Due Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Dear Parents:
Please make sure your child completes ALL the assignments and returns them by Wednesday, March 2. Thank you!
Assignments:
Family Writing: Think of the ideal job for you when you grow up. Brainstorm all the reasons you can think of that explains why this is the ideal job for you. Go through your list and choose three really strong reasons. Think what your topic is, and write a topic sentence. Write a detail sentence about one of your brainstormed reasons. Write another sentence about that same reason, backing up your answer with a specific example. Do the same with the next two reasons. Write a concluding sentence. You should have a total of 8 strong sentences. Proofread your paper carefully.
Working and writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns.
Literacy: Language arts homework, “A Teacher’s Journal” format and skills to the Oregon third grade reading assessment. It will benefit your child greatly to complete it each week. PLEASE feel free to help your child with it, even on some of the reading, if necessary.
Don’t forget to help your child to remember to read 30 minutes each evening and to bring the RAH (Read at Home) folder back to school each day. If you don’t have time to read one evening, please still sign the card with 0 minutes written in.
Math: There is a practice sheet for fractions in the packet.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Homework for Thursday, February 17, 2011
Due Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Dear Parents:
Assignments:
Family Writing: Brainstorm all the reasons you can think of that explains why Forest Ridge is the best school to attend. Go through your list and choose three really strong reasons. Think what your topic is, and write a topic sentence. Write a detail sentence about one of your brainstormed reasons. Write another sentence about that same reason, backing up your answer with a specific example. Do the same with the next two reasons. Write a concluding sentence. You should have a total of 8 strong sentences. Proofread your paper carefully.
Working and writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns.
Literacy and Math:
We’re skipping the regular reading and math assignments this week. Instead I would like for you and your child to spend some time going over the math vocabulary on our website (http://forestridge.salkeiz.k12.or.us/). There is a game posted for you to play with your child. Students do not need to know the averages, mean, mode, and median.
Don’t forget to help your child to remember to read and to bring the RAH (Read at Home) folder back to school each day. If you don’t have time to read one evening, please still sign the card with 0 minutes.
Dear Parents:
Assignments:
Family Writing: Brainstorm all the reasons you can think of that explains why Forest Ridge is the best school to attend. Go through your list and choose three really strong reasons. Think what your topic is, and write a topic sentence. Write a detail sentence about one of your brainstormed reasons. Write another sentence about that same reason, backing up your answer with a specific example. Do the same with the next two reasons. Write a concluding sentence. You should have a total of 8 strong sentences. Proofread your paper carefully.
Working and writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns.
Literacy and Math:
We’re skipping the regular reading and math assignments this week. Instead I would like for you and your child to spend some time going over the math vocabulary on our website (http://forestridge.salkeiz.k12.or.us/). There is a game posted for you to play with your child. Students do not need to know the averages, mean, mode, and median.
Don’t forget to help your child to remember to read and to bring the RAH (Read at Home) folder back to school each day. If you don’t have time to read one evening, please still sign the card with 0 minutes.
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Homework for Thursday, February 10, 2011
Due Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Dear Parents:
Check out our Blog site! There’s a vocabulary entry to help with the math state assessment. At the bottom of our classroom Blog page, you can subscribe to our Blog, so new postings will show up on your Google homepage.
http://forestridge.salkeiz.k12.or.us/
Assignments:
Family Writing: Write a summary (about one notebook page) of a favorite book. Tell about the setting, characters, main events (including the plot--problem and solution), and conclusion. Give a person who is unfamiliar with the book an idea of what it is about. Include a beginning, middle, and ending.
Working and writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns.
Literacy:
Language arts homework, “Why Soccer”, is similar in format and skills to the Oregon third grade reading assessment. It will benefit your child greatly to complete it each week. PLEASE feel free to help your child with it, even on some of the reading, if necessary.
Don’t forget to help your child to remember to read and to bring the RAH (Read at Home) folder back to school each day. If you don’t have time to read one evening, please still sign the card with 0 minutes written in.
Math:
* Check out the “Math Vocabulary for State Assessment” on our Blog site. Learning these vocabulary words will help your child do better on the state math assessment! Some of the words will be new to your child. Remember they are a list for grades 3-5. Use the vocabulary words in a game. Pause after each question for thinking or discussion time. With the right answer, your child can roll the dice and advance on any game board.
*Multiplication practice sheet is attached.
* Math problems—Calculators may be used for the math problem sheet, especially for # 9 and #10. The sheet is attached.
*Continue playing the games, Capture the Fraction and Fraction Fish. The directions and game cards are attached to the packet.
*Continue playing the game “Fraction Card Game” that I sent home awhile back.
*Continue playing the 2 math games that I sent home earlier this year, “Multiplication Pairs” and “Count and Compare”. Please play these often at home. It will take a lot of practice!
*Continue playing the math game I sent home earlier, “Cover 50”.
Valentines:
*Students are to make a valentines holder out of recycled materials at home. It needs to stay at home until Monday, February 14. Valentines for every child (attached is a student list) may be brought to school on Monday, February 14.
Dear Parents:
Check out our Blog site! There’s a vocabulary entry to help with the math state assessment. At the bottom of our classroom Blog page, you can subscribe to our Blog, so new postings will show up on your Google homepage.
http://forestridge.salkeiz.k12.or.us/
Assignments:
Family Writing: Write a summary (about one notebook page) of a favorite book. Tell about the setting, characters, main events (including the plot--problem and solution), and conclusion. Give a person who is unfamiliar with the book an idea of what it is about. Include a beginning, middle, and ending.
Working and writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns.
Literacy:
Language arts homework, “Why Soccer”, is similar in format and skills to the Oregon third grade reading assessment. It will benefit your child greatly to complete it each week. PLEASE feel free to help your child with it, even on some of the reading, if necessary.
Don’t forget to help your child to remember to read and to bring the RAH (Read at Home) folder back to school each day. If you don’t have time to read one evening, please still sign the card with 0 minutes written in.
Math:
* Check out the “Math Vocabulary for State Assessment” on our Blog site. Learning these vocabulary words will help your child do better on the state math assessment! Some of the words will be new to your child. Remember they are a list for grades 3-5. Use the vocabulary words in a game. Pause after each question for thinking or discussion time. With the right answer, your child can roll the dice and advance on any game board.
*Multiplication practice sheet is attached.
* Math problems—Calculators may be used for the math problem sheet, especially for # 9 and #10. The sheet is attached.
*Continue playing the games, Capture the Fraction and Fraction Fish. The directions and game cards are attached to the packet.
*Continue playing the game “Fraction Card Game” that I sent home awhile back.
*Continue playing the 2 math games that I sent home earlier this year, “Multiplication Pairs” and “Count and Compare”. Please play these often at home. It will take a lot of practice!
*Continue playing the math game I sent home earlier, “Cover 50”.
Valentines:
*Students are to make a valentines holder out of recycled materials at home. It needs to stay at home until Monday, February 14. Valentines for every child (attached is a student list) may be brought to school on Monday, February 14.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Homework for Thursday, February 3, 2011
Due Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Dear Parents:
The first state reading assessment is next week! At this time, we’re scheduled for Thursday.
Check out our Blog site! There’s a vocabulary entry to help with the math state assessment. At the bottom of our classroom Blog page, you can subscribe to our Blog, so new postings will show up on your Google homepage.
http://forestridge.salkeiz.k12.or.us/
Assignments:
Family Writing: Write about the Heifer Project. Explain the importance of the project and how it will help people. Tell about what you are doing to help support our school effort in helping others in the world. Include a beginning, middle, and ending. Working and writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns.
Websites: http://www.heifer.org/ (Explore this site. The other links I added are from this website.
http://www.youtube.com/HeiferInternational
http://www.heiferinvite.org/heifercards/interactiveposter/index.html
Literacy:
Language arts homework, “History of Soccer”, is similar in format and skills to the Oregon third grade reading assessment. It will benefit your child greatly to complete it each week. PLEASE feel free to help your child with it, even on some of the reading, if necessary.
Don’t forget to help your child to remember to read and to bring the RAH (Read at Home) folder back to school each day. If you don’t have time to read one evening, please still sign the card with 0 minutes written in.
Math:
* Check out the “Math Vocabulary for State Assessment” on our Blog site. Learning these vocabulary words will help your child do better on the state math assessment! Some of the words will be new to your child. Remember they are a list for grades 3-5. Use the vocabulary words in a game. Pause after each question for thinking or discussion time. With the right answer, your child can roll the dice and advance on any game board.
* Math problems—These are mostly area and perimeter questions. Encourage use of a table for #1. It’s OK to use a calculator on #3, if needed. Review: perimeter—distance around a figure
Area- how many square units are inside the shape (the amount of space a figure or shape occupies)
*I’m sending home 2 new games, Capture the Fraction and Fraction Fish. The directions and game cards are attached to the packet.
*Continue playing the game “Fraction Card Game” that I sent home awhile back.
*Continue playing the 2 math games that I sent home earlier this year, “Multiplication Pairs” and “Count and Compare”. Please play these often at home. It will take a lot of practice!
*Continue playing the math game I sent home earlier, “Cover 50”.
Valentines:
*Students are to make a valentines holder out of recycled materials at home. It needs to stay at home until Monday, February 14. Valentines for every child (attached is a student list) may be brought to school on Monday, February 14.
Dear Parents:
The first state reading assessment is next week! At this time, we’re scheduled for Thursday.
Check out our Blog site! There’s a vocabulary entry to help with the math state assessment. At the bottom of our classroom Blog page, you can subscribe to our Blog, so new postings will show up on your Google homepage.
http://forestridge.salkeiz.k12.or.us/
Assignments:
Family Writing: Write about the Heifer Project. Explain the importance of the project and how it will help people. Tell about what you are doing to help support our school effort in helping others in the world. Include a beginning, middle, and ending. Working and writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns.
Websites: http://www.heifer.org/ (Explore this site. The other links I added are from this website.
http://www.youtube.com/HeiferInternational
http://www.heiferinvite.org/heifercards/interactiveposter/index.html
Literacy:
Language arts homework, “History of Soccer”, is similar in format and skills to the Oregon third grade reading assessment. It will benefit your child greatly to complete it each week. PLEASE feel free to help your child with it, even on some of the reading, if necessary.
Don’t forget to help your child to remember to read and to bring the RAH (Read at Home) folder back to school each day. If you don’t have time to read one evening, please still sign the card with 0 minutes written in.
Math:
* Check out the “Math Vocabulary for State Assessment” on our Blog site. Learning these vocabulary words will help your child do better on the state math assessment! Some of the words will be new to your child. Remember they are a list for grades 3-5. Use the vocabulary words in a game. Pause after each question for thinking or discussion time. With the right answer, your child can roll the dice and advance on any game board.
* Math problems—These are mostly area and perimeter questions. Encourage use of a table for #1. It’s OK to use a calculator on #3, if needed. Review: perimeter—distance around a figure
Area- how many square units are inside the shape (the amount of space a figure or shape occupies)
*I’m sending home 2 new games, Capture the Fraction and Fraction Fish. The directions and game cards are attached to the packet.
*Continue playing the game “Fraction Card Game” that I sent home awhile back.
*Continue playing the 2 math games that I sent home earlier this year, “Multiplication Pairs” and “Count and Compare”. Please play these often at home. It will take a lot of practice!
*Continue playing the math game I sent home earlier, “Cover 50”.
Valentines:
*Students are to make a valentines holder out of recycled materials at home. It needs to stay at home until Monday, February 14. Valentines for every child (attached is a student list) may be brought to school on Monday, February 14.
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