2/24-2/28
Let's shoot for a whole week of school this week!!
Reading- we started reading one of my favorite novels, Watson's Go To Birmingham-1963! This is a fantastic book that dates back to the civil rights movement.
Math- we are beginning to study statistical information. We will continue with mean, median, and mode and finish the week with histograms.
Writing- Our opinion research is well on its way. Your child will be writing a proposal letter to have their topics approved tomorrow and we will dive into opinion writing!
I look forward to being here 5 days and getting a lot completed! Please make sure your child is completing their homework nightly and taking time to read an AR book at least 20 minutes a night.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Wood
Monday, February 24, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
February 3-February 7th
Welcome to February! Do you think we will get a full week of school in this week? I am skeptical:)
When your child has a snow day, PLEASE make sure they are completing all homework they may have at home and also they are taking at least 20-30 minutes to read an AR book.
This week we will be starting some fun activities!
Reading- The students will be working on African American History Literacy Centers. February is black history month and I am giving the students background knowledge to begin our next novel, The Watson's Go To Birmingham. (It is my favorite!) Also make sure your child is studying their spelling and vocabulary each night to prepare for the quiz on Friday.
Writing- We are turning in our personal narratives today and beginning the genre of opinion and persuasive writing.
Math- The students will take a 2nd semester pretest and we will continue with percent operations.
Welcome to February! Do you think we will get a full week of school in this week? I am skeptical:)
When your child has a snow day, PLEASE make sure they are completing all homework they may have at home and also they are taking at least 20-30 minutes to read an AR book.
This week we will be starting some fun activities!
Reading- The students will be working on African American History Literacy Centers. February is black history month and I am giving the students background knowledge to begin our next novel, The Watson's Go To Birmingham. (It is my favorite!) Also make sure your child is studying their spelling and vocabulary each night to prepare for the quiz on Friday.
Writing- We are turning in our personal narratives today and beginning the genre of opinion and persuasive writing.
Math- The students will take a 2nd semester pretest and we will continue with percent operations.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Welcome Back!
Welcome back after a wonderful 3 weeks off of school! I hope you all had wonderful holidays and enjoyed being 'snowed in'! I enjoyed the time off with family and preparing the nursery for our little GIRL! Stella Lee is due March 29th and we are very excited!
This is the last full week before our quarter comes to an end. Please make sure your child is completing ALL of their work and checking it over to ensure the best possible grades.
We have a lot of exciting things going on this week!
Wednesday the students will be meeting with Mrs. Johnson to discuss their options for registering for the 7th grade. (Crazy how fast things are moving!) During this meeting, Mrs. Johnson will inform them of their options for electives next year. They will receive paperwork to bring home to you to fill out for next year. Please discuss these options with your child and determine what will work best for him/her. Turn these papers back in as soon as possible, these elective courses will fill up on a first come first serve basis.
Friday the students will receive their chrome books! This is an extremely exciting thing for all of us!. Please be sure you have completed the necessary paperwork so your child is able to receive his/hers. If you need copies of the paperwork, your child can pick these up in the office.
As for curriculum:
Reading- we will focus on AR goals and reaching them through silent reading time in class. They only have 5 more school days to complete this. Remember, AR IS A PART OF THEIR READING GRADE! Please be sure your child is reading every night at home for about 20 minutes.
Writing- we will continue with our personal narratives. They will be writing the introductory paragraph today, conclusion tomorrow, and self and peer edit the rest of the week. We will use our chrome books to type these out next week!
Math- today we are reviewing adding, subtracting, and multiplying decimals. I want to make sure they remember what they learned before this extended break happened! :)
We will also be diving whole numbers and decimals. Their semester assessment will be taken on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. This will cover everything we have learned this year!
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at tara.wood@mybedford.us
Thank you,
This is the last full week before our quarter comes to an end. Please make sure your child is completing ALL of their work and checking it over to ensure the best possible grades.
We have a lot of exciting things going on this week!
Wednesday the students will be meeting with Mrs. Johnson to discuss their options for registering for the 7th grade. (Crazy how fast things are moving!) During this meeting, Mrs. Johnson will inform them of their options for electives next year. They will receive paperwork to bring home to you to fill out for next year. Please discuss these options with your child and determine what will work best for him/her. Turn these papers back in as soon as possible, these elective courses will fill up on a first come first serve basis.
Friday the students will receive their chrome books! This is an extremely exciting thing for all of us!. Please be sure you have completed the necessary paperwork so your child is able to receive his/hers. If you need copies of the paperwork, your child can pick these up in the office.
As for curriculum:
Reading- we will focus on AR goals and reaching them through silent reading time in class. They only have 5 more school days to complete this. Remember, AR IS A PART OF THEIR READING GRADE! Please be sure your child is reading every night at home for about 20 minutes.
Writing- we will continue with our personal narratives. They will be writing the introductory paragraph today, conclusion tomorrow, and self and peer edit the rest of the week. We will use our chrome books to type these out next week!
Math- today we are reviewing adding, subtracting, and multiplying decimals. I want to make sure they remember what they learned before this extended break happened! :)
We will also be diving whole numbers and decimals. Their semester assessment will be taken on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. This will cover everything we have learned this year!
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at tara.wood@mybedford.us
Thank you,
Sunday, December 15, 2013
12/16-12/20
ONE MORE WEEK!!!
I am looking forward to a festive last week of school before the holidays!
This week we will be continuing a lot of concepts we started last week.
Reading- we will be reading from our StoryWorks magazines and focusing on narrative fiction.
*Please make sure your child is reading over the break, our AR goals are due in about a month!*
Writing-Mrs. Hartwig and I will continue our instruction on Personal Narrative writing. Your child will begin writing the body of their personal narratives. Most of your children have chosen very entertaining topics to write about!
Math-we will be continuing with multiplying decimals. I will give the students a small quiz over the process of multiplying decimals before the break to ensure understanding. I'll be sure to return these before Friday.
On Friday, my Reading class will be having a holiday breakfast celebration. I handed out forms to go home this past Friday. If you and your child are interested in participating and bringing something to share, please fill out the form and return it to school with your child.
We will complete our Spelling and Vocabulary quizzes as usual and enjoy the movie, Polar Express.
During 7th hour, the students will be attending an assembly to watch some staff members play the 8th grade boys basketball team in a game.
*If your child has ANY zeros in the grade-book on Friday, he/she will not be participating in the assembly and will instead work on this missing homework during this time.*
Have a wonderful and safe holiday season! Enjoy this time with your friends and family.
Mr. Wood and I will be opening the envelope to tell us is we are having a boy or a girl on Christmas morning! I look forward to sharing!
I am looking forward to a festive last week of school before the holidays!
This week we will be continuing a lot of concepts we started last week.
Reading- we will be reading from our StoryWorks magazines and focusing on narrative fiction.
*Please make sure your child is reading over the break, our AR goals are due in about a month!*
Writing-Mrs. Hartwig and I will continue our instruction on Personal Narrative writing. Your child will begin writing the body of their personal narratives. Most of your children have chosen very entertaining topics to write about!
Math-we will be continuing with multiplying decimals. I will give the students a small quiz over the process of multiplying decimals before the break to ensure understanding. I'll be sure to return these before Friday.
On Friday, my Reading class will be having a holiday breakfast celebration. I handed out forms to go home this past Friday. If you and your child are interested in participating and bringing something to share, please fill out the form and return it to school with your child.
We will complete our Spelling and Vocabulary quizzes as usual and enjoy the movie, Polar Express.
During 7th hour, the students will be attending an assembly to watch some staff members play the 8th grade boys basketball team in a game.
*If your child has ANY zeros in the grade-book on Friday, he/she will not be participating in the assembly and will instead work on this missing homework during this time.*
Have a wonderful and safe holiday season! Enjoy this time with your friends and family.
Mr. Wood and I will be opening the envelope to tell us is we are having a boy or a girl on Christmas morning! I look forward to sharing!
Monday, December 9, 2013
12/9-12/13
Good morning! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
This week in reading we will be watching The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and working out of our Storyworks magazines. Our focus will be narrative nonfiction.
In writing we are beginning to write personal narratives. Please ask your child what they plan on writing their paper on- it should be an event in their lives that stirs up a lot of emotion! While writing these papers, we will continue our focus on description.
In math, we are moving to operations with decimals. They will take their pretest today and we will begin adding and subtracting decimals tomorrow. It will be nice to take a break from fractions! :)
As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.
Winter is here- enjoy it the best you can!
Mrs. Wood
This week in reading we will be watching The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and working out of our Storyworks magazines. Our focus will be narrative nonfiction.
In writing we are beginning to write personal narratives. Please ask your child what they plan on writing their paper on- it should be an event in their lives that stirs up a lot of emotion! While writing these papers, we will continue our focus on description.
In math, we are moving to operations with decimals. They will take their pretest today and we will begin adding and subtracting decimals tomorrow. It will be nice to take a break from fractions! :)
As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.
Winter is here- enjoy it the best you can!
Mrs. Wood
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Welcome December! 12/2-12/6
We have a busy week this week! The students have a half day on Thursday and Friday this week. School will be dismissed at 10:55 both days. I am looking forward to meeting all of you at parent/teacher conferences!
Math- We will be continuing our instruction on dividing fractions. The students will have a quiz on both multiplying and dividing fractions on Wednesday. We will then move to decimal operations.
Reading- We will finish up our Holocaust Literature Circles this week. Our main focus is comparing and contrasting between the three different books the students are reading. They will take the AR quiz on Thursday and we will watch the movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas on Thursday and Friday. This video is rated PG-13. If you would like more information on the movie, please follow this link, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914798/. Let me know if you would prefer your child NOT to watch this video. One of our common core standards is to compare/contrast between text and video on the same topic. This is a very powerful movie that, unlike the books in our literature circles, is based on a German boy around the age of my students. I feel this is a very good way for students to see how people from both sides of the Holocaust were effected.
Writing- I am very excited to have Mrs. Powell into our classroom this week during writing. She is going to review and teach many technology concepts that will get our students ready for when we adopt the chrome books in January. This is a very exciting opportunity for our students.
I will be sending home a reminder with your conference day and time on Monday or Tuesday this week.
As always, please email me with any concerns or questions!
Thank you,
Mrs. Wood
tara.wood@mybedford.us
Math- We will be continuing our instruction on dividing fractions. The students will have a quiz on both multiplying and dividing fractions on Wednesday. We will then move to decimal operations.
Reading- We will finish up our Holocaust Literature Circles this week. Our main focus is comparing and contrasting between the three different books the students are reading. They will take the AR quiz on Thursday and we will watch the movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas on Thursday and Friday. This video is rated PG-13. If you would like more information on the movie, please follow this link, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914798/. Let me know if you would prefer your child NOT to watch this video. One of our common core standards is to compare/contrast between text and video on the same topic. This is a very powerful movie that, unlike the books in our literature circles, is based on a German boy around the age of my students. I feel this is a very good way for students to see how people from both sides of the Holocaust were effected.
Writing- I am very excited to have Mrs. Powell into our classroom this week during writing. She is going to review and teach many technology concepts that will get our students ready for when we adopt the chrome books in January. This is a very exciting opportunity for our students.
I will be sending home a reminder with your conference day and time on Monday or Tuesday this week.
As always, please email me with any concerns or questions!
Thank you,
Mrs. Wood
tara.wood@mybedford.us
Monday, November 25, 2013
3 Day Week!!!!!
In Reading, we will continue our Holocaust Literature Circles.
In Writing, we began making our Turkeys today, using different types of sentences.
In Math, we are continuing with dividing fractions and there will be a quiz next week that will cover multiplying and dividing fractions.
Parent/Teacher conferences will be held next Thursday and Friday! I look forward to meeting all of you and sharing the wonderful things your children have accomplished.
I will send home reminders on Wednesday next week of when your appointment is scheduled.
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy your time with your families!
I am very thankful for the opportunity to be your child's teacher!
Mrs. Wood
In Reading, we will continue our Holocaust Literature Circles.
In Writing, we began making our Turkeys today, using different types of sentences.
In Math, we are continuing with dividing fractions and there will be a quiz next week that will cover multiplying and dividing fractions.
Parent/Teacher conferences will be held next Thursday and Friday! I look forward to meeting all of you and sharing the wonderful things your children have accomplished.
I will send home reminders on Wednesday next week of when your appointment is scheduled.
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy your time with your families!
I am very thankful for the opportunity to be your child's teacher!
Mrs. Wood
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