We are two weeks into the second semester and the weather is giving us spring fever. I noticed daffodils popping up in the WIS flower garden.
In communication arts we just finished a week of reading, and then summarizing, some of Aesop's fables. We continue to study our daily language review (DLR), vocabulary, spelling, and writing in our journals.
We are visiting the computer lab one to two times a week for Raz-kids. The students are enjoying progressing with their reading skills. As a reminder, Raz-kids can be accessed at home with an internet connection.
In math, we are continuing to study money and order of operation.
We are having a great year here at WIS.

Welcome back! It is the beginning of the New Year and the class is starting a new semester. We have some new projects we are going to be working on.
In Communication Arts, we are continuing with our daily language review, vocabulary, spelling, and paragraph writing skills. In addition, the students are enjoying Raz-kids reading online every Friday. Your students can access Raz-kids at home and make progress on their own. They know how to go to www.raz-kids.com, then enter labbotte in the teacher user name. From there they just log into their name. I encourage each student to advance at home as well as here in class.
In Math we are beginning to work on money and time. We are also beginning to work on Order of Operations.
We are all looking forward to the second half of the school year.

The first semester and second quarter are coming to a close next week. It is hard to believe that half of the school year is almost behind us.
In communication arts we are reading Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", as a group, in class, along with continuing to complete our daily language review, vocabulary, spelling, and journal writing.
In math we are finishing up the 'Going Bananas' multiplication exercise, and will be enjoying our well earned banana splits soon. We are also taking a sneak peak at the beginning of the next quarter by doing some preliminary exercises with time and money.
The students are working hard and looking forward to a break before starting the second semester.
Have a safe and happy holiday!

Second quarter progress reports are going out today. Be sure to look for them in your students backpack. After the Thanksgiving break, we will only have three more weeks of school before the winter break. It's hard to believe but we are close to halfway through the school year. In Communication Arts we are doing a review of our vocabulary. We are still writing themed paragraphs in our journals. We continue to work on our daily language review.
In math we are winding down our multiplication 'Banana Splits', and are planning to finish up within the next couple of weeks.
So, Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Second quarter progress reports will be coming out next week. Now that November is here, it will not be long until the Thanksgiving break. Only three weeks after Thanksgiving we will be having the Winter break. This will mark the end of the first semester. It is hard to believe that the school year is almost half over.
In communication arts we have moved on from Narrative Writing and are beginning the 5 W's and an H of Expository writing (Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How). We are continuing to work on our daily language review, vocabulary, journal writing, and "just right" reading books.
In math we are working on patterns, sequences, standard form, multiplication, and division.
We are looking forward to our Veteran's Day assembly this Friday 11/11, and the holiday season ahead!

First quarter is quickly coming to a close. Grade cards will come out next week at the parent/teacher conferences.
In Communication Arts we have finished our "Play Doh" writing assignment, and have them displayed on the classroom bulletin board. We are continuing to work on our Daily Language Review (DLR), vocab, spelling, cursive, and reading. In reading we are enjoying selections from the A-Z books.
In math we are still working on our multiplication facts with our "Banana Splits". We are also working on rounding, and parentheses, as a means toward learning the Order of Operations.
We are looking forward to the next quarter and the holidays coming up.

First quarter progress reports and classwork are going home today. Be sure to look for them in your students backpack.
We are moving along as a class into the year. In Language Arts we are continuing to complete our daily language and vocabulary lessons. We are still working on spelling. Your students spelling words will be written in their agendas every Monday. And we are beginning our second drafts of our individual fall writing assignments. We have finished the 1st draft, and shared what we have so far with a class presentation. The work on the final draft will be started after we finish our 2nd draft.
In Mathematics we have started our fall "Going Bananas" multiplication timed excercies. As each math fact is completed the student will get to work towards a banana split, with all the trimmings.
In Science and Social Studies we are studying the land masses, continents, and the food web, respectivly. The year is already going by fast, and we are forgeing ahead toward the end of the first quarter.