Coming
Events
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Friday,
October 23
Picture Retakes
Friday, October 30, 1:00
Halloween changing; 1:30 parade;
2:30 party in classroom
Friday, Nov. 6
Sock Hop 6:30 to 8:30
Click here for more information.
Monday, Nov. 2 Conference
Sign-up sheets posted outside Mrs.
Perryman's elementary counselor's
office (across from lunchroom
entrance)
Thursday, Friday, Nov. 12, 13
Elementary Parent/Teacher
conferences
 Mark
your calendar!
The Jefferson City field trip date
has been set for Wednesday, March
31, 2010 |
Tests/Projects |
This
week:
Wednesday:
Chapter 4 Missouri History test
Friday-spelling pretest today; final
Word Study tests on
Friday (See Spelling City for the words
this week, posted on Tuesday.)
Next
week:
Tuesday,
1:00 p.m.: Go to Springfield Little
Theatre to see Alice in Wonderland.
Spelling and vocabulary pretests on Monday:
finals on Friday |
Just so you know...
Before and after school this week, Mrs. J...
- Monday, 4:00 Personal
appt.; 6:00 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.supervise
Purdy ball game in gym
- Tuesday, 4:30-6:00
Nixa Jr. High, attend workshop on
Excel 2007
- Wednesday, 3:30 -4:30
School Improvement meeting
- Thursday, 3:30
- 7:30 teaching eMINTS
- Friday, 4:00 personal appt.
- Saturday,
4-8:00 p.m.
Fall Farm Fest at Moore's home,
Strafford |
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Math: We
continue with
Unit 3 Multiplying,
Dividing, Number Sentences and Algebra
Lesson 1: What's
My Rule:
we have a couple
of things to finish up in this lesson
begun last week.
Lesson 2: Multiplication Facts:
review strategies for solving
multiplication facts; help students work
toward instant recall of the basic
facts.
NOTE: * = multiplication sign;
/ = division sign
Lesson 3: Multiplication Facts Practice:
establish our
50-facts timed test routine; provide
practice with * facts.
Lesson 4: More Multiplication Facts
Practice:
50-facts test, record results;
provide practice with multiplication
facts
Lesson 5: Multiplication and Division:
explore the relationship between
multiplication and division; provide
practice with division facts.
Practice Subtraction Basic
Facts!
Many of
the children are still using
fingers for even the
simplest subtractions!
Try to get in at least 10-15
minutes of practice per
night
with subtraction and
multiplication facts. |
Watch planners for daily assignments.
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Language Arts
Reading:
Students should be reading
at least 30 minutes per
night! Fill out book
reports as books are
completed. go to:
Reading Links for forms.
 Please
check out the
Book Report Summary
to see how many books your
child has read and reported
upon. Some students
have not gotten any reports
in yet.
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Word Study:
This week we
begin a new unit in
vocabulary/spelling.
The unit revolves around
words having to do with
health, and this week's
words are specific to
"medicine--then and now"
Pre-test for spelling and
vocabulary today; finals on
Friday.
Please
watch for daily assignments.
On Tuesdays, students are to
correct their spelling lists
and get them signed by a
teacher.
Click Here for the spelling
list on Tuesday (or late
Monday after school). Print the list
out in D'Nealian handwriting
for double the
practice--spelling and
handwriting!
Cursive Handwriting
All students should be
practicing their cursive
handwriting. After 1st
conferences, I will be
expecting them to use
cursive at all times (except
labeling in geometry).
To see how to form the lower
case letters, go to:
Handwriting Practice (animated) lowercase
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Writing: will
mostly have to do with
taking notes when reading
non-fiction.
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Missouri History:
Chapter 4 French and Spanish Missouri,
finishes.
Green
Sheets and daily assignments will serve
as the study guide for this chapter's
test.
Monday
we discuss and take notes on Lesson 3
and 4
Tuesday we review the chapter
Wednesday is the chapter test
Watch for daily assignments in the
student planners.
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Science:
This week we learn more
about how to find the main ideas in
non-fiction reading using different
graphic organizers with our articles in
the National Geographic Explorer
Magazine.
Monday: Students will learn new
vocabulary, find main ideas and
supporting details, and based on those
facts, write a summary of the article,
"Eye in the Sky".
Tuesday:
We read , "Frightful Animals". Students
will learn about alliteration, create
their own alliteration phrases, use a
graphic organizers to help them make
life connections with our reading, and
compare and contrast animals. They
will need to do research on Tuesday
night, finding information an unusual
and sometimes frightening animal,
prepare a one-page report including a
picture and data about their animal.
Wednesday: We read "America the
Beautiful" to learn more about our
national parks. Students will
highlight descriptive phrases and create
a non-fiction poem. They also will
have a short, multiple choice
comprehension check over the three
articles we study this week.
Thursday: We begin a unit
about Antarctica. This unit will
include mapping skills, experiments,
comparing and contrasting the North
Polar Arctic with the South Polar
Antarctica.
Please check in daily planners for any
independent practice activities
(homework).
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Love and Logicisms , Wise Words About
Kids
by Jim and Charles Fay
There are no things more powerful than
quiet, loving, or silly moments between
us
and our kids. These moments can
only flower
when the distractions and temptations of
our TVs and computer screens are
switched off.
Try experimenting with a TV-free and
computer-free weekend. You may be
Pleasantly surprised!
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Love and Logic Stories
Does Your Family Suffer from
Over-Scheduling Disorder (OSD)?
For many families, parenting has
become an F-4 tornado, characterized
by a frenzied whirlwind of activity.
This is not good for kids…or anybody
else!
Much of this chaos has evolved out
of the misguided belief that
children must be entertained or
"stimulated" each and every
millisecond of each and every day.
While pop psychologists may think
this is wise, the rest of us ought
to know better. Kids who never have
an opportunity to rest, relax and
get a bit bored, come to believe
that life and relationships should
always be exciting and fun. They
also miss opportunities to develop
creativity and problem-solving
skills.
If you answer "yes" to any of the
following statements, you and your
kids probably suffer from OSD:
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You're completely
worn out from trying to help
your kids participate in all of
your activities
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Your kids appear
anxious, irritable, stressed,
exhausted or hyperactive
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Your kids don't
have enough time to contribute
to the family by doing their
chores
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Your kids complain
about being bored any time they
aren't being entertained |
Although there's no
medicinal cure for OSD, we can
protect our families by giving
ourselves permission to say "no" to
too many activities. My personal
advice as someone who's experienced
this debilitating disorder is to
trust your gut.
If you have any sense that your kids
are overscheduled, trust your
intuition.
Also be prepared to repeat, "I love
you too much to argue" when your
kids complain about being bored. In
our book
Love and
Logic Magic: When Kids Leave You
Speechless,
we give specific tips for kids who
are going through withdrawal from
the drug of over-activity.
[Mrs. J owns this book and is
willing to share.]
Thanks for reading!
Dr. Charles Fay |
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