NICOLAI
NEWS
10-8-10
EDITOR’S NOTE
Midterms will be sent out today
for any student that is scoring on Not Meeting in any category on
Pinnacle. We practiced more disaster
drills and fire drills this week. There
is no school on Monday, October 15th due to Columbus Day and no
school on Tuesday, October 16th due to a Teacher’s Institute Day.
LITERACY
We started guided reading this
week during our center time. Guided
reading is where students are in groups based on their reading level; however
the groups are flexible and will change throughout the year.
Strategy: questioning
(expository nonfiction)
Next Week: questioning
(expository nonfiction)
Genre: exploring
non-fiction
Next Week: exploring
non-fiction
Text
Elements/Structure: cause and
effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast
Next week: cause
and effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast
Writing
Trait/Craft: organization
Next week: organization
Writing Mode/Unit
of Study:
feature article (expository)
Next week: feature
article (expository)
Grammar/Conventions: synonyms,
antonyms, verbs, adverbs
Next week: synonyms,
antonyms, verbs, adverbs
Spelling: prefix
(tri-), review prefixes and suffixes
Next week: possibly
start Sitton spelling (more information will come soon about the spelling program)
Vocabulary: keen, ideal,
flee, resemble, blotch, lethal
Next week: no
vocabulary
MATH
Students reviewed the
partial-sums algorithm used to solve multi-digit addition problems; started to
learn a column-addition method similar to the traditional addition algorithm;
practiced measuring length to the nearest half-centimeter; constructed and used
bar graphs for a set of collected data; reviewed the trade-first and
counting-up methods; started learning the partial-differences method of solving
multi-digit subtraction problems; and practiced estimating differences for
multi-digit subtraction problems. They
also took their Unit 2 test on Thursday.
Next week: They
will review “What’s My Rule?” problems; review strategies for solving
multiplication facts; and work toward instant recall of the multiplication
facts.
SCIENCE
Students learned about birds,
fish, and mammals.
Next week: They
will learn about amphibians.
IMPORTANT DATES
10/11 No School
10/12 No School
(630) 534-7330