Sunday, December 1, 2013

CCCS Fourth Grade News:  Week of 12/2-12/6, 2013

Thank Yous:
Thank you to Mrs. Hanson for running the Book Fair and for the book she bought for me!
Thank you to all the parents for your continued support of all of us: teachers, principals, staff, and students!
 
                               
Of Concern to 4th Grade Parents/Students:
-I hope all the questions got answered about Reading Street online and Accelerated Reader.  If there are still questions, don't hesitate to contact me. 
-I am available by appointment from 7:15-7:35 (except Tuesday), 9:48-10:48 (planning period), and 3:00-3:30 with prior arrangements.

Please go to this week's Corpus Christi Colt (link below), find the link for the parent survey, and complete it for us!  Thank you in advance for getting that taken care of.  It is important to CCCS!
Wishing you all a week full of Blessings!   Check the Colt Express for other pertinent information for the week.  (Link below)

4th Grade Topics of Study:  
 Religion:  Chapter 13:King David    
 Spelling:  Read, write, define, and use r controlled words: form, alarm, story, start, storm, sport, sharp, garden, force, morning, forest, garbage, corner, argue, backyard, partner, Florida, apartment, forward, Arkansas..  Posttest Friday.
 Language/Writing: Skills:  Irregular Plural Nouns/Poems/Word Choice
  Reading: Scene Two: Apply Questioning to text; Explain and support Drawing Conclusions and Script Structure; Demonstrate increased fluency with text; Read, define, and apply understanding of selection vocabulary words, Demonstrate understanding of text.
Weekly Test:  Friday
 Please check TeacherEase for book report status or log into HomeConnect.  3 AR tests due by 12/13.  One of those must be nonfiction.  2nd test should be taken this week!
 All workbook pages are distributed on Monday and should be completed by Friday unless marked out with an x or marked TOG meaning done together.
                         
                        
3rd Grade Reading:
IWBAT:  

Explain, Demonstrate, and Apply the skill of Drawing Conclusions and Questioning during reading and explain, Practice and increase fluency, Read, define and apply definitions of this week's vocab: butterflies, collection, enormous, scatter...Weekly test:  Friday

Please check TeacherEase for book report status or log into HomeConnect.  3 AR tests due by 12/13.  One of those must be nonfiction. Grades were current as of 11/30.  Weekly test: Friday
All workbook pages are distributed on Monday and should be completed by Friday unless marked out with an x or marked TOG meaning done together.
                          
-I hope all the questions got answered about Reading Street online and Accelerated Reader.  If there are still questions, don't hesitate to contact me. 
-I am available by appointment from 7:15-7:35 (except Tuesday), 9:48-10:48 (planning period), and 3:00-3:30 with prior arrangements.

5th Grade Reading:
IWBAT: practice and apply Compare and Contrast and Story Structure using the selection text and weekly test, practice and improve fluency using the weekly selection, demonstrate and apply comprehension skills using the weekly selection .  Weekly test:  Friday

Please check TeacherEase for book report status or log into HomeConnect.  3 AR tests due by 12/13.  One of those must be nonfiction. Grades were current as of 11/30.  Workbook pages are due as assigned.

-I hope all the questions got answered about Reading Street online and Accelerated Reader.  If there are still questions, don't hesitate to contact me. 
-I am available by appointment from 7:15-7:35 (except Tuesday), 9:48-10:48 (planning period), and 3:00-3:30 with prior arrangements.
 
Links for your convenience:
Colt Express
Science/Soc. Studies
Math

Sunday, November 17, 2013

CCCS Fourth Grade News:  Week of 11/18-22/2013

Thank Yous:
Thank you to Mrs. Hanson for cupcakes on Friday.  We're going to miss Sarah Ellen!
Thank you to Mrs. Albers for a multi-colored set of Sharpies for the classroom!
Thank you to all the parents for your continued support of all of us: teachers, principals, staff, and students!
 May you all have a Blessed and Family-Filled Thanksgiving Holiday!  Enjoy every minute with your loved ones!  The time is precious and short-lived.  
                                
Of Concern to 4th Grade Parents/Students:
-I hope all the questions got answered about Reading Street online and Accelerated Reader.  If there are still questions, don't hesitate to contact me. 
-I am available by appointment from 7:15-7:35 (except Tuesday), 9:48-10:48 (planning period), and 3:00-3:30 with prior arrangements.

Please go to this week's Corpus Christi Colt (link below), find the link for the parent survey, and complete it for us!  Thank you in advance for getting that taken care of.  It is important to CCCS!
Wishing you all a week full of Blessings!   Check the Colt Express for other pertinent information for the week.  (Link below)

4th Grade Topics of Study:  
 Religion:  Chapter 12: A King for God's People     
 Spelling:  Irregular Plurals:  videos, leaves, radios,children, feeet, cliffs, sheep, tornadoes, potatoes, men, cuffs, tomatoes, themselves, halves, beliefs, hoofs, lives, moose, patios,loaves.  Posttest Friday.
 Language/Writing: Skills:  Regular plurals and Expository Writing.  News Article due Friday. 
  Reading: Coyote School News- Vocab: bawling, coyote, dudes, roundup, spurs; Skills: Drawing Conclusions and Story Structure, Fluency, Comprehension
Weekly Test:  Friday
 Please check TeacherEase for book report status or log into HomeConnect.  3 AR tests due by 12/13.  One of those must be nonfiction.  2nd test should be taken this week!
 All workbook pages are distributed on Monday and should be completed by Friday unless marked out with an x or marked TOG meaning done together.
                         
                        
3rd Grade Reading:
IWBAT:  Practice and increase fluency, Read, define and apply definitions of this week's vocab: adorable, iguana, mention, compassionate, mature, trophies, exactly, Demonstrate comprehension of selection and skills  of Visualization and Comparison/Contrast; Weekly test:  Friday
Please check TeacherEase for book report status or log into HomeConnect.  3 AR tests due by 12/13.  One of those must be nonfiction. Grades were current as of 11/17.  Weekly test: Friday
All workbook pages are distributed on Monday and should be completed by Friday unless marked out with an x or marked TOG meaning done together.
                          
-I hope all the questions got answered about Reading Street online and Accelerated Reader.  If there are still questions, don't hesitate to contact me. 
-I am available by appointment from 7:15-7:35 (except Tuesday), 9:48-10:48 (planning period), and 3:00-3:30 with prior arrangements.

5th Grade Reading:
IWBAT: practice and apply Sequencing and Inference using the selection text and weekly test, practice and improve fluency using the weekly selection, demonstrate and apply comprehension skill using the weekly selection and the weekly test; Read, define and apply this week's vocab:canteen, confereracy, glory, quarrel, rebellion, stallion, union; Weekly test:  Friday

Please check TeacherEase for book report status or log into HomeConnect.  3 AR tests due by 12/13.  One of those must be nonfiction. Grades were current as of 11/17.  Workbook pages are due as assigned.

-I hope all the questions got answered about Reading Street online and Accelerated Reader.  If there are still questions, don't hesitate to contact me. 
-I am available by appointment from 7:15-7:35 (except Tuesday), 9:48-10:48 (planning period), and 3:00-3:30 with prior arrangements.
 
Links for your convenience:
Colt Express
Science/Soc. Studies
Math

Sunday, November 10, 2013

CCCS Fourth Grade News:  Week of 11/11-15/2013

Thank Yous:
Thank you to Mrs. Delgado for helping the students create a banner for the Veterans' Day Program! It looks great!
Thank you to the dancers and their families who entertained CCCS twice this week!  What a beautiful job!
Thank you all for your loving and loyal support of your CCCS students and staff!
                                   
Of Concern to 4th Grade Parents/Students:
-I hope all the questions got answered about Reading Street online and Accelerated Reader.  If there are still questions, don't hesitate to contact me. 
-I am available by appointment from 7:15-7:35 (except Tuesday), 9:48-10:48 (planning period), and 3:00-3:30 with prior arrangements.
-Veteran's Day program at 1:45, 11/11.  4th grade will be doing a poem entitled "Thank You" by Collen Davingnon.

Please go to this week's Corpus Christi Colt (link below), find the link for the parent survey, and complete it for us!  Thank you in advance for getting that taken care of.  It is important to CCCS!
Wishing you all a week full of Blessings!   Check the Colt Express for other pertinent information for the week.  (Link below)

4th Grade Topics of Study:  
      Religion:  Chapter 11
      Spelling:  Adding -s and -es:  monkeys, friends, plays, supplies, taxes, holidays, months, companies, costumes, sandwiches, hobbies, daisies, delays, scratches, counties, teammates, memories, bunches, batteries, donkeys, eyelashes, ambulances, trophies, secretaries, inventories. Posttest Friday.
      Language/Writing: Skills:  Word Choice, Common and Proper nouns, and Poetry.  Poem due Friday. 
      Reading: "What Jo Did" pages 178-187. Vocab: fouled, hoop, jersey, marveled, rim, speechless, swatted, unbelievable; Skills: Cause and Effect, Background Knowledge, Fluency, Comprehension

Weekly Test:  Friday
 Please check TeacherEase for book report status or log into HomeConnect.  3 AR tests due by 12/13.  One of those must be nonfiction.  Grades were current as of 11/10. 
 All workbook pages should be completed by Friday unless marked out with an x or marked TOG meaning done together.
                         
                        
3rd Grade Reading:
IWBAT: Explain, Demonstrate, and Apply the skill of Main Idea and Details, Monitor and Clarify during reading and explain, Practice and increase fluency, Read, define and apply definitions of this week's vocab: cuddles, flippers, frozen, hatch, pecks, preen, and snuggles, Demonstrate comprehension of selection and skills 
Please check TeacherEase for book report status or log into HomeConnect.  3 AR tests due by 12/13.  One of those must be nonfiction. Grades were current as of 11/10.  Weekly test: Friday
All workbook pages should be completed by Friday unless marked out with an x or marked TOG meaning done together.
                          
-I hope all the questions got answered about Reading Street online and Accelerated Reader.  If there are still questions, don't hesitate to contact me. 
-I am available by appointment from 7:15-7:35 (except Tuesday), 9:48-10:48 (planning period), and 3:00-3:30 with prior arrangements.

5th Grade Reading:
IWBAT: practice and apply Compare and contast using the selection text and weekly test, practice and improve fluency using the weekly selection, demonstrate and apply comprehension skill using the weekly selection and the weekly test; Read, define and apply this week's vocab: algae, concealed, driftwood, hammocks, lamented, sea urchins, sternly, tweezers; Practice and apply the skill of visualization

Picture to demonstrate visualization and weekly test:  Friday

Please check TeacherEase for book report status or log into HomeConnect.  3 AR tests due by 12/13.  One of those must be nonfiction. Grades were current as of 11/10.  Workbook pages are due as assigned.

-I hope all the questions got answered about Reading Street online and Accelerated Reader.  If there are still questions, don't hesitate to contact me. 
-I am available by appointment from 7:15-7:35 (except Tuesday), 9:48-10:48 (planning period), and 3:00-3:30 with prior arrangements.
 
Links for your convenience:
Colt Express
Science/Soc. Studies
Math

Sunday, November 3, 2013

CCCS Fourth Grade News:  Week of 11/4-8/13

Thank Yous:
Thank you to the Bode Family for the gift of 25  Core Knowledge Books, Robin Hood!  Can hardly wait to begin!
Thank you all for your loving and loyal support of your CCCS students and staff!  
                                    
Of Concern to 4th Grade Parents/Students:
-I hope all the questions got answered about Reading Street online and Accelerated Reader.  If there are still questions, don't hesitate to contact me. 
-I am available by appointment from 7:15-7:35 (except Tuesday), 9:48-10:48 (planning period), and 3:00-3:30 with prior arrangements.
-We will be doing Wednesday's Mass, 11/6.  Please join us at 1:45.





Please go to this week's Corpus Christi Colt (link below), find the link for the parent survey, and complete it for us!  Thank you in advance for getting that taken care of.  It is important to CCCS!
Wishing you all a week full of Blessings!   Check the Colt Express for other pertinent information for the week.

4th Grade Topics of Study:  
      Religion:  Chapter 10: Great Things Happen on the Way to the Promised Land-Finishing Outline
                        Quiz Friday.
      Spelling:  Review Unit I Spelling
      Language:  Review U.1 Skills: Clauses, Complex Sentences, and Personal Narrative - Due Friday
      Reading:  Review Unit 1 Skills:  Main Idea and Details, Text Structure, Character, Plot, Setting, Author's Purpose, Text Based Comprehension,  Comprehension, Vocab:  (Affixes,)  Fluency, Comprehension
                         1st AR test of the quarter is due.  Castle in the Attic AR Test Due.      
                          Unit 1 Test:  Monday, 11/11
3rd Grade Reading: Review Unit I Skills:  Fluency, Author's Purpose, Story Structure, Sequencing,
                          Compare and Contrast, Multiple-Meaning Words, Base Words and Endings,              
                          Vowel Digraphs (ee, ea, ai, ay, oa, ow), Comp.,Vocab.:Prefixes and Suffixes, Multiple
                          Meaning Words, Compound Words, and Homonyms.  Unit 1 Test:  Monday, 11/11
                          1st AR test of the quarter is due. 
                        
5th Grade Reading: Unit 1 Review Week: Character, Plot, Homographs, Cause and Effect, Homonyms,
Theme, Setting, Multiple Meaning words, Fact and Opinion, Synonyms and Antonyms,
                                 1st AR test of the quarter is due.  Secret Garden AR Test is Due, Sec. Garden
                                 Paper Test-Monday, 11/4
                                Unit 1 Test:  Monday, 11/11
Links for your convenience:
Colt Express
Science/Soc. Studies
Math