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Mrs. Hoover's Class
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April 28th - May 2nd

4/27/2014

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As a reminder, (We know…you've been bombarded with reminders) the tests are all morning this Tuesday and Wednesday.  Below are some pointers to share with your children to help them deliver their best performances.
  • Get plenty of rest/sleep the night before.  (There will not be a new math packet this week.)
  • Eat a protein-filled hearty breakfast to keep the tummies from rumbling.
  • Take your time.  Read each article, question, graph, and graphic organizer slowly, carefully, closely.  STUDENTS ARE NOTPERMITTED TO TAKE OUT ANY OTHER SILENT WORK UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING WITH THE TEST FOR A FULL 90MINUTES.   (That’s a l-o-n-g time to twiddle your thumbs!) Students have 2 ½ hours to complete the test.  Finishing quickly serves no purpose.
  • Write slowly, carefully, and look for the correct spelling of words within the passages/questions.  Keep the bubble area completely clean, and make sure NO WRITING GOES OUTSIDE THE BOX LINES.
  • Bring your favorite #2 pencils (sharpened and ready to go) and eraser.
  • Bring your favorite reading, writing, word puzzle, or drawing silentwork for quiet time once your 90-minute-minimum time has passed and you are satisfied with your effort.
  • Bring a healthy, dry, finger-food snack for after the testing sessions.
  • Bring your confidence.  You have worked hard for 150 school days.  If an answer doesn’t pop right up, use your background knowledge and problem-solving skills to reason it out.  Put your ‘thinking cap’ to good use.
The learning still continues...

In Reading Workshop, we are still reading Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library and solving puzzles along the way.  We're also going to learn about inferring and author's purpose.  We'll also work on some non-fiction current events with Scholastic News Magazines.
In Writing Workshop, we'll finish up our Literary Essays and work on our Mythology Narratives.  Students will be asked to create a fictional greek god, name it, give it two Olympian Mythology parents, two symbols, and explain in a paragraph what they god or goddess looks like and how they affect the earth.  
In Word Study, we are done with our two week units with assessments.  For the rest of the year, we will work on other word study units like homophones, homographs, etc....

Upcoming Events:
April 29th - Reading OAA
April 30th - Math OAA
May 5th-9th - Book Fair
May 7th - Moms and Muffins
May 16th - "Thank You" Volunteer Breakfast
May 22nd - Field Day "Wyandot Olympics"
May 26th - No School - Memorial Day
June 2nd - Last Day of School for Students

Related Arts Schedule:

Monday - Art      Tuesday - PE     Wednesday - Library            Thursday -Music    Friday - Art
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April 21st - 25th

4/20/2014

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In Reading Workshop, we will continue with our read aloud, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library.  We will finish our Mythology unit, and we will do some OAA Test Prep work, too.  Reminder:  Students need to read and log 100 minutes at home 

In Writing Workshop, we will hopefully finish writing our Literary Essays.  Students have been given a sample literary essay, a graphic organizer, and a rubric.  As students finish, they are typing their essays and then working on choice writing assignments.  We are also writing poetry and will post those on our Kidblogs. 

In Word Study, we will finish our Greek and Latin Prefixes Unit.  The assessment will be April 25th.  Students can practice their words on the Spelling City website.

Upcoming Events:
April 29th - Reading OAA
April 30th - Math OAA
May 5th-9th - Book Fair
May 7th - Moms and Muffins
May 16th - "Thank You" Volunteer Breakfast
May 22nd - Field Day "Wyandot Olympics"
May 26th - No School - Memorial Day
June 2nd - Last Day of School for Students

Related Arts Schedule:

Monday - Music      Tuesday - Art     Wednesday - PE            Thursday -Library    Friday - Music
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April 14th-18th

4/13/2014

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In Reading Workshop, we will continue with our read aloud, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library.  We will also read and discuss more gods and goddesses in our Mythology unit.  We will compare and contrast texts through our Scholastic News magazine, too.  

In Writing Workshop, we will continue writing our Literary Essays.  Students have been given a sample literary essay, a graphic organizer, and a rubric.  As students finish, they are typing their essays and then working on choice writing assignments.  We are also writing poetry and will post those on our Kidblogs. 

In Word Study, we will begin our Greek and Latin Prefixes Unit.  The assessment will be April 25th.  Students can practice their words on the Spelling City website.

Upcoming Events:
April 17th - Healthy Community Night
April 18th - No School 
April 29th - Reading OAA
April 30th - Math OAA
May 5th-9th - Book Fair
May 7th - Moms and Muffins
May 16th - "Thank You" Volunteer Breakfast
May 22nd - Field Day "Wyandot Olympics"
May 26th - No School - Memorial Day
June 2nd - Last Day of School for Students

Related Arts Schedule:

Monday - Music      Tuesday - Art     Wednesday - PE            Thursday -Library    

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April 7th - 11th

4/6/2014

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In Reading Workshop, we are continuing our read aloud, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein. The students are really enjoying it so far as we are learning about the interesting characters and setting (the incredible library) in the first few chapters.  We are also going to learn about Mythology and it's origins, purpose, the Titans and the Olympians this week.  We meant to do it last week, but ran out of time.

In Writing Workshop, we will finish typing our Astronaut stories.  Students have gone through the writing process to write these stories, but if they would like to enter them into the Math Wizard Writing Contest, you will want to look over them with your student and see if they would like to make further changes.  They will come home this week with a typed version of their story that you can access digitally on their Dublin Cloud through the dashboard.  I will send home directions in case you need them.  If you have trouble, just let me know.  The contest deadline is in May.  Here is the entry form.
We will also begin our literary essays this week.  The literary essays are organized essays about a book of their choice.  They will have to determine the theme of the book and give three examples of that theme being evident throughout the book.  An example will be given for students to refer to, a graphic organizer, and a rubric.  These essays will take several weeks to complete.  

In Word Study, we will continue with the "aw" sound unit.  We'll take a pretest on Thursday and will have the assessment on Friday.  Remember, students can 

Upcoming Events:
April 8th - Online Ohio Social Studies Field Test (Our class is taking it in the PM.)
April 17th - Healthy Community Night
April 18th - No School 
May 5th-9th - Book Fair
May 7th - Moms and Muffins
May 16th - "Thank You" Volunteer Breakfast
May 22nd - Field Day "Wyandot Olympics"
May 26th - No School - Memorial Day
June 2nd - Last Day of School for Students

Related Arts Schedule:

Monday - Library      Tuesday - Music       Wednesday - Art            Thursday -PE    Friday - Library
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