March 4th through 8th
Keenoy Kardinal
News 3-8-19
Dear
Families,
I’m
sure that you are feeling the same way………”Finally, a five day week of
school!” It was nice to be in a regular
schedule and I’m glad that we did not have to use another snow day on
Monday. Hopefully the weather will turn
a corner quickly. My son has a soccer
tournament in St. Louis this weekend. He
is super excited as he has been injured and had to take three weeks off. Caleb has been miserable not playing! My girls are also keeping us entertained and
busy each day. Natalie (my fifth-grade
daughter) is participating in gymnastic competitions and is doing really well
in her age division. Gabby continues to
be a pistol and makes us laugh with her comments daily.
Have
a wonderful week and I really enjoyed visiting with each of you during
conferences. Ms. Sullivan and I feel extremely supported and appreciate
everything that you do.
Kardinals
of the Week-Kenicia L. and Emerson K.
Keenoy
Kardinal of the week- Kenicia
Hi,
my name is Kenicia. I have 8 people in my family. My favorite hobby is singing
and my favorite place to eat out is China Garden. I am excited to be a sixth
grader next year!
Keenoy
Kardinal of the Week- Emerson
Hi,
my name is Emerson and I have 5 people in my family. These include my mom, dad,
Lucas, Adler, and me. I also have 3 pets. Millie the dog, Princess the mean
cat, and Ellenore the puppy. I love to act and go other places like Florida.
I’m excited to go to middle school and meet new people.
The
next Kardinal of the Week is Reagan on
March 18th . Please bring any pictures or items that you would like to put on
our bulletin board that is located outside of our classroom.
Writing
This
week we had terrific discussions about the similarities and differences between
persuasive and argumentative writing.
Argumentative writing is more research based and is more respectful of
the other point of view. I also guided
students through the process of writing an argumentative essay. We will practice growing through this process
with several argumentative ideas (as a class).
I’ll be asking students to involve their parents with brainstorming
topic ideas during this unit. I enjoy
when my own children involve me in their learning at school.
Inventions (Writing/Soc.
Studies)
One
of the argumentative ideas that I am going to have students focus on is an
invention (between 1700-current) that had the most impact on the world. The process will take a couple of weeks and
will look like this:
*Students
brainstorm a list of invention ideas after looking up information.
*Narrow
down their long list to 3 inventions.
*Research
information about the 3 inventions.
*Select
1 invention and create a brief argument about how the invention impacted the
world.
*Each
student presents this information to the class.
*The
class votes on the top 2.
*Our
class creates an iMovie for the 2 inventions.
*After
spring break, 5th graders will watch the top videos and then will vote for
Reading
We just finished reading aloud the book Through My Eyes by Ruby
Bridges. We had great conversations on the process of integrating schools in
1960. The students really shared some great deep level thinking throughout. The
main focus was on the comprehension strategy of cause and effect. After we
finished the book, the students were assessed over this skill. They showed off
their knowledge of cause and effect, and I am proud of them. This assessment
was sent home today. Yesterday, I started our new read aloud, Children of the
Dust Bowl by Jerry Stanley. I will be modeling my thinking aloud and asking
students to practice the skills taught each day (listed below). This is a
wonderful book and I am excited to dive deeper into it.
*Theme
*Point of View
*Cause and Effect
*Main Idea
Word Study
Students
were tested over their words last week.
These were graded/returned to students and they should be coming home in
their Friday folder. We will be focusing
on words that have the ending sounds:
er, ar, ure during our next word study cycle. Please look for these words in your child’s
planner next week. Quizzing your child
from their word list is also very helpful.
Social Studies
Students
will continue to learn about how the country grows in chapter 11. These lessons focus on a) Industrial
Revolution b) Immigration c) Texas and the Mexican War d) Movement West-Gold
Rush
Math
On
Wednesday, we completed the Topic 5 assessment. These assessments will be sent
home on Monday. They did well on the assessment and I was proud of how hard
they worked during the unit. Our next unit will focus on multiplying and
dividing decimals by the power of 10. We started the unit yesterday and we will
be continuing to apply the skills we learned from previous units, as well
practicing new skills from Unit 6.
PK5K School Color Run
This
year, Paxton will host our annual school color run! This is an exciting program that will help
create awareness for healthy living, raise funds, and is sure to be a
blast. Register by April 12th for a $20
registration fee. Late registration is
available but will increase the fee $5.
A yellow informational page will come home today in your child’s Friday
folder.
Reminders
Thursday,
March 14th Paxton Keeley
Picture Day
March
25-29 No School/Spring
Break
Friday,
April 5th Paxton
Spring Fling
Friday,
April 26th Color Run
Sincerely,
Dan
Keenoy
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