Miss Day's Class

Book It!

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Starting in October, we will be doing the BookIt! program. This is an opportunity for students to get a free personal pan pizza by reading 20 minutes a night. For February, the students will need to read 600 minutes total to receive the award for the month. On the February calendar, have the student record how many minutes they have read and initial it for that date. When the month is over, add up the minutes and sign at the bottom. BookIt! is from October to March.

Important Dates and Reminders

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State Assessment Dates:
Reading: March 1st through March 3rd
Math: March 15th through March 17th
Science April 27th and 29th

March 1: PTO Skating 6-8 pm
March 3: Pirate Night 4-6:30 pm
March 4: PTO Pizza Night
March 11: End of the 4th Nine Weeks
March 13: Daylight Saving Time Begins
March 18: Grade Cards Issued
PTO Pizza Night
March 21-25: Spring Break

April 1: PTO Pizza Night
April 6: Casual Individual Pictures
April 15: PTO Pizza Night
April 19: PTO Skating
April 21: 1st Grade Concert
April 29: PTO Pizza Hut

May 6: Muffins for Mom
May 13: PTO Pizza Night
May 24: Grade Cards Issued/Yearbook/Slideshow
May 25: Last Day of School/Field Day

Upcoming Spelling Words

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Week of...
February 28th
Reading State Assessments: No Spelling Test

March 7th
Syllable patterns V/CV and VC/V
Unit 5, Week 2

1. basic

2. vacant

3. secret

4. honor

5. local

6. novel

7. olive

8. tiger

9. spinach

10. second

11. donate

12. locust

13. beware

14. emotion

15. cabin

16. tripod

17. dragon

18. habit

19. tribute

20. lizard

March 14th
Greek Word Parts

Unit 5, Week 3

1. telephone

2. biography

3. telescope

4. photograph

5. microwave

6. diameter

7. barometer

8. microscope

9. headphones

10. microphone

11. autograph

12. microchip

13. telegraph

14. perimeter

15. paragraph

16. phonics

17. symphony

18. saxophone

19. periscope

20. megaphone

March 21st: Spring Break

March 28th
Words with Latin Roots
Unit 5, Week 4

1. dictionary

2. abrupt

3. predict

4. import

5. locally

6. verdict

7. locate

8. portable

9. transport

10. bankrupt

11. dictate

12. location

13. erupt

14. passport

15. export

16. contradict

17. rupture

18. interrupt

19. disrupt

20. dislocate

April 4th
Related Words

Unit 5, Week 5

1. please

2. pleasant

3. breath

4. breathe

5. image

6. imagine

7. product

8. production

9. heal

10. health

11. triple

12. triplet

13. relate

14. relative

15. meter

16. metric

17. compose

18. composition

19. crumb

20. crumble

April 11th
Schwa

Unit 6, Week 1

1. stomach

2. memory

3. Canada

4. element

5. mystery

6. science

7. remember

8. forget

9. suppose

10. iron

11. gravel

12. difficult

13. fortune

14. giant

15. architect

16. normal

17. notify

18. privilege

19. cement

20. yesterday

April 18th
Prefixes mis-, non-,re-
Unit 6, Week 2

1. misplace

2. nonsense

3. reread

4. repack

5. misfortune

6. remove

7. mishandle

8. nonstop

9. recover

10. reseal

11. misbehavior

12. reunion

13. nonfiction

14. rebound

15. mistreat

16. readjust

17. misprint

18. nonprofit

19. nonstick

20. misquote

April 26th
Suffixes -less, -ment, -ness
Unit 6, Week 3

1. countless

2. payment

3. goodness

4. fairness

5. hopeless

6. treatment

7. statement

8. breathless

9. restless

10. enjoyment

11. pavement

12. flawless

13. tireless

14. amazement

15. amusement

16. greatness

17. punishment

18. timeless

19. needless

20. painless

May 2nd
Suffixes -ful, -ly, -ion

Unit 6, Week 4

1. careful

2. tasteful

3. lonely

4. powerful

5. suggestion

6. peaceful

7. recently

8. extremely

9. certainly

10. wisely

11. harmful

12. monthly

13. yearly

14. successful

15. playful

16. thoughtful

17. actually

18. pollution

19. correction

20. eagerly

May 9th
Words with Silent Consonants
Unit 6, Week 5

1. island

2. column

3. knee

4. often

5. known

6. castle

7. thumb

8. half

9. calf

10. whistle

11. autumn

12. knuckles

13. numb

14. Illinois

15. rhyme

16. climber

17. limb

18. plumbing

19. ghost

20. clothes

In Reading...

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Week of February 28th
No Reading Story: State Assessments

Week of March 7th
5.2 Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu

Professor Hiram Bingham goes on a journey to Peru to find the lost city of Vilcapampa. With the help of a farmer named Arteaga and a Quechua boy, Bingham finds something unexpected—the beautiful and mysterious city of Machu Picchu sitting among the clouds.

Skill: Compare and Contrast
To compare and contrast is to tell how two or more things are alike and different. Words such as similar, as, unlike, and instead signal a comparison and contrast.

Vocabulary Words
curiosity an eager desire to know
glorious magnificent; splendid
granite a very hard gray or pink rock that is formed when lava cools slowly underground
ruins what is left after a building, wall, etc., has fallen to pieces
terraced formed into flat, level land with steep sides
thickets bushes or small trees growing close together
torrent a violent, rushing stream of water

Week of March 14th
5.3 Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
One evening, Eleanor Roosevelt asks her friend Amelia Earhart to dinner. In the middle of the dinner, these two brave and daring friends decide to take a ride in an airplane to see the city lights. Even after their exhilarating flight, they have enough excitement left in them to take a fast spin in Eleanor’s new car. It proves to be a memorable evening for the two friends.

Skill: Sequence

Sequence means the order in which things happen. Dates, times, and clue words such as first, then, next, and last can help you understand the order of events.

Vocabulary Words
aviator person who flies an aircraft; pilot
brisk keen; sharp
cockpit the place where the pilot sits in an airplane
daring bold; fearless; courageous
elegant having or showing good taste; gracefully and richly refined; beautifully luxurious
outspoken not reserved; frank
solo without a partner, teacher, etc.; alone

Week of March 28th
5.4 Antarctic Journal: Four Months at the Bottom of the World
Jennifer Owings Dewey is given a wonderful opportunity—the chance to see Antarctica for herself. During her four-month trip, Jennifer witnesses the life cycle of penguins, watches orca whales swim by her boat, experiences life without night, and narrowly escapes a dangerous fall into a glacier crevasse.

Skill: Main Idea and Details
The main idea makes a point about a topic and has at least one supporting detail. Details are smaller pieces of information that tell more about the main idea.

Vocabulary Words
anticipation act of anticipating; looking forward to; expectation
continent one of the seven great masses of land on Earth; The continents are North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica.
convergence act or process of meeting at a point
depart to go away; leave
forbidding causing fear or dislike; looking dangerous or unpleasant
heaves rises and falls
icebergs large masses of ice, detached from a glacier and floating in the sea

Week of April 4th
5.5 “Moonwalk”
While daring each other to jump over rilles, or narrow valleys on the Moon, Gerry and Vern get into trouble. Vern falls and hurts his knee while also knocking his battery, which gives him air to breathe in his spacesuit, loose. Luckily, the boys are able to get to a nearby shelter where Vern is out of danger.

Skill: Draw Conclusions
Drawing a conclusion is forming an opinion based on what you already know or on the facts and details in a text. Check an author’s conclusions or your own conclusions by asking: Is this the only logical choice? Are the facts accurate?

Vocabulary Words

loomed appeared dimly or vaguely as a large, threatening shape
rille a long, narrow valley on the surface of the moon
runt animal, person, or plant that is smaller than the usual size. If used about a person, runt is sometimes considered offensive.
staggered moved or walked unsteadily; wavered
summoning stirring to action; rousing
taunted jeered at; mocked; reproached
trench any ditch; deep furrow
trudged walked wearily or with effort

Week of April 11th
6.1 My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Few people know about what Martin Luther King Jr. was like as a child. His older sister, Christine, tells stories of their childhood, full of love and fun. She remembers when her little brother “M.L.” told their mother, “One day, I am going to turn this world upside down.”

Skill: Cause and Effect
A cause is why something happens. An effect is what happens. Sometimes one effect becomes the cause that can lead to another effect, which leads to another, and so on. This is called a chain of events.

Vocabulary Words
ancestors people from whom you are descended, such as your greatgrandparents
avoided kept away from; kept out of the way of
generations periods of about thirty years, or the time from the birth of one generation to the birth of the next generation
minister member of the clergy; spiritual guide; pastor
numerous very many
pulpit platform or raised structure in a church from which the minister preaches
shielding protecting; defending

Week of April 18th
6.2 Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path

It wasn’t easy for Jim Thorpe to become a famous and respected athlete. As an American Indian, he was discriminated against and separated from his family. His twin brother died when they were only nine years old. His mother and father also died when he was still in school. But he learned to move forward with his life because he was so inspired by his family and his people.

Skill: Fact and Opinion
A statement of fact can be proved true or false. Statements of opinion are judgments, beliefs, or ways of thinking about something.

Vocabulary Words
boarding school school with buildings where the pupils live during the school term
dormitory a building with many rooms for sleeping in. Many colleges have dormitories for students whose homes are elsewhere.
endurance power to last and to withstand hard wear
manual done with the hands
reservation land set aside by the government for a special purpose
society the people of any particular time or place

Week of April 25th
6.3 How Tía Lola Came to Visit Stay

One day Miguel’s Tía Lola starts to paint the family’s home purple and their landlord, the Colonel, orders them to paint it white or move out. Tía Lola designs purple and white uniforms for Miguel’s baseball team and names the team after the Colonel. The Colonel is so happy that he forgets about the color of the house.

Skill: Theme and Character
The theme is the underlying meaning of a story. The author may state the theme directly, but more often, the reader has to think about the story in order to figure out the theme. Characters are the people or animals in a story.

Vocabulary Words
affords gives as an effect or a result; provides; yields
colonel a military rank below general
glint a gleam; flash
lurking hiding or moving about in a secret and sly manner
palettes thin boards, usually oval or oblong, with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters to lay and mix colors on
quaint strange or odd in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way
resemblance similar appearance; likeness

Week of May 2nd
6.4 To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers

When Orville and Wilbur Wright were young, they enjoyed playing with helicopter toys and building high-flying kites. Eventually, they started a printing business and a bicycle business to make money, but they never forgot about flying. They researched past inventions and ran experiments, which helped them to successfully fly their homemade aircraft on a memorable day in 1903.

Skill: Generalize
To generalize means to make a special kind of conclusion. A generalization is a statement that applies to many examples that all have something in common. Generalizations are called valid if they are well supported, and faulty if they are not.

Vocabulary Words
cradle a frame to support weight
drag 1. the force acting on an object in motion, in a direction opposite to the object’s motion. 2. to pull or move along heavily or slowly; to pull or draw along the ground
flex to bend
glider a winged aircraft without an engine; Rising air currents keep it up in the air.
hangars buildings for storing aircraft
rudder a flat piece of wood or metal hinged vertically to the rear end of an aircraft and used to steer it
stalled stopped or brought to a standstill, usually against your wish

Week of May 9th
6.5 The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins

In 1969, Michael Collins circled the moon in a command module while two other astronauts made their historic landing. Even though Collins did not get to walk on the moon, he knew that every part of being an astronaut, from seeing the Earth from miles above to eating freeze-dried food from a pouch, was an experience to remember.

Skill: Graphic Sources
Graphic sources show information in a visual way. Maps, charts, tables, diagrams, and pictures are some examples of graphic sources.

Vocabulary Words
astronauts pilots or members of the crew of a spacecraft
capsule the enclosed front section of a rocket made to carry instruments, astronauts, etc., into space
hatch a trapdoor covering an opening in an aircraft’s or ship’s deck
horizon line where the earth and sky seem to meet; skyline; You cannot see beyond the horizon.
lunar of or like the moon
module a self-contained unit or system within a larger system, often designed for a particular function
quarantine detention, isolation, and other measures taken to prevent the spread of an infectious disease

In Social Studies...

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Geography

Our next social studies focus is geography. In this study, we will learn about atlases, globe and map components and elements, continents and oceans, cardinal directions, scales, different types of maps, different map features, landmasses and bodies of water, hemispheres, latitude and longitude, global address, and regions.

Economics

Our final focus in social studies is economics. In this study, we will learn about scarcity, opportunity cost, natural resources, economic concepts, capital resources, human resources, assembly lines, division of labor and specialization, and entrepreneurship.

Writing Focus

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Adjectives
After verbs, we will focus on adjectives. We will be identifying adjectives, as well as learning about articles, adjectives after linking verbs, proper adjectives, adjectives that compare, using more and most, good and bad, and combining sentences with adjectives. In addition, we will include discussion about letter punctuation.

Pronouns
After adjectives, we will focus on pronouns. We will be identifying pronouns, as well as learning about subject and object pronouns, pronoun-verb agreement, combining sentences using pronouns, possessive pronouns, contractions that include pronouns, and common errors with pronouns. In addition, we will include discussion about dialogue punctuation.
Compare Contrast Essay

Our next writing project is a compare/contrast essay. A compare/contrast essay explains how two things are alike and different. It uses comparison and contrast words to point out similarities and differences.

Traits of a Good Compare/Contrast Essay (Perfect Paper)

Ideas/Contents: The essay explains the similarities and differences between two animals. Good details about the two animals are included.
Organization: The writer has organized the report into paragraphs, grouping similarities and differences in logical order.
Voice: The voice is lively and informative.
Word Choice: The writer uses transitions such as too, both, but, and however to show similarities and differences.
Sentences: The sentences contain verbs in the correct tense.
Conventions: Correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar are used throughout the report.

Adverbs and Prepositions

Our final grammar focus will be on adverbs and prepositions. We will be identifying adverbs, prepositions, and prepositional phrases, as well as learning about adverbs that tell how, when, and where, adverbs that compare, using good and well, and negatives. In addition, we will include discussion about complex sentences and using commas for when you need a short pause.

Story

Our final writing project is a story. A good story has characters that move the action along, a beginning, middle, and end, has a plot with a problem that is solved, describes a setting, and uses dialogue.

Traits of a Good Story

Ideas/Contents: The story is focused on one mysterious and humorous event.
Organization: The story has a clear beginning, middle, and end. The first sentence grabs the reader’s attention.
Voice: The writer’s voice is expressed through the first person point of view.
Word Choice: The writer uses time-order words (every year, this year, the next morning, the following night, then) to show the sequence of events.
Sentences: Sentence length and structure support the tone of the story.
Conventions: Correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar are all excellent.

Math: Chapter 12, 8 and 9, 19 and 20, 23

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In Chapters 12, we will be learning about measurement. You can expect to see work that provides practice with instruments of measurement.

In Chapters 8 and 9, we will be learning about and practicing division of whole numbers. You can expect to see work that provides practice with dividing numbers with up to four digits by one- and two-digit numbers.

Vocabulary
prime number A whole number that has only itself and 1 as factors.
composite number A whole number that has more than two factors.
divisible One number is divisible by another if the quotient is a whole number and the remainder is 0.

In Chapters 19 and 20, we will be learning about fractions, mixed numbers, and adding and subtracting mixed numbers. Knowing about fractions will help students solve problems that include fractional numbers.

Vocabulary
equivalent fractions Fractions that show different numbers with the same value.
simplest form of a fraction A fraction whose numerator and denominator have the number 1 as the only factor.
improper fraction A fraction that is greater than or equal to 1. The numerator in an improper fraction is greater than or equal to the denominator.

In Chapter 23, we will be learning about probability. You can expect to see work that provides practice with finding probability. Knowing about probability will lay the foundation for the math that students will learn in the years to come.

Vocabulary
tree diagram A diagram that shows combinations of outcomes of an event.

Classroom Mission:

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My goal in teaching is to teach my students not what to learn but how to learn. As the teacher, I believe I assist the students in their learning. I plan to provide resources and content for them to become lifelong learners. I want to surround them with positive opportunities for growth so they can be successful in their community. I believe that the purpose of education is to help the learner grow and mature into a strong problem-solver and good citizen in a community. As for classroom behavior, I enforce only two rule that I feel cover most situations. I call them the “2 R’s” which are respect and responsibilities. I also believe that everyone in the classroom has choices, which may impact them positively and negatively. For these choices, I have created a classroom money system that incorporates a few different behavior systems that I have felt to be affective.