Gonzales Weekly 01/02/12

Hello and welcome to the 3rd quarter!  I am so excited to be back and working with your students as we make our way to the AIMS in April!

Your students have three new seating assignments, sort of a preparation for middle school.  They have home groups that they selected themselves, and then I have assigned them two additional seating arrangements for math and reading.  If you have any questions about how or why I have these groups, feel free to ask me!

In math, we are starting to look at measurement.  We will be doing some comparisons of the U.S. and Metric systems.

Writing will be done differently; mostly at home and involving Dialogue journals where your child and I will write letters to each other.  This will help your child improve their writing skills, as well as speed.  They will also be required to write a 5 paragraph book report once a month, which we will discuss in more detail later this week.

We will begin a quarter-long unit on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.  It will involve a LOT of activities, intense reading, and articles.  I am VERY excited for this unit.  If you have any questions for me, please feel free to email or see me in person.  In addition to this, we will also be doing strategic reading interventions on Wednesdays based off of class test scores.

Science will be about the water cycle.  Social Studies will continue to focus on the American Revolution.

Spelling words this week:
1) create
2) quiet
3) cruel
4) liar
5) actual
6) ruin
7) trial
8) rodeo
9) science
10) usual
11) appreciate
12) variety
13) enthusiastic
14) realize

15) eventually
Challenge Words

16) ominous
17) occurred
18) obscure
19) obeyed
20) opportunity

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