2nd – 6th Rockstars Mahaney September 9 - 13 Killebrew Rogers 2nd and 3rd Grade Literacy  This week second grade will be focusing on fine-tuning the Read to Someone station, including practicing how to sit EEKK, perform "I Read, You Read," and how to work together cooperatively.  Third grade will begin practice rotating the three stations that they have mastered thus far.  They will be introduced to two new stations, Listen to Reading and Word Work. 2nd Grade Science  TOP SECRET!! Preparing for Grandparent's Day... SHHH! 3rd Grade Science I can compare and contrast characteristics of vertebrates including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. I can describe ways animals can help people. Reminders from Ms. Mahaney - 2nd and 3rd grade book order due Friday, September 20th. 2nd Grade Math - My second graders will be working on adding numbers with and without regrouping and solving real-world problems.   3rd Grade Math - My third graders will be working on adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers mentally with and without regrouping and rounding numbers to estimate sums and differences. 2nd Grade Social Studies - This week we will complete our study of Geography. 3rd Grade Social Studies - This week we will complete our Earliest Americans unit. 4th Grade Social Studies - My two 4th grade classes will continue studying our United States Regions and locating Kentucky's place in the world. September 9 - 13 Weekly Reminders Send in Sunny D labels with your child’s name & homeroom teacher. This is to benefit classroom libraries & our school library. Please return all shirt orders by Friday, September 13th Grandparent’s Day Celebration Friday, September 13th Book Fair September 6th – 13th Rogers 4th & 5th Grade Literacy – We will continue to master the foundational skills of the Daily 5 & CAFÉ. As we start our fifth week with this new program we will increase our stamina expectations of our station rotation to 20 minutes. I will also be introducing the station, Listen to Reading, where we will create an “I Can” chart of the behavior we would see while students are listening to a story read fluently. Students will model the correct and incorrect ways to independently learn within this station.

Wells Crowder Rice Linder Bowen We will be reviewing and taking our Chapter 1 test this week. Students have a math journal that will be very handy in studying for their test.  Crowder Fifth grade will learn about European exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries by working in pairs to examine artifacts from an explorer's "sunken ship." After analyzing and reading about the artifacts, students will categorize them. Test on Chapter 4 Friday, don't forget to study using the online tutorial.  In 6th grade World Geography, students will begin their study of Latin America. We will take a look at the land, history and people of the geographic area that makes up Latin America. Fifth grade math classes will continue this week with Chapter 2 Whole Number Multiplication and Division. Students will multiply and divide using patterns, simplify  numeric expressions using the order of operations and solve real world problems. Drops in the Bucket 5 will be due on Friday. Please encourage your child to make good use of the homework time they are provided daily. Math- This week in Math we will continue estimation and number theory. We will be targeting greatest and least common multiples, prime and composite numbers, and problem solving strategies.   Science- We are studying food webs and food chains this week. We will be dissecting an owl pellet later in the week to help students understand the food chain and discover what types of animals an owl might eat. We will reconstruct the bones found in the pellet to understand animal structure. Bowen 5th Grade Science Classes – Students will be taking a test on Friday over Chapter 1 Cell Classification. They too have been given a study guide and workbook pages we did in class and checked as a study tool. 6th Grade Science Classes- Students will be taking a test on Wednesday over Chapter 9 Classifying Matter. Students need to reread the chapter and study their workbook pages that I went over in class with them to use as a study tool. Language classes We are continuing our study of the parts of speech. Students will be assessed over those parts of speech this week. I’m excited over the growth I am seeing in our students as writers. Rice Writer's Workshop It feels like a whirlwind, but our writing is coming along beautifully. Ask your child about the 6 Traits of Writing. Literacy Today begins our first day of full implementation of our Daily 5 schedule. We are excited about our literacy classes. Music The Grandparents Day Choir is preparing something special for you this Friday. You don't want to miss it! Rock On!