Math-Division Practice!
Mr. Keenoy and Mrs. Gilliland's
Monster Buddy Activity
Keenoy Koala Newsletter
October 21, 2016
Dear Families,
I hope that everyone had a
terrific week! As I am sure that you
have heard, I enjoy giving out Koala
Cash for students who are following Paxton Keeley and class expectations throughout
the day. After two weeks, each table
counts their cash and the table that has earned the most cash receives a goody
of some type. All of the cash earned
from each table also counts towards classroom goals that we have made. Keenoy Koalas reached our lofty goal of 400
Koala Cash last week and voted for a classroom movie celebration.
On Tuesday, we will have a
"Cozy Lunch and a Movie" celebration during recess and lunch. Students are allowed to bring a pillow,
blanket, or other cozy item to school.
We will have a picnic style lunch in the classroom while enjoying a
movie (probably Disney) voted on by the class.
This is a great group of kids and I am looking forward to celebrating
with them on Tuesday. Thank you for all
of your continued support and I really look forward to visiting with you at
conferences.
Parent Teacher Conferences
I will be sending home Parent
Teacher Conference confirmation times next Friday. Thank you for returning your request forms so
quickly this week.
Food Drive
Thank you so much for all of
the cash and food donations this week.
All of these donations will be greatly appreciated by the Food Bank. We definitely met our classroom goal of 350
canned goodsJ At last count, the Koalas
brought in well over 2,000 items worth of canned goods. Thank you and soooo generous!
Fall Party
Next Friday is our fall room
party. Thank you so much for volunteering your time or purchasing supplies for
this activity. At Paxton Keeley, we do
not dress up in costumes. Instead, students will have a 45-minutes party
featuring a game, craft, and snack. Halloween is on Monday, October 31. School is not in session on this day as it is
a teacher workday for elementary teachers (to complete grade cards and prepare
for conferences).
Math
*Students practiced dividing
by two-digit divisors.
*Students practiced
determining which information was missing and identified extraneous information in problems.
*Students will complete an
assessment over this topic next week.
Writing
Revising and editing student
personal narratives continued this week. When students meet with me one-on-one,
I mentioned strengths and areas to work on.
Each student should leave a writing conference with a clear goal for
improving their next draft.
Together we developed a
recipe for a great ending and beginning.
Endings
A) Resolving
problems
B) Teaching
lessons learned
C) Make changes
that tie back to the big meaning of the story or beginning
D) Overall, why
is this moment important to you?
Beginnings
A) Hint of a problem!
B) Info about
main character…thoughts and feelings
C) Create a mood….establish setting
Reading
Students really seem to be
enjoying the story, Zach’s Lie by Roland Smith. This book forces the reader to make several
inferences and use the context to solve tough words. I have continued to model this thinking daily
during read aloud. Students should also
be practicing these skills during independent reading time. An area that we will continue working on is
supporting these ideas (especially inferences) with details directly from the
text. This is an area that stood out as
a weakness on the 4th grade Communication Arts MAP test last
year.
Science and Social Studies
As you know, I alternate
teaching these lessons each day. I did
not get as much accomplished with either as I had planned. We will continue learning about explorers in
social studies and space systems in science.
Hopefully there will be less afternoon conflicts so that these lessons
can be enjoyedJ
Reminders
Oct. 28 Student Flu Shots
Oct. 28 Fall Room Party 2:15-3:00
Oct. 31 No School - Teacher Workday
Nov. 6 Daylight Savings Ends...set your
clocks back by one hour
Nov. 8 No School - Election Day
Nov. 7, 9-11 Parent/Teacher Conferences
Nov. 11 No School
Nov. 21 Planetarium Field Trip (Rock Bridge
High School in Columbia)
Nov. 23-25 No School - Thanksgiving Holiday
Sincerely,
Dan Keenoy
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