Johnson's Journal

Good day

Good day parents,

What a cazy week!  We hope everyone is ok.  We look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Thursday, if schools reopen.  We are going to continue our curriculum on math multiplication. We are working on multiplication properties.  Students should be able to identify the property and solve a multiplication problem using the property.  We will have an assessent over this on Tuesday of next week. 

In Spelling, we are working on long vowel patterns.  They will have homework tonight. We went over long vowel patterns in the first syllable. Today we will go over long vowel patterns in the second syllable. Friday, we will go over short vowel patterns in the first syllable.  Monday we will review all the words and Tuesday, we will test over unit five.  The homework assignment each day is to practice the Spelling words three times each in the category we reviewed that day.

Progress reports were sent home on Monday.  If your child has all a's and b's, they did not receive a progress report.  Please sign your child's progress report and send it back to school.

In Science, we are discussing the water cycle and will test over it next week.  We will then discuss weather patterns.  Please review your child's work each day. We will send home a review sheet before we test.

In language arts we are working on creating a personal narrative.  Students have reviewed creating a strong beginning, transitions words, describing words, and a strong ending.  Please review his/her writing we you see it in the Thursday folder. 

Please sign your child's agenda and reading log each night.  Thank you for all you do!

Ms. S. Johnson and Mrs. C. Johnson

Marvelous Monday!

Good day parents,

We hope your weekend was restful.  We are excited to be back and hard at work learning. This week, we are beginning a new unit in Science.  We will be discussing the water cycle.  Students will create vocabulary flash cards today in small group to begin the unit.  As a class, we will create a KWL chart on the water cycle.  We will discuss what we know, what we want to know and as we go along we will discuss what we have learned about the water cycle. Students will have Science homework everyday.  Today their homework will be to review their vocabulary words. In health, we are discussing emotions and feelings.  The homework for tonight is to complete the activity sheet on vocabulary.  In math, we have begun a new unit on Multiplication and division.  Today we learned about fact families.  The homework is set b page 122 in their math textbook.  In writing, we are beginning our unit on narrative writing.  Today we will discuss great beginnings and start the rough draft with a great beginning.  Last week, we brained stormed topics and created a web to write down out ideas.  Last week, we also completed our descriptive essay on my special place, so look for that to come home in their Thursday folder. In reading, we are continuing to study elements of a story.  Students will work with a partner to create a story map to help understand, character, plot, and setting.

Please have your child read for 20 minutes each night and sign the reading log.  In addition, agendas should be signed each night.  Also, please send a healthy snack to school each day. Please don't forget to sign and return the field trip permission form for the filed trip on October 16th. Thank you for all you do! You are the best!  Have  great and productive week.

Ms. S. Johnson and Mrs. C. Johnson

Wonderful Wednesday

Good day parents,

We hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend.  We are excited to be back at work.  This week we will test on Friday over unit Three Spelling.  Please make sure your child is studying the spelling words daily. Thursday folders will come home on Friday.  This week we are covering map and globe skills in Social Studies and we are working on graphing in math.  We will have a math assessment on Friday which will cover what we have learned so far in this unit. It will cover place value, graphing, and ordering numbers from least to greatest.  In reading, we are beginning our guided reading groups this week and we are focusing on recognizing character, plot, and setting.  We are going to the media center to check out and return books today. We are finishing our descriptive writing and will start narrative writing next week. Students will write a personal narrative that focuses on a story from their life.

Please sign your child's agenda and reading log each night.  Also, please include a healthy snack each day. Also, Field trip form went home, please sign and return to school as soon as possible.

Have a wonderful week.

Ms. S. Johnson and Mrs. C. Johnson