Gonzales Weekly

Gonzales Weekly

10/29/12

Please make sure your child is doing their homework!  There was a HUGE drop in homework last week!  Progress reports come out in two weeks and I don't want to see any F's!

Thank you to all parents who donated candy and volunteered their time (or just came!) at the Harvest Fest!!  We had so much fun and it was wonderful to see everyone in their costumes!

As a reminder to parents, DO NOT allow your child to go to school with their Halloween candy!  If I see it out, I will take it and they will NOT get it back.

We have a lot to do this week!  In math, we will have a test on the first half of our fractions unit and then work on comparing fractions, decimals, and percents.  In reading, we will continue to read Esperanza Rising.  In writing, we will practice writing introductions.  In science, we will continue our work on the human body.  In social studies, we will do presentations about the causes of the American Revolution.

 Homework will be problemsets 31-33, three spelling activities, reading log, and current events.  I reserve the right to add homework as needed.

Spelling list for the week:

1)   smear

2)   squirm

3)   early

4)   thirst

5)   term

6)   pearl

7)   perch

8)   worse

9)   rear

10) steer

11) interpret

12) yearn

13) emergency

14) dreary

15) career

16) justifiable

17) jealousy

18) juvenile

19) judgment

20) journalism

Have a great week!

Ms. Gonzales

andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com

agonzales@lpatucson.org

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Gonzales Weekly 10/22

Gonzales Weekly

10/22/12

Welcome to another Monday! 

This Friday is the Harvest Fest from 6-8 PM.  Tickets are available for pre-sale now!  Please consider volunteering to help me and Miss Jarvis at our booth!  We'll be doing the Spin-A-Prize and we would love more parent volunteers!

Make sure that your child is doing ALL of their homework.  This includes spelling, math, reading log, and NOW their current event.  I have several students failing subjects already because they aren't getting their homework done.  At conferences, I did my best to emphasize how important homework is in my class.  Make sure you hold your child accountable for homework!

The cookie dough fundraiser is still going on!  Make sure to sell it, as all of the money made from fundraisers this year will go towards adding technology to our classrooms.

In math, we will continue fractions, comparing and adding/subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.  In reading, we will continue reading Esperanza Rising and will focus on main ideas.  In writing, we will finish the rough draft of our prompt from last week.  In science, we will continue learning about the human body (there will be a test in several short weeks!).  In social studies, we will finish our jigsaw about the start of the American Revolution and then learn about the Boston Tea Party.

Spelling list for the week:

1.   torch

2.   scar

3.   harsh

4.   bore

5.   fare

6.   barge

7.   flare

8.   carve

9.   rare

10. soar

11. folklore

12. unicorn

13. ordinary

14. marvelous

15. gorge

16. interrogate

17. inevitable

18. inconvenience

19. insufficient

20. influential

Have a great week!

Ms. Gonzales

agonzales@lpatucson.org

andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com

G Weekly 10/15

Gonzales Weekly

10/15/12

Happy Monday!

A special thank you to all parents who I met with last week!  I just have three of you to meet with this week and we are set for another year!  Even though these parent teacher conferences are the only ones you are required to do, if you ever have any concerns, please contact me and we can set up another meeting at any time this year.

This week will be very busy!  We are taking another practice AIMS test in math, reading, and writing.  It is ESSENTIAL that your child be in school, especially Monday-Wednesday.  These tests are a great indicator of how they will do on the AIMS – and will tell us what I as their teacher can do to improve their scores.

The cookie dough fundraiser begins today.  Please make sure that your child is fundraising!  The money we make from this goes towards new technology in our classrooms.

In addition to the testing, we will be doing a lot of other activities this week!  In math, we will begin fractions.  In reading, we will continue reading Esperanza Rising (make sure you are asking them about what they are reading!).  In science, we will continue studying the human skeleton.  In social studies, we will learn about the Seven Year's War.  We will begin working on writing introductions in our writing classes.

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

Have a great week!

Ms. Gonzales

agonzales@lpatucson.org

andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com

Gonzales Weekly

Gonzales Weekly

10/08/12

Welcome back to La Paloma Academy!

This week, you have a LOT of different papers going home with you.  Please make sure you look through them all!  Also it is Parent Teacher Conference Week!  If you signed up for a conference (which every parent did), please make sure you come!  I'm really looking forward to meeting with everyone.

In addition to your child's regular math, spelling, and reading homework each week, I am adding one more piece.  Your child will bring home a Scholastic News magazine and will be required to do a current event.  I will explain everything to your child today and they will know my expectations.  If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at your PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE.  Math will be problemsets 22-24 and regular spelling and reading logs.

This week in math, we will do a unit on decimals.  This includes naming and adding/subtracting them.  In reading, we will begin the book Esperanza Rising.  They are not required to purchase this book.  In writing, we will continue keeping to the main idea in a paragraph.  In science, we will learn more about bones.  In social studies, we will begin learning about the American Revolution.

Spelling words:

1.    basketball

2.    wheelchair

3.    cheerleader

4.    everybody

5.    up-to-date

6.    grandparent

7.    wildlife

8.    highway

9.    whoever

10.  homemade

11.  household

12.  extraordinary

13.  quick-witted

14.  limelight

15.  salesperson

16.  growth

17.  gratuity

18.  gaunt

19.  garbled

20.  gullible