November 2-6

We made it through all the Halloween craziness!  Here is what we will be working on this week in English:

• phonics: spelling with /ck/ (/ck/ follows short vowels)
• phonics: adding suffixes to one-syllable short vowel words
• phonics: the three sounds of /ed/
• phonics: verbs (action and linking, subject/verb agreement, past, present, future, and irregular) - this will continue into next week to say the least
• writing - writing a paragraph that compares and contrasts two elements within a text (we are currently working on comparing/contrasting two characters from a text)
• reading - continuing to read Friends Around the World
• power hour - continuing to practice reading, spelling, and comprehending

District Flyers

Here are some programs/activities that you may be interested in.  Click the picture for more information.

October 26-30

This is going to be a crazy week, so buckle your seat belts and I will try my best to get something taught!  Here is what we will be working on in English:

• phonics: nouns - singular, plural, common, proper, personal, possessive, indefinite, collective, irregular, and reflexive (who knew there were so many different kinds of nouns!)
• phonics assessment - short and long vowels and phonetic skills 1 & 2
• writing - they didn't do well on the writing assessment last week so we are going to practice some more.  We will be writing about games this week and going through the entire process again.  
• reading: identifying the main topic of a text
• reading: understanding the steps in a process
• reading: using text features (captions) to locate facts and information
• reading: ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding
• power hour: continuing to practice reading, spelling, and comprehension

Tuesday we will be going on a field trip to the Ellen Eccles theater.  We will be seeing Julie Fowlis perform Gaelic music.  The buses will leave school at 12:10 PM and return at 2:30.

This is also Red Ribbon Week.  Here is the schedule of activities for the week:

Monday - Wear your craziest socks to "Sock it to drugs!"

Tuesday - "Hats off to giving drugs the boot!" so wear hats and boots today.

Wednesday - "Staying healthy and doing drugs don't match" so be mismatched today.

Thursday - "Follow your dreams" and wear pajamas today.

Friday - "Scare out drugs!" by wearing your Halloween costume today.

The Halloween parade will be on Friday morning at 8:20.  Parents are welcome to attend.  There will be seating in the gym.  There are a few rules to  ensure that everyone has a good time: please, no masks, no weapons (real or fake), no gore, and minimal face paint.  Students may wear their costumes during the parade, but they will need to change into regular clothes afterwards.

October 19-23

I hope that everyone had a nice break.  Here is what we will be working on this week in English class:

• phonics: review how to make contractions
  
• phonics: assessment on lessons 28-30 (digraphs and contractions)
• phonics: long and short vowels
• phonics: phonetic skill #1 (when a vowel is followed by a single guardian consonant, and nothing else, the vowel sound is short)
• phonics: phonetic skill #2 (when a vowel is followed by two guardian consonants, the vowel sound is short)
• writing: writing about a food (begin with circle map, transfer to tree map, write sentences)
• writing assessment: prompt - write about fall (they will need to do this one completely on their own)
• reading: continue reading Friends Around the World (objective 1 - identify the main topic of the text, objective 2 - ask and answer questions to understand a text
• power hour - continuing to practice reading, spelling, and comprehending to become better readers and writers

October 12-15

Conference schedule:

As you can see, it is VERY full.  I had to schedule several that had gone unscheduled.  I apologize if you ended up with a time that is not convenient for you.  If you cannot make it to your conference, please call Nancy at 755-2345 and let her know.  If you are late, we will not be able to meet with you, and you will need to reschedule for another time.  Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.  We will be conducting conferences in the Red Hall Workroom (it is diagonally across the hall from Mrs. Reeder's room).
We only have two days of school this week: a full day on Monday, and a half day on Tuesday.  To accommodate all the conference times, we will have substitutes on Monday afternoon and on Tuesday.  There will be no school on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Enjoy your brief fall vacation!

Bridger Fund Raiser!

We are currently selling Cache Valley Direct books to raise money for our school.  The books costs $25 and  can be used for discounts at a wide variety of businesses and restaurants across the valley.  You will save more than $25 using your Cache Valley Direct card & coupons.  But the best part is that 1/2 of every book sold stays at Bridger; that is $12.50 from each book that we can use on supplies for our school!  You can pick them up in the office, or return the coupon that came last week.  Thanks for your support.

Announcements

The Logan City School District is no longer sending out community flyers.  They are now posted on the district website.  Here are some you may be interested in - for more information, click on the picture:

October 5-9

The online scheduler is open.  If you haven't already, please sign up for a conference ASAP.  There are only 51 slots available.  You need to sign up early to get one that works for you.  Look at my last post for complete directions on how to schedule a conference online.  If you have any troubles, call Nancy at 755-2345 and she will help you.  WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET WITH PARENTS THAT SHOW UP LATE.  IF YOU ARE LATE, YOU WILL NEED TO RESCHEDULE.
Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:

• STAR (reading & comprehension) testing - have they improved?  I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
• progress monitoring for DIBELS (reading & phonics) - again, fingers crossed!
• phonics: voiced and voiceless /th/
• phonics: assessment on lessons 23-27 (special vowel combinations, double s/f/z, plurals, voiced/voiceless /th/)
• phonics: digraphs (sh, wh, ph, ch)
• phonics: contractions
• phonics: common word list 8 (two, more, write, go, see, number, no, way, could, people)
• comprehension: read Friends Around the World (objective -  identify the main topic of a text, know use text features to locate key facts/information, explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text)
• writing: combining simple sentences to make compound sentences
• writing: practice writing compound sentences
• writing: adding adjectives to compound sentences
• power hour - continuing to work on becoming better readers, spellers, and comprehenders