Columbia Elementary School

Week of November 2-6, 2020          

Important Information                                      

Fantastic Fridays at CES

November 6: Wear Red, White  and Blue

November 13: Wear a shirt with a positive message for World        Kindness Day

November 20:  Disney Day 

Remember the Fall Book Fair, October 23 - November 5

Week at a Glance: 

Weekly ELA: Unit 2 Week 5

Check out the  Wonder’s website where your child can take the Unit 2 Week 5 weekly test for practice.  It is important for the students to become proficient in taking tests online and this is good practice. The test for Week 1, 3, and 5 of the unit being taught will be available.  We score week 2 and 4. 

Weekly Math:  Place Value to 1,000 and two digit addition

Social Science:  Fire Safety 

                        Tuesday, November 3 - WebEx with Madison FD

Reminders:

Read nightly for 20 minutes.  If you are looking for a book try  EPIC books it's a great place to start.

Please have your child practice xTra Math daily.  The information about xTra Math is in your child's red folder.  The program used to practice math fact fluency. 

We have two more wonderful programs iReady reading and math.  Please let your children practice them at home.  A suggested schedule for practice is rotate reading and math nightly. 

Week of October 26-30, 2020

Important Information

• There will be information about Red Ribbon Week Oct. 26 - 30.

• Remember the Fall Book Fair, October 23 - November 5

Week at a Glance: 

Weekly ELA: 

Weekly Math:  Place Value to 1,000

Social Science:  The plant pumpkin seeds.

        What is an election?

Reminders:

Read nightly for 20 minutes.  If you are looking for a book try  EPIC books it's a great place to start.

Please have your child practice xTra Math daily.  The information about xTra Math is in your child's red folder.  The program used to practice math fact fluency. 

We have two more wonderful programs iReady reading and math.  Please let your children practice them at home.  A suggested schedule for practice is rotate reading and math nightly. 

Week of October 12 - 16, 2020

Afternoon, 

Important Information

• Report Cards need to be signed and returned to school no later Thursday, October 22nd

• There will be information about Red Ribbon Week Oct. 26 - 30 posted on SeeSaw and sent out through email. 

Please have your child practice xTra Math daily.  The information about xTra Math is in your child's red folder.  The program used to practice math fact fluency. 

Week at a Glance: 

Monday: ELA Unit 2 Week 3 Day 1

Math Topic 5 Place Value 

Homework: iReady Reading, Read for 20 minutes

Tuesday: ELA Unit 2 Week 2 Day 3

Math Place Value

The Leader In Me: Habit 1 Be Proactive

Homework: Read for 20 minutes

Wednesday: ELA Unit 2 Week 3 Day 3

Math Topic 10 Place Value to 1,000

Spanish Class 10:30 - 11:00

Homework: iReady Math, Read for 20 minutes

Thursday: ELA Unit 2 Week 3 Day 4

Math Place Value to 1,000

Art Class  10:00 -10:30

Homework: Read for 20 minutes

Friday: ELA Unit 2 Week 3 Day 5 

Math Place Value to 1,000

Social Science

Homework: Read for 20 minutes, Xtra Math (found on Clever)

Week of October 12 - 16, 2020

I hope everyone enjoyed Fall Break!  I’m looking forward to the 2nd nine weeks.  

Important Information

• Fire Safety Week Oct 12-16
• Report Cards go home this Wednesday, October 14th
• Picture Day October 14

If your child has a school district chrome book please send it to school daily and make sure it is charged.   

We have a snack daily.

Each child needs to bring a water bottle.  The water fountains are not working.  We do have water bottle filling stations. 

Please have your child practice xTra Math daily.  The information about xTra Math is in your child's red folder.  The program used to practice math fact fluency. 

Week at a Glance: 

Monday: ELA Unit 2 Week 2

Math Topic 5 Place Value to 100

We will review lesson 5.1 Models for Tens  and Ones and 5.2 Reading and Writing Numbers

Spanish Class

Homework: iReady Reading, Read for 20 minutes

Tuesday: ELA Unit 2 Week 2 Day 2

Math Lesson 5.3. Using Symbols to Compare Numbers (<,>, =)

The Leader In Me: Habit 1 Be Proactive

Homework: Read for 20 minutes

Wednesday: ELA Unit 2 Week 1 Day 3

Math Lesson 5.4 Counting to One Hundred

Mystery Doug

Homework: iReady Math, Read for 20 minutes

Thursday: ELA Unit 2 Week 2 Day 4

Math Lesson 5.4 Counting to One Hundred

Art Class

Homework: Read for 20 minutes

Friday: ELA Unit 2 Week 2 Day 5 

Math Lesson 5.5 More or less than 10

Social Science

Homework: Read for 20 minutes, Xtra Math (found on Clever)

Week of September 28 - October 2

Parents Reminders:

If your child has a school district chrome book please send it to school daily and make sure it is charged.   

We have snack daily.

Each child needs to bring a water bottle.  The water fountains are not working.  We do have water bottle filling stations. 

Monday: Check your child's red folder for information about xTra Math.  This is the program we will be using for math fact fluency. 

Monday: ELA Unit 2 Week 1 Day 1

Math Topic 5 Place Value to 100

Week of September 14-18

Monday: ELA Unit 1 Week 4 Day 1 

Week at a Glance: February 24-28, 2020             

Please remember weekly reading test week 1, 3 & 5 are available for practice on the Wonders website located on the CES website. 

We need your help with our WIG (Wildly Important Goals)!

Please let me know if you child reads for 20 minutes each night and/or on the weekend. Send an email or Seesaw message by Monday for the week before.

The Leader In Me: We started focusing on goal setting, we call them WIG's Wildly Important Goals.  Our goal will be to increase our Scaled Score on the STAR Reading test, and our 2 action steps that we will be tracking will be 2 sessions of SuccessMaker Reading each week and read for 20 minutes each day.  Your child is encouraged to practice SuccessMaker Reading and/or Math from home as well.  The sessions take about 20 minutes to complete and you get a score report at the end of each session

Upcoming Events 

2/25 Career Day (Students may dress as a person in a real world career.  No costumes or masks)

3/2: PTA Meeting with Book Fair and Camp Read S’more beginning at 6:00 (Our class will visit the book fair Wednesday, March 4 1:45-2:15, feel free to join us)

3/5 Make up class pictures and Spring Pictures

3/6 Author visit field trip (permission slips have already been sent out)

3/16 Report Cards

3/23 Space Week (do I have any parents that would like to talk to the class about Space?)

3/30-4/3 Spring Break

4/15 Matilda play field trip

Reading: Wonders Unit 5 Week 2 (testing week)

Math Topic 10

• 10-00Place Value to 1,000 Introduction
• 10-01Building 1,000
• 10-02Counting Hundreds, Tens, and Ones
• 10-03Reading and Writing Numbers to 1,000
• 10-04Changing Numbers by Hundreds and Tens
• 10-05Patterns with Numbers on Hundreds Charts
• 10-06Skip Counting by 5, 10, 100 to 1000
• 10-07Comparing Numbers
• 10-08Ordering Numbers
• 10-09Problem Solving: Look for a Pattern

Week at a Glance: February 18-21, 2020             

Please remember weekly reading test week 1, 3 & 5 are available for practice on the Wonders website located on the CES website. 

Upcoming Events 

2/17-21 The Great Kindness Challenge

2/21 Famous American Report due

2/25 Career Day

3/2 Camp Read S'more/Book Fair Week (Do you have any "camping" type items we could borrow for the classroom this week? lanterns, etc)

3/5 Make up class pictures and Spring Pictures

3/6 Author visit field trip (permission slips have already been sent out)

3/16 Report Cards

3/23 Space Week (do I have any parents that would like to talk to the class about Space?)

3/30-4/3 Spring Break

4/15 Matilda play field trip

Reading: Wonders Unit 5 Week 1

Open hyperlink

.theteachersguide.com/wondersunitfiveweekone/unitfiveweekonenobonusttg.pdf

Math: Envision Topic 9 Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers

• 09-00Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers Introduction
• 09-01Regrouping 1 Ten for 10 Ones
• 09-02Models to Subtract Two- and One-Digit Numbers
• 09-03Subtracting Two- and One-Digit Numbers
• 09-04Models to Subtract Two-Digit Numbers
• 09-05Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers
• 09-06Subtracting on a Number Line
• 09-07Using Addition to Check Subtraction
• 09-08Ways to Subtract
• 09-09Problem Solving: Two-Question Problems

Week at a Glance: February 10 - 14, 2020             

Please remember weekly reading test week 1, 3 & 5 are available for practice on the Wonders website located on the CES website. 

Upcoming Events  

2/11-13: Candy Grams

2/12: Progress Reports go home  

2/13: Valentine Cards are due today

2/14: We will celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th.  Please have your child decorate a bag to collect their cards.  The bag should clearly have the child’s name on the outside.  The students will be passing out their own cards so please encourage neat handwriting.  Allow your child to write their Valentine’s to and from information in their own handwriting.  

*This is an optional activity.

2/14: Collaborative Day - School dismisses at 11:00.

2/17: No School - President’s Day - Weather Day

Reading: Wonders Unit 4 Week 5

http://www.theteachersguide.com/wondersunitfourweekfive/unitfourweekfivenobonusttg.pdf

 Math: Envision Topic 9 Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers

• 09-00Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers Introduction
• 09-01Regrouping 1 Ten for 10 Ones
• 09-02Models to Subtract Two- and One-Digit Numbers
• 09-03Subtracting Two- and One-Digit Numbers
• 09-04Models to Subtract Two-Digit Numbers
• 09-05Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers
• 09-06Subtracting on a Number Line
• 09-07Using Addition to Check Subtraction
• 09-08Ways to Subtract
• 09-09Problem Solving: Two-Question Problems

The Leader In Me: We are beginning to focus on goal setting, we call them WIG's Wildly Important Goals.  Our goal will be to increase our Scaled Score on the STAR Reading test, and our 2 action steps that we will be tracking will be 2 sessions of SuccessMaker Reading each week and read for 20 minutes each day.  Your child is encouraged to practice SuccessMaker Reading and/or Math from home as well.  The sessions take about 20 minutes to complete and you get a score report at the end of each session. 

Week at a Glance: February 3-7, 2020             

Please remember weekly reading test week 1, 3 & 5 are available for practice on the Wonders website located on the CES website. 

Upcoming Events  

2/7: Lion King Field Trip    Our school-wide field trip to Bob Jones to see the CES Drama Club performance of Lion King Jr. is Friday, February 7th. Students need to wear their class shirt on February 7th. Please have your child wear a long-sleeve shirt underneath because we will not bring jackets with us. It will also be important for all students to arrive on time (7:40 am). The buses are leaving shortly after 8:00.

2/10: PTA meeting Multicultural Night at 6:00

2/11-13: Candy Grams

2/12: Progress Reports go home today

2/13: Valentine Cards are due today

2/14: We will celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th.  Please have your child decorate a bag to collect their cards.  The bag should clearly have the child’s name on the outside.  The students will be passing out their own cards so please encourage neat handwriting.  Allow your child to write their Valentine’s to and from information in their own handwriting.  

*This is an optional activity.

2/14: Collaborative Day - School dismisses at 11:00.

2/17: No School - President’s Day - Weather Day

Reading: Wonders Unit 4 Week 4

theteachersguide.com/wondersunitfourweekfour/unitfourweekfournobonusttg.pdf

 Math: Envision Topic 9 Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers

• 09-00Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers Introduction
• 09-01Regrouping 1 Ten for 10 Ones
• 09-02Models to Subtract Two- and One-Digit Numbers
• 09-03Subtracting Two- and One-Digit Numbers
• 09-04Models to Subtract Two-Digit Numbers
• 09-05Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers
• 09-06Subtracting on a Number Line
• 09-07Using Addition to Check Subtraction
• 09-08Ways to Subtract
• 09-09Problem Solving: Two-Question Problems

Week at a Glance: January 27 - 31, 2020             

Please remember weekly reading test week 1, 3 & 5 are available for practice on the Wonders website located on the CES website. 

Upcoming Events

1/27 Class Valentine’s Day list will be coming home today.   

1/28: Class Pictures

2/11-13 Candy Grams

2/12: Progress Reports go home

2/13: Valentine Cards are due today

2/14: We will celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th.  Please have your child decorate a bag to collect their cards.  The bag should clearly have the child’s name on the outside.  The students will be passing out their own cards so please encourage neat handwriting.  Allow your child to write their Valentine’s to and from information in their own handwriting.  

*This is an optional activity.

2/14: Collaborative Day - School dismisses at 11:00.

2/17: No School - President’s Day - Weather Day

2/7: School wide Field Trip– CES Drama Club Presents: Lion King (no chaperones needed)

2/10: PTA meeting Multicultural Night at 6:00

Reading: Wonders Unit 4 Week 3 

Math: Envision Topic 9 Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers

• 09-00Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers Introduction
• 09-01Regrouping 1 Ten for 10 Ones
• 09-02Models to Subtract Two- and One-Digit Numbers
• 09-03Subtracting Two- and One-Digit Numbers
• 09-04Models to Subtract Two-Digit Numbers
• 09-05Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers
• 09-06Subtracting on a Number Line
• 09-07Using Addition to Check Subtraction
• 09-08Ways to Subtract
• 09-09Problem Solving: Two-Question Problems

Important Information:  Columbia’s Drama Club is putting on the play “The Lion King Jr.” The play will be at Bob Jones High School and the cost is $1. The dollar will help cover the cost of transportation. The permission slip needs to be signed and returned no later than January 31 with the $1. No chaperones will be going on this trip because the whole school will be attending and seating is limited. If you would like to see the play, they will be performing again at 7:00 on Friday night, February 7th and 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm on Saturday, February 8th.

Week of January 21-24, 2020

 **IF your child was selected to be moved to the new classroom with Ms. Cochran, please have your child report to my room in the morning.  We will gradually transition them to her room with their supplies. They will continue to sit with us at the lunch table for the remainder of the year. **

What will we be doing?

ELA unit 4 Week 2

Math: Topic 8 Addition two-digit with and without regrouping.  Fluency test #3 will be recorded for a grade.

Friendly Reminders

Optional Practice @ Home

IXL, SuccessMaker, Clever/Typing Agent

The links can be found at the bottom of Columbia’s home page (ces.madisoncity.k12.al.us)

Six Flags Read to Succeed Program forms will be coming home Tuesday. ~ Register your child by using the link provided at the top of the reading log that was sent home when we returned from Winter Break. Please let me know if you have questions. I would like all students to earn this FREE ticket! The ticket price is $51.99 for a child.

Important Dates:

1/20: No School;

1/24: Donuts with Dad 7:10 in the Media Center

1/28: Class Pictures

1/31:  Parent Heart Homework Due

2/7: School wide Field Trip– CES Drama Club Presents: Lion King (no chaperones needed)

2/10: PTA meeting Multicultural Night at 6:00

2/12: Progress Reports go home today

2/13: Valentine Cards are due today.

2/14: Collaborative Day - School dismisses at 11:00

If you read to this point, send in a note in your child's folder (and tell them to put it in the inbox) on Tuesday for a treat!  I'm interested in how many folks are using the information/ webpage  

Mister Rogers said, “What really matters is helping other win, too, even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.”

Success!

2^nd Nine Weeks AR Super Stars

Top 2 AR Readers

Annabelle

387% of Goal and 92% Correct

Hannah

360% of Goal and 99% Correct

250% or more of Goal & 90% Correct

Sofia, Abby, Joseph, Lara, Scarlett

100% of Goal was reached by

100% of the class!

90% Correct was reached by

96% of the class

I am so very proud of their success this nine weeks.  They have all worked so hard and made great progress. 

The class STAR Reading and Math Scores were wonderful.

DIBELS was great also.

Welcome Back!

It was good to see your children’s sweet smiling faces Monday morning.  They all were excited and full of energy.

Please send me a picture or two of you child over the winter break.

Remember; Friday is our first field trip.  Please make sure you have signed and returned the permission slip.  The permission slip came home Monday, January 6^th.  The letter that came home before Winter Break was not the permission slip and to go on the trip we must have the permission slip. 

The tee shirts are here and will be given out on Friday. 

Dates to Remember

1/9 Report of Learning Folders come home with 2nd Quarter Report Cards- please sign and return

1/10 Field Trip

1/13 OLSAT

1/13 Breakfast w/Principal 8 AM

1/17 Family Movie Night @ 6:30

1/20 No School- MLK Jr. Holiday

1/24 Donuts with Dads @ 7:10 AM

1/28 Class Picture Day

2/7 Field Trip to see CES Drama Club Performance- The Lion King

 ELA Weekly Overview

Math: Finish Topic 8 Adding 2 digit numbers

IXL Practice: ELA C11, GG1-4, RR 3 Math H 4-6

November 18 - 22

Please send your child with a snack each day. Check your child's folder daily. 

Please remember the St. Jude fundraiser.

November 12-15

School Events

11/15 PTA Family Movie Night 6:30

11/18 PTA Meeting 6:00

11/20 Progress Reports

11/27-29 Thanksgiving Holiday- No School

Our Week in Class!

ELA: Unit 3 Week 2 Weekly Overview 

This is a testing week, we will test on Friday.  You can review the skills on the McGraw Hill ConnectEd Reading site.

Math: Topic 6

IXL Math E, F, M

ELA RR 1-3, AAA 1-2

Science: Magnets

Congratulations AR Super Readers:  The following students are at 90% accuracy and 100% or more on goal: Annabelle, Hannah, Abby, Scarlett, Madelyn, Kaitlyn, Lara, Mason, and Norah

November Highlights

11/7 Veterans Day Lunch- all Veterans are invited to join us for lunch @ 11:40

11/8 Half-Day 11:00 Dismissal (Please let me know if your child needs a sack lunch and how they are to go home.) 

        Hour of Chess

11/11 Veterans Day No School

11/15 PTA Family Movie Night 6:30

11/18 PTA Meeting 6:00

11/20 Progress Report

11/27-29 Thanksgiving Holiday- No School

Week at a Glance

ELA: Moving on to Unit 3 Week 1 we will focus on similes, action verbs and continue to learn about abbreviations Weekly Overview

Math: Topic 6

Math Fluency #4 practice test

IXL Math G1-4ELA RR 1-3, AAA 1-2

Social Studies:  Veterans Day 

Science: Magnets

AR:  The following students are at 90%  accuracy and 100% or more on goal:Annabelle, Hannah, Abby, Scarlett, Madelyn, and Kaitlyn

October 21 - 22

 Tuesday, Oct 22:  Please wear yellow or blue for Down Syndrome Awareness

Wednesday, Oct. 23:  Be Red-y to Say No to Drugs – Wear Red

Thursday, Oct 24:  Sock-it to Drugs – Wear Crazy Socks

Friday, Oct. 25:  Team UP Against Drugs – Wear Team Spirit -
Deadline for turning in Yearbook forms and payment

Monday, Oct 28: Please wear yellow or blue for Down Syndrome Awareness           

Oct. 28 at 6:00 PTA Meeting and Trail of Treats

Wednesday, Oct. 30 Be A Champion and Read forms are due today

Thursday, Oct 31:  Dress like a book character day   

Half day of school Nov 8 - dismissal at 11:00.                                                        

Please check folders daily. Remove items I send home and sign and return any forms or notes requiring your signature.

  Please read every night! 

We do have snack every day right after PE. I allow water and a healthy snack. Snacks with liquid are allowed in the lunchroom. Thanks so much for helping me keep ants out of our classroom! 

Please check the school webpage and our class webpage daily!

Please join Seesaw!  Your children love sharing what they do with you! 

MATH – Topic 5: Place Value and small group 2 digit addition strategies.

Science – plants/engineering

Social Studies - Social Studies: Our Constitution/Communities/Map Skills

We are into another read-aloud chapter book, Magic Tree House/Merlin Mission A Good Night for Ghosts and we are locating many vocabulary and spelling words! We are also learning about map skills and where we are in relation to other states.

READING - Six Flags Read to Succeed - Just a reminder to get your forms in!

Reading - Unit 2 Week 4 -

Click here for the Reading Study Guides for all year (spelling, vocabulary, concepts): It starts with Unit Six and goes backward. Scroll down until you see Unit 2 Week 4

Reading/Language Study Guides

I wanted to share this great website! It is a great resource of children’s books, read aloud. Enjoy!  Just Books Read Aloud

 
My friend, Mrs. Kelley, over at LMS asked me for a list of my favorite fall books for children.  Her students were assigned a book and had to read it aloud and make a video.  Here is one for fall.  Enjoy!

It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9sSBu5ZdWnNVXpla1AxWnBMVlk/view?usp=sharing

Please sign up for HomeConnect - Web address for RenLearn HomeConnect: https://hosted380.renlearn.com/1355888/homeconnect

IXL topics for this week: you may do these at home if you choose:

·       Multiple-meaning words with pictures JJ.1

·       Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression LL.1

·       Form regular plurals with -s and -es PP.6Second grade

·       Use regular plurals with -s and -es PP.7Second grade

·       Form and use irregular plurals PP.10

·       Abbreviate days of the week AAA.1

·       Abbreviate months of the year AAA.2

·       Determine the topic and purpose of informational passages S.2 —

·       Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Y.1 —

·       Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs Y.2

·       Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Y.3

Videos for nouns/subjects/predicates/prefixes:  

Nouns    Subjects and Predicates   Prefixes

Some students are moving to the cursive section of their handwriting workbooks.  This is a video we use in class to practice cursive.  Cursive Writing tutorial

Spelling Dictation - remember, the test will cover patterns, not a list that has been memorizedWe are continuing to write sentences. (one statement, one command, one question and one exclamation) To be a complete sentence, sentences must have these 5 parts:

1.      Start with a capital letter

2.      End with an end mark.

3.      Make sense.

4.      Have a subject noun (subject)

5.      Have a verb (predicate)

Students are also directed to have at least 5 words in each sentence.

As we move along, there will be other directions added. For example:

·      Add and/or underline a specific part of speech

·      Use a spelling or vocabulary word