October 8th through 12th
Keenoy Kardinal News October 12, 2018
Dear Families,
I hope that everyone had a
terrific week. Again, thank you so much
for your generosity with the Paxton Carnival basket. I’m confident that our basket will earn a
high bid, which will benefit our school. St. Louis Blues just started their season last
week. My father in law shares season
tickets and I’m lucky enough to go to several games each year. Maybe this year they will win the Stanley Cup!
Dr. Stiepleman's Visit to Room 209
The Superintendent of Columbia Public Schools stopped by our classroom recently. He emailed me a picture and shared how impressed he was with our class during his visit. I used to work with Dr. Stiepleman several years back and enjoyed seeing him again.
Kardinal of the Week-Ariyana B.
Hello, my name is
Ariyana. I have two brothers and one
sister. My sister likes taking pictures and my brothers like basketball. I also live with my mom, Kandas who is
nice. She likes to spoil me😊 I like being
in our classroom and my teacher, Mr. Keenoy.
In my free time I like watching T.V. but I do not have a favorite
show. I also like going over to my
friend’s house to play.
The next Kardinal of the Week
is Darrihia C. Please bring any pictures or items that you
would like to put on our bulletin board that is located outside of our
classroom.
School Pictures
School pictures were sent
home yesterday. Picture retakes are
scheduled for next Thursday, October 18th.
Vocabulary Hat Day
Thank you for your assistance
with the vocabulary hats. I would like
for students to bring their hat into school on Wednesday. Next Friday, we will parade around Paxton by
showing off our hats to students and adults. The creativity that students show
with this project each year is amazing! Hopefully all of the 5th
grade students will learn a plethora
of new wordsJ
Parent Teacher Conferences
Please complete the Blue or
Green conference form and return by Tuesday.
On this form, you will indicate the day and time range you prefer. Every effort will be made to accommodate your
request.
Fall Party
Thank you for those willing
to volunteer time or items for our classroom party on October 26th.
Math
We are continuing our work
with division. This week students:
*Solved problems with
one-digit divisors (with and without remainders.
*Analyzed word problems to
determine what to do with remainders depending on the context of the problem
Writing
Our focus continued to be on
elaboration and craft. We also examined how to use paragraphs and dialogue in
our narratives by looking at mentor texts. Our lessons this week also focused
on writing an effective beginning and ending.
Next week students will write a 3rd draft, complete a final
teacher conference, and write a 4th/final draft. During this entire process, I will continue
meeting with individual students to offer support, advice, and suggestions for
improvement.
Reading
I was so impressed with the
results of our recent story element reading assessment. Students overall did such a wonderful job of
supporting their ideas with text details.
We will continue focusing on
the comprehension strategies listed below during read aloud, independent, and
book group reading.
Context Clues
*Determining the meaning of words and or phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative language (simile and metaphor).
*Using context to confirm or
self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Inferring *explaining
the interactions between individuals, events, ideas, or concepts.
*Quote accurately from a text
when explaining what the text says when drawing inferences from the text)
*Determine the meaning of
phrases as they are used in the text
Theme *Compare
and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes
and topics.
Social Studies-
Students will learn about
European Explorers next week.
Science
We concluded our Water Planet
Unit this week. I plan on assessing
students on this topic early next week.
I did not start our Space Systems Unit this week like I had originally
planned. Instead I put in a little extra
time with our Water Unit.
Space Systems
*Understanding that because
of gravity, everything falls downward or toward the earth’s center.
*Explaining why and how the
earth, moon, and sun revolve.
*Demonstrate that the earth
rotates on its axis once every 24 hours to cause day/night.
Reminders
Oct. 12 Comet Carnival (5:00-8:00)
Oct. 16 Flu Shot Day
Oct. 16 Early Dismissal Day 12:50 pm.
Oct. 19 Vocabulary Hat Day
Oct. 18 Picture Retake Day
Oct. 22 Dental Screening/Varnish Day
Oct. 25 Steele/Keenoy to Rock Bridge Planetarium (morning)
Oct. 26 Fall Party 2:15-3:00
Sincerely,
Dan Keenoy
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