Mrs. Marklevits
by Debie Marklevits
November 19, 2006
Welcome
You will find information relating to our daily schedule, my weekly newsletter, weekly spelling words, and beneficial web site
Daily Schedule
8:35-9:00 Morning Work: Journals, Math, Spelling and other activities
9:00-9:10 Calendar and Group Time
9:10-9:30 Spelling or Pathways Whole Group
9:35-10:25 Computer, Art, Music, Library and P.E.
10:30-11:15 Language Arts
11:15-11:30 Recess
11:35-11:50 Read-Aloud
11:50-12:30 Pathways Small Groups
12:35-1:10 Lunch
1:10-1:45 Math
1:45-2:10 Science, Writing, Health, or Social Studies
Thursday: P.E.
2:10-2:30 Recess
2:30-3:00 Book Groups
Tuesday: Writing with Mrs. Hett
3:00-3:25 Centers
3:25 Prepare to go home
3:35 Dismissal
Weekly Newsletter
Marklevits Minutes
April 16-20, 2007
Science: They are here!!! The caterpillars arrived on Monday. We are going to see the life cycle of a butterfly take place in our classroom. The students are very excited! We are recording our observations in a journal. It will be amazing to see how quickly they change.
Language Arts: This week we read a story from our reader called Butterfly. It was about the life cycle of a butterfly. The main focus this week was stating the topic, main idea, and details of a story. We have been practicing topic and details in our reading and writing all school year. Adding the main idea to these concepts becomes more complicated. This would be a great skill to practice when reading with your child. We also learned about present tense verbs and past tense verbs.
Math: Halves and fourths have been the focus this week. We will review those fractions next week and learn about thirds.
Pathways: For the past few weeks, we have been learning decoding strategies for multi-syllable words. So far we have practiced tapping out syllables. We know that every syllable has 1 vowel. We also learned that multi-syllable words have some of their own rules, such as: If the first vowel is a single vowel, it can wear the name hat or the sound hat. For example, in the word frozen, the first vowel is single so it could say /o/ (short sound) or /oe/ (long sound). In the word frozen it is wearing the name hat and says /oe/. The students are learning that whenever there is a word with a double consonant such as bubble, the first vowel can only wear the sound hat (say the short vowel sound). A tricky ending was introduced this week. When you spot “le” at the end of a word, you know that the two letters together only say the /l/ sound as in the word puzzle.
Snacks: For next week, Jack and Ethan will bring in a healthy snack for our class on Monday.
Upcoming Events:
May 1: Casual pictures need to be returned or paid for by this date.
Have a great weekend!
Spelling
Words
Links to Beneficial Web Sites
http://pbskids.org/lions/index.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html
www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/
The last web site is from our math book. First, you will click on the red box called "The Learning Site". Next, click on the pink banner with "math" written on it. Finally, scroll down to the bottom of the page and select "Math Advantage". You will need to click on these words in order to access games that compliment our learning.
