7th Newsletter

7th Newsletter

Thank you for all of your support this year! I am greatly thankful to all of the amazing families who have signed up to bring in class donations and to all of the amazing families who come to help us every week.

Upcoming Events

1.      ILF Golf Tournament- 09/23

2.      September’s Assessment Data Log goes home- 09/29

3.      Lion’s Picnic- October 6^th at 4:30pm on the Field at CSC

Our Learning

ELA

·         Start reading The Treasure of the Trees

·         Point of View

·         Understand how to use details to talk about text

·         Continue to work on Explanatory Writing

·         Analyze Literary Characters

·         Identify and explain key events

Spelling Words - An award will be given to any students with a 100% on their test. This award counts as a Homework Pass for one day of Math Facts and Reading.

1.      proud

2.      shower

3.      hour

4.      amount

5.      voyage

6.      choice

7.      avoid

8.      thousand

9.      prowl

10.  employ

11.  bounce

12.  poison

13.  annoy

14.  appoint

15.  broil

Extra Credit

16.  however

17.  mountain

18.  coward

19.  turmoil

20.  chowder

Science

·         Understand the role of plants

·         Understand how plants are an essential key to our environment

Math

·         Continue our work on 6 and 7 as factors

·         8 as a factor

·         Practice multiplication facts

·         The Associative Property

·         Repeated Reasoning

        Leadership

·         Continue our discussion on self-respect and what a leader looks like

Important Information

Google Classroom

Question of the week- Posted on Google Classroom-Can be done on paper if you have trouble with Google Classroom

One paragraph on: Think about your favorite book. Whose point of view do you see in the story? Make sure to include the name of the book.

Fun Friday

We will be having Fun Friday as we conclude our day at school. Your amazing children are welcomed to bring in a fun item to share. Please make sure that the item that is brought in stays in a bag or in their backpack. No fragile items please, thank you.

Respectfully, Johanna Katzman

6th Newsletter

6th Newsletter

Thank you for all of your support this year! Please let me know if you ever have any questions or concerns. I am happy to help!

Upcoming Events

1.      Healthier School Challenge Bronze Medal Celebration Assembly- 09/19 from 10:30 to 11:00

2.      ILF Golf Tournament- 09/23

3.      Lion’s Picnic- October 6^th at 4:30pm on the Field at CSC

Our Learning

ELA

·         Start reading The Moon Seems to Change

·         Use details to understand Main Idea

·         Understand Text Features and how they convey the Main Idea

·         Understand synonyms and antonyms

·         Work on Explanatory Writing

Spelling Words  

1.      clean

2.      agree

3.      teeth

4.      dream

5.      coach

6.      display

7.      window

8.      shadow

9.      cheese

10.  peach

11.  braid

12.  Sunday

13.  float

14.  thrown

15.  entertain

16.  complain

17.  bleachers

18.  willow

19.  wheat

20.  grain

      

 Science

·         Discuss the changes the moon goes through

·         Understand how many people have walked on the moon

·         Understand the structure and the role of the moon

·         Do a Gizmo as a class

·         Gizmo- A fun and interactive way of looking and controlling the moon and the changes it goes through.

·         Introduce new vocabulary

Quarter

Crescent

Phases

         Math

·         Take our Topic #3 Pretest

·         Work on the Distributive Property

·         Apply Properties:3 as a Factor

·         4 as a Factor

·         6 and 7 as Factors

        

Leadership

   

Continue our discussion on self-respect

Important Information

This week in your child’s homework folder you will find the following items:

1.      Reading Log- (Due Friday)

2.      Multiplication Facts Reference Sheet

3.      Multiplication Facts Practice Sheet

4.      Spelling Words for the week

5.      Questions to Ask during Reading Reference Sheet

6.      Google Classroom- Writing Question for the week- (Due Friday)

To reach Google Classroom your child will need to take the following steps:

1.      Type ILCSweb.com in the browser

2.      Click on the box that says Google Classroom

3.      That will take them to the Cool Katz Google Class

4.      Click on Cool Katz , they do not need to put in the Class Code

5.      Click on Homework #1  

6.      Click on Create and Docs

7.      Click Submit when it is completed 

Question of the week- Posted on Google Classroom-Can be done on paper if you have trouble with Google Classroom

One paragraph on: Look at the moon and describe it. Use details and adjectives to describe how it looks and how it changes over time.

Fun Friday

We will be having Fun Friday as we conclude our day at school. Your amazing children are welcomed to bring in a fun item to share. Please make sure that the item that is brought in stays in a bag or in their backpack. No fragile items please, thank you.

Respectfully, Johanna Katzman

5th Newsletter

Thank you to all the parents who have come in to help, your time and kindness is greatly appreciated! I would also like to thank all the families who have donated money for our “Hope for Houston,” effort!

Upcoming Events

            1.  We will continue to collect money for “Hope for Houston”

           2. Red, White and Blue Day – 09/11

          3. Healthier School Challenge Bronze Medal Celebration Assembly- 09/19

Our Learning

ELA

·         Finish Thunder Cake

·         Work on Story Sequence

·          Comparing Characters

·         Character Motivations

·         Take the Selection Test on Thunder Cake

·         Continue our work on writing a narrative

Science

·         Use the story Thunder Cake as inspiration and discuss and create thunder using our artistic skills.

         Math

·         Multiplication Facts

·         Take our Post Test on Topic #2

·         Work on Multiplying by 10

        Leadership

·         Continue our discussion on self-respect and come up with a skit to represent it

Important Information

We will be collecting change in the 3^rd grade classrooms to purchase gift cards to send to the families in need. If you can help please have your child bring in the change and deposit it in our class jar. 

Part of your child’s homework assignment is on Google Classroom. Your child’s email and password were emailed to you. If you are having trouble logging in please have your child complete the assignment on paper. The question for the week has been written below.

This week in your child’s homework folder you will find the following items:

1.      Reading Log- (Due Friday)

2.      Multiplication Facts Reference Sheet

3.      Multiplication Facts Practice Sheet

4.      Spelling Words for the week

5.      Questions to Ask During Reading Reference Sheet

6.      Google Classroom- Writing Question for the week- (Due Friday)

To reach Google Classroom your child will need to take the following steps:

1.      Type ILCSweb.com in the browser

2.      Log on using the child’s email and password

3.      Click on the box that says Google Classroom

4.      That will take them to the Cool Katz Google Class

5.      Click on Cool Katz , they do not need to put in the Class Code

6.      Click on Homework #2

7.      Click on Create and Docs

8.    Click Submit when it is completed 

Question of the week- Posted on Google Classroom-Can be done on paper if you have trouble with Google Classroom.

One paragraph on the following:

Tell me about a time you had a problem. What was the conflict? What motivated you to solve it?

Show and Tell on Friday

I am asking for your amazing help to please make sure that the items that are brought in on Friday are not fragile and are items that can easily fit in their backpacks. I asked them to try to bring in a fun toy to share. Thank you for all of your support! Have an amazing week!