Ms. Seyan's Class
Welcome A-3 All Stars!
September 6-September 10, 2010
I hope you enjoy your long Labor Day weekend. Remember: Don't come to school on Monday! Here is this week's agenda in a kid-friendly format, written from the students' perspective:
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This week in language arts we will continue to study the story "Julius" and to work on short vowels o, u, and e. We will have new Spelling Words though, and we will start learning syllabication rules. We will continue to do the alphabetical order and syllabication activities included in the weekly homework packet together for at least two more weeks. We will ultimately be doing this ourselves at home on the first day of the school week.
We are still working with addition, but emphasizing different strategies for solving problems. We are discussing doubles and near doubles problems, adding 0,1, and 2, and using number lines, bar diagrams, and even our fingers and simple drawings. We will also be introduced to more math drills this week in order to keep our addition and subtraction facts in working memory.
This week we will continue to practice doing the Daily 5 "Reading to Self" activity. We managed to read quietly for 7 minutes at a stretch last week! This week we are working on picking a good place to sit and staying there for the duration of the reading time. If we work hard, we may move up to 10 minutes of sustained silent reading! It is hard work, though. Whenever someone does something against the rules we made for Daily 5, we have to stop, have someone model what to do, show us the wrong way to do it, then show us the right way again! After all that, we discuss it!! Our teacher thinks it would be easier if we just followed rules the first time, but we are not so sure. ;o)
Mrs. Calzia put together our Scholastic book order for us. This week, Ms. Seyan will call parents about volunteering in our classroom. By the way, she found a link to an author page that we might like. It's Dav Pilkey's page. He's the author of Captain Underpants and "Dragon Gets By", which we just read. Here's the link:
Also: We need to remember to do our Book Reports on Thursday nights! That's about it for now.
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Math Standard(s) of the Week:
Number Sense 2.0: Estimate, calculate, and solve problems involving addition and subtraction. We use various strategies to find sums and differences.
Algebra and Functions 1.2: Relate problem situations to number sentences involving addition and subtraction.
Language Arts Standard(s) of the Week:
Word Analysis & Vocabulary Devlopment 1.2 : Apply knowledge of basic syllabication rules when reading (e.g., v/cv, vc/cv).
Writing 1.1: Group related ideas and maintain a consistent focus
Reading Comprehension 2.5: Restate facts and details in the text to clarify and organize ideas.
Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.7: Understand and explain common antonyms and synonyms.
Houghton-Mifflin Spelling List
sock, duck, dust, yes, bed, help, set, pen, jet, web, sled, left, rest, pot, nod.
Challenge Word List
pencil, present, hospital, goggles, copy, donkey, blond, follow, thunder, muffin, shrug, bucket, ugly, number, jungle.
Language Arts Theme: "Silly Stories"
Selection: "Julius"
Author: Angela Johnson
Comprehension Skill: Fantasy/Realism
Strategy Focus: Monitor/Clarify
Grammar: Nouns and Verbs, Using Correct Punctuation, Capitalizing proper nouns
Writing: Grouping ideas and maintaining focus; revising original drafts
Word Work/Phonics: Short Vowels o, u, e; Syllabication: VCCV Pattern; Synonyms ad Antonyms
Listening/Speaking: Doing a phonics routine with a group
Frontloading Vocabulary: extra, right, spread, imitation, enough
High Frequency Words: brought, reason, special, surprise
Math: Single Digit Addition Using Various Strategies
Here is the Accelerated Reader website link. Feel free to click on the link and try using your child's User Name and Password to access their STAR test results and Quiz scores. Remember, students can only take quizzes when logging on via the SJUSD server, so you won't be able to take quizzes at home. For online book quiz practice, try Sylvan Learning Center's Book Adventure site. *There have been some issues reported with logging on at home. I will check up on this and follow up with more information for you ASAP!
Additional Spelling Words can be found here:
This link take you to a page that allows you to choose activities and extensions for the Houghton-Mifflin reading program.
Rachel Carson Elementary School
San Jose Unified School District
Instructional Calendar
California Content Standards-You have to dig a little on this page!
September 6-September 10, 2010
I hope you enjoy your long Labor Day weekend. Remember: Don't come to school on Monday! Here is this week's agenda in a kid-friendly format, written from the students' perspective:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This week in language arts we will continue to study the story "Julius" and to work on short vowels o, u, and e. We will have new Spelling Words though, and we will start learning syllabication rules. We will continue to do the alphabetical order and syllabication activities included in the weekly homework packet together for at least two more weeks. We will ultimately be doing this ourselves at home on the first day of the school week.
We are still working with addition, but emphasizing different strategies for solving problems. We are discussing doubles and near doubles problems, adding 0,1, and 2, and using number lines, bar diagrams, and even our fingers and simple drawings. We will also be introduced to more math drills this week in order to keep our addition and subtraction facts in working memory.
This week we will continue to practice doing the Daily 5 "Reading to Self" activity. We managed to read quietly for 7 minutes at a stretch last week! This week we are working on picking a good place to sit and staying there for the duration of the reading time. If we work hard, we may move up to 10 minutes of sustained silent reading! It is hard work, though. Whenever someone does something against the rules we made for Daily 5, we have to stop, have someone model what to do, show us the wrong way to do it, then show us the right way again! After all that, we discuss it!! Our teacher thinks it would be easier if we just followed rules the first time, but we are not so sure. ;o)
Mrs. Calzia put together our Scholastic book order for us. This week, Ms. Seyan will call parents about volunteering in our classroom. By the way, she found a link to an author page that we might like. It's Dav Pilkey's page. He's the author of Captain Underpants and "Dragon Gets By", which we just read. Here's the link:
Also: We need to remember to do our Book Reports on Thursday nights! That's about it for now.
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Our Weekly Focus
Number Sense 2.0: Estimate, calculate, and solve problems involving addition and subtraction. We use various strategies to find sums and differences.
Algebra and Functions 1.2: Relate problem situations to number sentences involving addition and subtraction.
Language Arts Standard(s) of the Week:
Word Analysis & Vocabulary Devlopment 1.2 : Apply knowledge of basic syllabication rules when reading (e.g., v/cv, vc/cv).
Writing 1.1: Group related ideas and maintain a consistent focus
Reading Comprehension 2.5: Restate facts and details in the text to clarify and organize ideas.
Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.7: Understand and explain common antonyms and synonyms.
Houghton-Mifflin Spelling List
sock, duck, dust, yes, bed, help, set, pen, jet, web, sled, left, rest, pot, nod.
Challenge Word List
pencil, present, hospital, goggles, copy, donkey, blond, follow, thunder, muffin, shrug, bucket, ugly, number, jungle.
Language Arts Theme: "Silly Stories"
Selection: "Julius"
Author: Angela Johnson
Comprehension Skill: Fantasy/Realism
Strategy Focus: Monitor/Clarify
Grammar: Nouns and Verbs, Using Correct Punctuation, Capitalizing proper nouns
Writing: Grouping ideas and maintaining focus; revising original drafts
Word Work/Phonics: Short Vowels o, u, e; Syllabication: VCCV Pattern; Synonyms ad Antonyms
Listening/Speaking: Doing a phonics routine with a group
Frontloading Vocabulary: extra, right, spread, imitation, enough
High Frequency Words: brought, reason, special, surprise
Math: Single Digit Addition Using Various Strategies
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Below
is the link to the parent email registration page, per your request. If
you would like to email me, register through the page indicated. My
SJUSD email is:
Susan_Seyan@sjusd.org.
Additional Spelling Words can be found here:
This link take you to a page that allows you to choose activities and extensions for the Houghton-Mifflin reading program.
Rachel Carson Elementary School
San Jose Unified School District
Instructional Calendar
California Content Standards-You have to dig a little on this page!
