Gonzales Weekly 12/05/11

I hope everyone kept safe and warm this past weekend!  I know I was freezing yesterday!
Make sure that you fill out the tax credit form and send it over to the administration office!
Please also make sure your child is doing their homework and bringing home their graded work.  I passed back a large amount of work today, so check to see how they are doing in class.  Report cards go out next Friday!
We will have our holiday concert on Thursday, December 15th at Grace to the Nations around 9:15 AM.  You are invited to come!
Academics:
Math: We will continue learning about equations (mostly 2-step equations) and setting them up for word problems.
Reading: We will continue our Buckle Down project.  Presentations will start Wednesday and go through next Tuesday.  Make sure you ask your child what it is!
Social Studies: We will continue learning about the build-up to the American Revolution.  This will hopefully end next week with a flash mob during lunchtime!
Spelling words for the week:

1.      district

2.      address

3.      complain

4.      improve

5.      although

6.      laughter

7.      mischief

8.      complex

9.      orphan

10.  employ

11.  sandwich

12.  function

13.  extreme

14.  simply

15.  farther

16.  necessity

17.  nostalgia

18.  nomadic

19.  negligent

20.  nutritious

Have a great week!
Ms. Gonzales
agonzales@lpatucson.organdreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com

Gonzales weekly 11/28/11

Can you believe we only have three weeks left until we are halfway done with the school year?

Before I review our academic objectives, I have a couple quick points to go over:

-We will have a Holiday Concert on Thursday, December 15^th.  We will be walking to Grace to the Nations church and performing it there.  Please make sure that you sign your child’s permission slip.  They will not be allowed to go until the permission form is signed.

-Tax credit forms are available!  Remember that any amount that you donate will reduce your state tax liability dollar-for-dollar!  I will be sending forms out every Monday.

-Mr. Emory’s class is heading up the food drive this year.  Please consider donating any spare canned goods!  The class with the most cans will receive a class party and dress-down passes!

Academic goals:

Math: We will finish our unit on fractions, decimals, and percents and take a test on Wednesday.  The rest of the week will be spent reviewing.

Reading: We will continue to do assignments related to the City of Ember.

Writing: The class will each write expository essays describing their 5 day weekend.

Science: This week’s newspaper revolves around hazardous chemicals that pollute our environment.

Social Studies: We will finish out the school year learning about the American Revolution.

Spelling words:

1.       jewel

2.       sparkle

3.       angle

4.       shovel

5.       fossil

6.       puzzle

7.       mortal

8.       gentle

9.       label

10.    devil

11.    mineral

12.    influential

13.    vital

14.    neutral

15.    kernel

16.    macabre

17.    margarine

18.    mosquito

19.    myriad

20.    monarch

Ms. Gonzales

agonzales@lpatucson.org

andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com

Gonzales Weekly 11/14

Welcome to another week!  Please note that progress reports go home today!  Make sure that you sign them!  As a note, I will not accept late work that is over a week past due.  Your child needs to learn to be responsible for their homework!  Also, remember that tax credit season is coming up!  Make sure you donate your tax credits to La Paloma!  This will help improve the quality of education I can give your children by adding technology and new curriculum to the classroom.
In math, we will continue working on fractions.  In reading, we are about halfway through the City of Ember!  In writing, we will be writing another persuasive essay as well as another word war on Wednesday.  In science, we will learn about soil, which was one of my favorite science classes in college!  In social studies, we will continue learning about the early colonists of America.
Thank you for making sure your child is here on time!  The mornings are my grammar lessons, which goes towards their writing grade.

Spelling words

1. equal
2. collect
3. perhaps
4. rapid
5. arrive
6. shoulder
7. sorrow
8. vanish
9. aware
10. subject
11. prefer
12. device
13. skittish
14. logic
15. sincere
16. lucrative
17. liability
18. language
19. liquidated
20. landmark

-Ms. Gonzales

agonzales@lpatucson.org

Gonzales Weekly 11/07

Gonzales Weekly

11/07/11

Hello and welcome to another Monday!  Please note that this is a short week, and there is no school on Friday!

Please make sure you are paying attention to tax credits!  All of that money goes directly to the classrooms!  I would like to put it towards expanding technology in my room.

I am now following the school tardy policy.  If a student is tardy two times in one week, they will receive afterschool detention.  If a student is tardy four times a week, your child will receive an in-school suspension.

In math, we are continuing our fractions unit.  We are getting involved in adding and subtracting fractions with similar denominators and relating it to 1.  In reading, we are still reading the City of Ember.  There will be homework assignments coming from this book!  In writing, we will continue reading persuasive essays.

In science, we will read a newspaper about rocks and the rock cycle.  In social studies, we will continue studying the early colonies of the United States.

Spelling words this week:

1.      mirror

2.      powder

3.      humor

4.      major

5.      thunder

6.      flavor

7.      mayor

8.      clover

9.      burglar

10.  matter

11.  quarter

12.  clamor

13.  tremor

14.  scholar

15.  chamber

16.  kneel

17.  knuckle

18.  kettle

19.  knapsack

20.  knowledge

Thank you and have a great week!
Ms. Gonzales

agonzales@lpatucson.org

andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com

Gonzales Weekly 10/17/11

Welcome to another Monday!  I hope all of you received your child’s grades on Wednesday!  I am very proud of them!

For math, we will begin manipulating decimals.  In reading, we will begin the City of Ember.  EVERY STUDENT MUST HAVE A COPY OF THE BOOK!  This was on the supply list at the start of the year.  In writing, we will write about why our school should receive 250 books from the Book It! program.  For social studies, we are learning more about the English colonies in America.  In science, we will continue our reading comprehension by working on the weekly newspapers.

This week is parent teacher conference week.  If you have not signed up for a conference, you need to do so now.  I have a lot of open spots available.  Please stop by my door, call, or email me to sign up!

Spelling words for the week:

1. bald
2. halt
3. prowl
4. loyal
5. launch
6. scowl
7. haunt
8. noisy
9. thousand
10. fault
11. announce
12. poise
13. loiter
14. somersault
15. awkward

Challenge Words:

16. hoard
17. honorary
18. horrify
19. habitat
20. humidity

Ms. Gonzales

agonzales@lpatucson.org

andreagonzales2.blogspot.com

Gonzales Weekly

Gonzales Weekly
10/03/11

Hello and welcome to another Monday!  This is the last full week of the quarter and Friday is the last day to turn in any missing assignments!
In math, we are starting a unit on data analysis.  In reading, we will study prefixes and suffixes.  In writing, we are writing a class essay on honesty.  In science, we will be studying energy.  In social studies, we will finally start studying the colonists of America!
Please note that two weeks from now is conference week.  I would like to meet with every parent that week.  Please email me at agonzales@lpatucson.org to set up an appointment.  You can also call me between 3:30 and 4 at La Paloma as well, as can you come down in person to set something up.  Most of the times will be between 1 and 5 on Wednesday.  This is on a first-come first-serve basis, so make sure that you sign up quickly!
Spelling words for the week are as follows:
basketball
wheelchair
cheerleader
everybody
up-to-date
grandparent
wildlife
highway
whoever
homemade
household
extraordinary
quick-witted
limelight
salesperson
Challenge Words (from spelling bee list)
growth
gratuity
gaunt
garbled
gullible

Gonzales Weekly

09/26/2011
I hope that everyone had a great weekend! In math, we will continue learning about the commutative, associative, and distributive properties. In reading, we will read several short story passages and do some
test prep. In writing, we will begin our weekly 5 paragraph essays. In social studies, we will read about Columbus coming to America and do several activities around it.

Please note that we have less than 3 weeks until the end of the quarter! Beginning today, I am starting a homework detention rule. If your child misses two or more homework assignments in a week, they will receive afterschool detention. Sometimes, I do not receive ANYTHING from some students each week.
This is detrimental to their education. I assign homework that will help your child master certain skills. They need to be doing their homework!

Spelling words for the week:
1. dew
2. boast
3. cruise
4. route
5. loaf
6. growth
7. youth
8. slope
9. bruise
10. flow
11. flute
12. subdue
13. pursuit
14. reproach
15. presume

Challenge Words
16. foreign

17. frequent
18. forgave
19. fundamental
20. feasible

Ms. Gonzales
agonzales@lpatucson.org
andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com

Gonzales Weekly

The Gonzales Weekly

09/12/11

Welcome to another Monday!  This is a busy week, so I hope that your child is ready to go!

In math, we are working on the Locker Problem, which I hope your child will explain to you sometime this week!  In reading and writing, your child is writing their fairy tale adaptation.  I’m looking forward to reading their stories, and I hope you are too!  Finally, in social studies, we will finally begin studying the United States by looking at the original inhabitants of America: the Native Americans.

Also, progress reports came out today.  If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email me.  I would be happy to help!  These need to be signed and turned back to me by Wednesday.

Spelling words:

1. staff
2. slept
3. bunch
4. stuck
5. swift
6. breath
7. tough
8. grasp
9. dwell
10. split
11. ditch
12. swept
13. deaf
14. trek
15. summit

Challenge Words

16. decimal
17. disinfectant
18. dungeon
19. dynamite
20. dishonest

Ms. Gonzales

agonzales@lpatucson.org

andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com

Gonzales Weekly

I hope everyone had a fantastic 3 day weekend!

In math, we will continue practicing factors, and will eventually find the GCF and LCM of two numbers.  In reading, the class will continue exploring their fairy tale and begin to come up with an idea for their adaptation.  We will continue reading our weekly newspapers in both science and social studies.  Please make sure that you are reading them with your child when you bring it home!  This is a fun way to see what your child is learning in class!
Also, if you did not schedule a parent teacher conference, please email me to set up a time!  I have a lot of time slots left, and I would like to meet with every parent this month!

Spelling words this week:
1.   either
2.   character
3.   machine
4.   biscuit
5.   scene
6.   choir
7.   scent
8.   tangerine
9.   journal
12.  typical
13.  schedule
14.  dialogue
15.  fascinate
16.  catastrophe
17.   celestial
18.  centaur
19.  charcoal
20.  cavernous

Have a great week!
-Ms. Gonzales
agonzales@lpatucson.org
andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com

Open House

Thank you to all of the parents who came to open house!  It was exciting to meet you and see where your child comes from!  Thank you also to the parents who signed up for parent-teacher conferences!

If you did not sign up for a parent teacher conference here at Open House, please know that I have many time slots open still!  Feel free to email or comment and we can try and come up with a good time to meet!  I would like to have a formal meeting with all parents at least once this year, just to go over test results and writing samples, as well as any behavior interventions we might need to make.

There will be no reading log to turn in this week, but there will be next week!

Thanks again,
~Ms. Gonzales

Gonzales Weekly

Gonzales Weekly 08/29/11

Hello and welcome to another Monday!

We are finally starting to get into a routine! Please note that this week, the Book Fair will be going on! Also, Open House is this Wednesday from 6-8 PM. I will have sign-ups for conferences at that time. I look forward to seeing everyone there!

In reading and writing, we will continue investigating fairy tales. Your child has been assigned a fairy tale to modernize or adapt. In math, we will continue division and then begin a unit on factors and multiples. We will continue reading our Science Weekly newspapers, and answer the question, “What is matter?”. In social studies, we will learn about the different cultures in the United States and study a variety of demographic maps.

Spelling words for the week are as follows:

1. cord
2. chord
3. seam
4. seem
5. sole
6. soul
7. piece
8. peace
9. peel
10. peal
11. shone
12. shown
13. pain
14. pane
15. rein
16. reign

20 word list:
17. barometer
18. bereavement
19. blooper
20. baroness
21. bamboozle

Ms. Gonzales
520-721-4205
agonzales@lpatucson.org
andreagonzales2.blogspot.com

08/15 Newsletter

08/15/11

Ms. Gonzales Weekly

Welcome to the second week of school!  We had a great first two days, and we will begin more rigorous academics starting today!

In math, we will begin reviewing multiplication and our multiplication facts.  It is essential that your child knows their multiplication facts from 0-12.  If they do not know, please practice with them every day!

For reading this week, we will be reading the Heroine of Kapiti, a traditional legend from New Zealand.  We will be focusing on traditional literature and poetry for the first few months of school.

On Friday, we began writing our first essay about the best part of our summer.  We will continue working on this throughout the week and will have a final copy ready by Friday.  Your child will be asked to write one essay nearly every week to prepare for the AIMS Writing in April.

Spelling words this week:

1.     steal

2.     stealth

3.     cave

4.     cavity

5.     wise

6.     wisdom

7.     deal

8.     dealt

9.     athlete

10.  athletic

11.  crime

12.  criminal

13.  breathe

14.  breath

15.  wild

16.  wilderness

If you have any questions, please email me at agonzales@lpatucson.org or comment on my blog at andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com!  Thanks and have a great week!