Thursday

My homeroom is awesome! We earned a total of 4 PAWS compliments from other teachers today! YAY! :)

Lexile Numbers:
Here is a chart you may want to look at for more information. Please look at the Lexile number on your child's Book Log from me (Homeroom Kids) and then find what grade level your child is currently reading on.
BR = Below first grade Grade 9 1020-1150

Grade 1 200-400, Grade 10 1100-1200
Grade 2 300-500, Grade 11 1130-1230
Grade 3 420-700, Grade 12 1200-1310
Grade 4 600-830, College Freshman/Sophomore 1200-1450
Grade 5 800-920, College Junior/Senior 1300-1500
Grade 6 850-1010, Graduate School 1480-1700
Grade 7 930-1070, Grade 8 1000-1120
*Adapted from The Lexile Framework for Reading. (Lexile score-to-titles reference sheet)

Volunteers:
I finally made up a September schedule and copied it for those of you who are able to help. I tried my best to have you doing what your volunteer sheet said you wanted. Please let me know if a day/time doesn't work for you! Thank you! It will be in your child's red take home folder.
*For the Math Tiles, it will most likely be from 8:45-9:30 but I will contact you to let you know.

Math: Today we continued with our rounding with the tens place and added on rounding to the nearest hundreds and thousands place.  The kids did a great job! We were able to divide up into smaller groups with Mrs. Powell (our assistant) and myself to really focus on what the kids were and were not getting.  At the end of class everyone passed the quick quiz!!! We also had time to play a rounding game. Here it is if you'd like to play it at home! :)  http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/rounding-games.html
No HW except if they want to do the x-tra credit work~
*ALSO: I told the kids they could do X-TRA credit tonight. If your child wants (or you want them too!) please copy down the following problems and have him/her round to the nearest hundreds place.
1.  568       2.  678     3.  451   4. 890

Reading: Today we learned about the different types of sentences; exclamatory, declarative, interrogative.  We played a fun game on the SmartBoard to help us learn.  Then the kids took a quiz over their problem/solution and inferencing they have learned this week.  I should have those in the Wednesday folders.  We also took extra time to finish our Author Study. The kids have had PLENTY of class time to get this finished - over a week. I have even given them the websites to find the information.  Some groups played around and found themselves today trying to get everything ready.  Please ask your child if this is him/her! We will be presenting on Tuesday. I am so excited! Most of the projects look very interesting and I've seen how much creativity and thought has gone into it! :)
No HW

Science: Today we played a Jeopardy game and reviewed some questions that would be similar to the test.  It seems like most the kids are ready!!
HW: bring home Science Journal, Science Folder, and study guide to practice over the weekend
Please email me if you'd like a copy of the games we've played for this unit.

Writing: We continued writing our intro to our Memoir and got into our writing groups.  Groups worked on spelling and content of the first paragraph.
No HW

Have a wonderful night,