Mallen's Monday Memo March 30, 2015

Monday Memo

March 30, 2015

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone a great weekend! Just a reminder that there will be no school on Friday for Good Friday.

Our RC book, Misty of Chincoteague, was finished on Friday. The students RC book for the next two weeks is a library book of their choice. They have the books and are to have them tested by April 15^th. At that time, I will be assigning another RC book to them. I truly appreciate them reading at least 20 minutes each night. That practice is the best way for them to improve their reading skills!!

In Reading this week, we are beginning a new theme. The title of this theme is Nature: Friend or Foe. The stories deal with how nature can really help us or sometimes hurt us. Our first story is entitled “Salmon Summer”. It is the story of a little boy’s experience catching salmon. It also talks about how salmon is prepared. We will be talking about the following skills for this story:  Comprehension, Vocabulary, Direction Following, Outlining, and Multiple Meaning Words. Our grammar this week continues working with adverbs. Our spelling words are attached to this memo.

This week in math we are continuing our work with division. We are dividing with remainders as well.

We are also working on prime and composite numbers and we are getting into divisibility with numbers.

I sent home the study guide for social studies today. Our test over the Southwestern Region of the United States will be tomorrow. We will be working on Science next. More information will be forthcoming on our Monday Memo.

Have a great week!!

Thanks for all you do to help me with your child’s education! As always, please call with any questions or concerns!!

Sincerely,

Chris Mallen

Phone:  Home:  444-3093   School:  444-4300 ext 336

Email:  chris.mallen@bkcsd.org

Mallen's Monday Memo March 9, 2015

Monday Memo

March 9, 2015

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone enjoyed their spring break!!  

This week we will be reading a version of the classic Cinderella tale. This story is entitled “Cedrillion”. It is an interesting take on the story. We will be reading a variety of other Cinderella versions this week also. We will be working with the following skills this week:  Comprehension, Vocabulary, using a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the characters, using the suffix –able, and the difference between fantasy and realism. We will be identifying verbs during our grammar this week. Our spelling words are attached to this memo. The students were to read The Jacket for their first November book. That was due by Friday. As I told the kids and explained in an email, I know that not all of the kids are able to read at this level, so having you read some to them, a sibling, they read a page of it… is absolutely fine with me! I just want them to be exposed to good literature. In the meantime, I have them reading some short readers during the day that they can quiz on. Our next book is a nice book that takes place during the holidays, so it is perfect for this time of year. It is called Lucky Charms and Birthday Wishes. If they finish this book by the last day of the month, they can pick out another library book of their choice and read that. I will be giving them another book at the end of the month. Thanks for having them read at least 15 minutes a night!!

During Math this week, we are going to be talking about expressing metric mass measurements in terms of a smaller unit, and expressing metric capacity measurements in terms of a smaller unit. We will keep working on our daily reviews and multiplication/division sheets as well. Thanks for helping them with their facts at home!! It is working!!

This week we will be starting a new unit in social studies. We will be starting on a new region. I will let your children tell you about the region. If you have ever visited that region and have anything to share, we would love to see it!!

Thanks for all you do to help me with your child’s education! As always, please call with any questions or concerns!!

Sincerely,

Chris Mallen

Phone:  Home:  444-3093   School:  444-4300 ext 336

Email:  chris.mallen@bkcsd.org