Gonzales Weekly!

Gonzales Weekly

09/30/13

We've finally made it!  Report cards will be passed out 10/04!

The most important part of this newsletter is that Parent Teacher Conference times are posted!  I have several days with times beginning at 7 AM and ending at 6:30 PM.  I am expected by the administration to meet with every parent that week.  Please come by my classroom door and sign up.  You can also have your child sign up for you.  Again, you can see available times on my door.  Sign up by writing your name and your child's name.  I look forward to meeting with everyone the week of October 14th!

Next quarter, I will be putting a special focus on talking and being respectful.  You may notice that your child has to run more laps, or has a detention.  Chances are, it will be due to my crackdown on talking when listening should be happening!

The Harvest Fest is four weeks away, but I"m looking for parent volunteers to help me and Mrs. Flannery at our booth!  Signup forms were passed out today.  Get them back to me as soon as possible!

In math, we will finish our unit on division, and take a test on Tuesday, then review prime and composite numbers.  In reading, we will work on AIMS preparation material on informational tables.  In social studies, we will work through a Scholastic Weekly magazine.  In writing, we will continue practicing nouns.

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

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Weekly!

Gonzales Weekly

09/23/13

This is the last week for WORK in first quarter!

The most important part of this newsletter is that Parent Teacher Conference times are posted!  I have several days with times beginning at 7 AM and ending at 6:30.  I am expected to meet with every parent that week.  Please come by my classroom door and sign up.  You can also have your child sign up for you.  Again, you can see available times on my door.  Sign up by writing your name and your child's name.  I look forward to meeting with everyone the week of October 14^th!

This Wednesday is also a Papa John's fundraiser!  All you have to do is give the code on our flyer to make sure that a percentage of your purchase goes to LPA!

This week will be packed with work for your child to do!  Make sure that they are here on time and get ANY missing assignments in before Friday.

Remind your child that pages 2 and 3 for their Early American Explorer report is due on Friday, and the rest of their report is due next Monday.  I will not accept ANY late reports due to time constraints for report cards.

This week in math, we will begin practicing long division.  In reading, we will finish reading Maniac Magee.  In writing, we will finish our packet on paragraphs, and write a paragraph on a character from Manaic Magee.  In science, we will continue working through our Scholastic magazine.

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
msandreagonzales@gmail.com

andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com
721-4205

Gonzales Weekly

Gonzales Weekly

09/16/13

We have just three weeks left until the end of the quarter!

Today, we will have our representative from Roots and Shoots come in and help the class decide on a community service project!  I'm looking forward to seeing what the class comes up with!

Students' Early American Explorer reports are looking great!  Just a quick reminder: the cover page and page one is due on Friday.  Students will have to go to Homework Hall if they do not show me those two pages.  This project is designed so students only have to do two pages a week.  Please make sure they are working on this assignment all week, so they don't have to stay up late Thursday!

In math, we will take a test on multiplication and then begin our unit on division.  In reading, we will continue reading Maniac Magee.  There will be a small unit project and a test after we finish the book.  In writing, we will continue practicing paragraphs, and learning about vowels.  In social studies, we will learn more about the early American explorers that your students are doing a report on!

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

Ms. Gonzales
msandreagonzales@gmail.com

andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com
721-4205

Gonzales Weekly

Gonzales Weekly

09/09/13

Just four weeks left of first quarter!

I was INCREDIBLY impressed with how quickly you and your child got their progress reports signed.  Any student who showed me their signed progress report got five points of extra credit in their lowest subject.  Remember that you can check their grades online on engrade.com.

Make sure your child brings home all of the flyers I pass out on Mondays!  I keep finding them in the recycle bin!

On Friday, I passed out an at-home research project on an early American explorer.  Two pages of research notes are due THIS Friday!  I encourage students to work on this throughout the week and MAYBE even get ahead!

In math, we will take an in-depth look at multiplication.  There will be a test next week on Topic 3!  In reading, we will read chapters 27-32 and work on characters.  In writing, we will take a test on unit 1, and then will practice writing a narrative paragraph.  In social studies, students will begin reading about early American explorers and practice the note-taking skills we worked on last week.

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
msandreagonzales@gmail.com

andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com
721-4205

Gonzales Weekly

Gonzales Weekly

09/03/13

I hope everyone had a great three day weekend!  I know I did!

Remember that tomorrow is a dress down for a dollar day!  Those dollars go straight back into this classroom for class parties, supplies, and field trip costs!

Last week, we had a representative from the Roots and Shoots program come talk to us.  Our class will be choosing a service project and work on it throughout the year.  This should not take much extra time outside of class.

Due to poor behavior, the class was unable to earn an eegee's or pizza party for August.  Please make sure that your child understands my rules and expectations!

In math, we will continue working with multiplying numbers and understanding the different properties of multiplication.  In reading, we will read chapters 22-26 of Maniac Magee.  In writing, we will learn how to fix run-on sentences and begin practicing the main idea in a paragraph.  In social studies, we will study the Iroquois cuture.

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

16.      decimal

17.      disinfectant

18.      dungeon

19.      dynamite

20.      dishonest

Ms. Gonzales
msandreagonzales@gmail.com

andreagonzaleslpa.blogspot.com
721-4205