The Pitzer Post!
~*The Pitzer Post*~
March 6-10, 2017
In this weekly post, you will find information about the academic content and special events happening in the upcoming week.
Literacy (Reading & Writing)
Click the link to view our upcoming theme skills!
Theme 12 (week one)
Phonics Words: batch, bridge, hitch, judge, ledge, happy, open, badger, punch
Vocab Words: freight, consume, distribute
Grammar Skill: Possessive Pronouns
Math
Chapter 12: Fractions
Vocabulary: equal, unequal, whole, fraction, one-half, one-third, one-fourth, unit fraction, same, greater than, less than, like fractions
Objectives:
- Identify whether a shape is divided into equal fractional parts
- Read, write, and identify unit fractions for halves, thirds, and fourths
- Show fraction and a whole using model drawings
- Compare two or more unit fractions using models of the same size
- Order two or more unit fractions with or without the use of models of the same size
- Identify fractions that name more than one equal part of a whole
- Use models to add and subtract fractions
- Add or subtract like fractions
Cursive
Week 7 Lowercase Letters are: x, z, B, P
This week we are finishing up lowercase letters and starting uppercase! As soon as your child learns the uppercase letter that starts their name, they can begin writing their name in cursive in class!! When you leave a comment on this post, you can tell us something you noticed, something you are proud of or something you are still struggling with. Don’t forget to leave a comment so we know that you completed your homework. I loved the comments that have detail (specifics) AND followed the rules of writing!
Second Step
It’s that time of the year where we are all feeling a bit cranky with our friends. Check out Kid President share 20 things we should say more often:
Which one can your family say over the weekend and next week at school?
Upcoming Events
Monday, March 6, 2017
- Lunch: Hot Dog
- Book Fair Dress Up Day: Yellow, Blue, and White
- “freight” note card comes home, due Tuesday
- Watch Cursive Week 7 Video, comment and practice (due Wednesday)
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
- Lunch: Homemade Chili and Crackers
- Book Fair Dress Up Day: Crazy Socks
- “consume” and “distribute” note card comes home, due Wednesday
- Watch Cursive Week 7Video, comment and practice (due Wednesday)
- Read A Breakfast Story out loud (Signed slip and book due Wednesday)
- Parent’s Club Meeting @7pm
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- Lunch: No Lunch
- SIP ½ Day of School 11:15am dismissal
- Book Fair Dress Up Day: Crazy Hair/Crazy Hat
- Watch Cursive Week 7 Video and comment by today
Thursday, March 9, 2017
- Lunch: Chicken and Waffles
- Book Fair Dress Up Day: Pajamas
- Phonics Paper comes home today due tomorrow!
Friday, March 10, 2017
- Lunch: Bosco Sticks
- Grand Event for Book Fair at Lunch
- Book Fair 2:45pm-6pm
Celebrating Our Greatness!
- Learning cursive letters: n, m, v, y
- Celebrating Dr. Seuss’ Birthday!
- Trying green eggs and ham made my Mr. Pitzer! He woke up at 5am to make us breakfast!
- Navigating Canvas to submit assignments
- Reading rubrics to make sure we understand the guidelines for an assignment
- Checking our grades and reading Mrs. Pitzer’s feedback in Canvas
- Adapting to changes, inconsistencies, and difficulties with technology
- Practicing how to be a master problem solver
My favorite letters this week were P and z because we got to spell Pitzer!!!
I can spell my name and Pitzer is kind of hard to spell in cursive.
I am so excited for cursive this week because we are done with lower case.
The p was medium hard.
I am excited to for cursive this week because we are learning upper case letters. WOOHOO!!
This is my favorite week of all because we get to learn Mrs. Pitzer’s name! We all just got done with lower case letters!
The shape thing is fun and easy.
I am so happy to learn more and my favorite letter is p.
A corndog for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
z is a funny character.
I think that to.
I’m glad we can spell Pitzer now!
My faverit leter is b.
Mine to.
These letters look a little hard but I will try my best.
The z was hard but the rest of the letters were easy.
Soon I can write my own name in cursive!
I am so excited to learn my name in cursive.
I am exited for cursive this week because b is in my last name and x is in my first name.
Wow are first to capital letters. I really liked the B and the P those are really fun to do. I also liked the other letters to. Just not as much as B and P.
These letters look a little hard but I will still try my best.