Monday Memo
January 21, 2013
Dear Parents,
I hope everyone had a great weekend and Happy Martin
Luther King Jr. Birthday!
Speaking of him, we are going to be doing a little of
activities involving this great hero of ours.
This week in reading, we are in our unit on problem
solvers. We will be reading a story about a little boy who has to live away
from his family due to health issues. The story takes place in the early
1900’s. He has to work with people who don’t speak his language and are quite a
bit older than him. It shows how he was able overcome all of those obstacles
and succeed. Talking of Martin Luther King Jr. and many famous African
Americans during those times, works quite well into our problem solvers theme.
We will also be working on a lot of skills over this story including,
comprehension, vocabulary, questioning techniques, note taking and a health
link over winter survival. Our grammar
this week is over irregular verbs. Our spelling has us working with words with
a final e on them.
For Math, we will be starting our new unit on multiplying
with 2 and 3 digits. We tested over our chapter 4 on Friday and I sent the
results home with the students. If all goes right, we will be finishing our
social studies unit this week, with a study guide going home on Thursday night
for a test on Friday.
I realize this is a rather short Monday Memo, so I will
just take this moment to let you know that I am really happy with the way the
students are progressing. It is showing in their test scores, SRI scores… Keep
having them read 15 minutes a night (or more) as it is the greatest way to see
progress on their SRI and it is excellent practice in the area of reading. All
of them have tested over The Jacket and
are on their second book for the month. Many are on their third or fourth book.
Keep that upJ
Unfortunately The Diary of a Wimpy Kid book
that I gave some for Christmas doesn’t have a quiz yet because it is so new.
So, today at library, those students are going to pick out a book (some already
have one) to read for their second book. On February 4, I will be giving the
students a Sharon Creech poetry book that is really fun to read. That will
cover the poetry genre. It is also an RC quiz book.
As always, please call with any questions/concerns!!
Have a great week!
Chris Mallen
Phone: 444-3093
(Home) 444-4300 ext. 336 (School)
Email:
chris.mallen@belmond-klemme.k12.ia.us
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