading groups are reading leveled novels to Library: We have library on determine the theme(s) of the Thursday. Please remind your story and evidence within the text child to return his/her library that support the theme(s) within books. the story. Science Garden: We will be in the Math: Unit 4, Fractions. Science Garden with Ms. Jeanele Students will: this week.

*add and subtract improper Music: We will have Music with fractions and mixed numbers Mr. Ball next Thursday.

*multiply fractions and whole *Thanks to the families of LCM numbers and our PTO for supporting our music and science garden programs! March 17th, PTO Meeting, 3:30 PM

th STUDENTS OF THE MONTH March 18 , Flag Salute, Stay tuned… Grades 1-5, 8:45 AM March 21st, Field Trip to Mission STUDENT COUNCIL San Juan Capistrano (permission Spirit Days: slip/volunteer form coming home March 25th, Crazy Hair Day this week). April 22nd, Moustache Day th July 20th, Sports Day March 24 , Open House June 10th, Beach Day March 25th, Crazy Hair Day IMPORTANT REMINDERS th st At LCM we make, “Every Minute March 28 -April 1 , Spring Break Count”. Please make sure to have rd your child at school, each morning, April 3 , First Day Back to School and on time. If you need to take your child out of school for an appointment, please make every effort to do so at the end of the MARCH BIRTHDAYS: day. Thanks for your help! Happy Birthday to…. Austin, March 1st Arya, March 8th CLASSROOM SUPPLIES: Emme, March 12th I still have many students without Avery, March 21st earbuds or headphones. We use Sophie, March 24th these for Lexia and other online programs. We also use them during testing. Please purchase a pair for your child. Thank you!

MARCH DATES:

March 8th, Dine Out, Tin Leaf/CYO

March 10th, Apex Dolphin Dash, Our class is running at 12:00 PM!

March 11th, Flag Salute, Grades 1-5, 8:45 AM

March 14th, Pi Day