Please use this time to sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences at the round table in the back

Please use this time to sign up for Parent Teacher

Conferences at the round table in the back.

Mrs. Jenea Smith

Email: jsmith@hamburgschools.org

Look for the Newsletters in your student’s take-home folder for weekly information!

1. Be respectful of our classroom friends and supplies.

2. Always raise your hand before talking.

3. Always walk quietly in the hallway and during fire drills.

4. Always keep your hands and feet to yoursef.

5. Be a good listener while others are talking.

Monday: Physical Education

Computer Lab

Tuesday: Art

Wednesday: Music

Computer Lab

Thursday: Physical Education

Friday: Music

LMC

(Fun Friday!)

Spelling Homework:

-Due every Friday

-Provides practice of spelling and sight words for the week

-Encourages children to write the words

Spelling Test

• Fridays

• Signature

• Paper set-up

Spelling City -Practiced throughout week

-Read with your child at home

-Read to me every Friday (see composition notebook)

Review

General Overview of ELA Schedule:

Monday- Build background knowledge, introduce spelling and vocabulary words, reader response journal

Tuesday- Picture walk through selection, teacher read-aloud, focus on target skill, introduce grammar, phonics

Wednesday- Phonics, choral reading of selection, grammar

Thursday- Reread selection for fluency (independently, small groups, partners)

Friday- Selection Test, Spelling Test, Word List Test

Vocabulary• Important for selection tests and benchmark exams

• Practice book pages reinforce vocabulary and phonics skills

Target Skills

SCOTT FORESMAN

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

Math Book and Assessments

Spiral Review Typical lesson:

•Introduce topic: build background knowledge

•Learn new skill: whole group guided practice (front)

•Practice new skill: Independent practice (back)

•Review: conclude lesson with an activity/game/discussion

Leveled Practice

Pages

Incorporated

into ELA

instruction

Topics:

Families, Community, Rules and Laws, Map Skills*Projects:

•Community Interview

•Timeline

BOCES Kits

Properties

Weather

Goldfish and Guppies

Rocks, Fossils, and Dinosaurs (field trip in May)

Project:

•Aquarium

Star Student

Before you leave:

Please sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences.

If you are interested in being a classroom volunteer please sign up!