News for the Week of 10/1

Notes from Ms. Rau:

• Webber Wiggle - Instead of a fun run this year, we will be doing a danceathon! We will have two groups of dancers, one time for the lower el students and a second time for the upper el students.  Every student will receive a Webber t-shirt for participating! The goal is for each student to raise $50.  If they raise $100 they will go to a "secret party" at an offsite location. A Webber Wiggle flyer went home last week. Donation envelopes will come home the day of the dance!

Important Dates to Remember:
October 1st - October 5th - Spirit Week (Star Wars Theme)

• Monday- “PJaba” Day-wear your pajamas to school (be sure to bring appropriate shoes for PE and recess)
• Tuesday -Clone Day-wear a white shirt with blue jeans or a Star Wars shirt
• Wednesday-Wookie Hair Day-do something wacky with your hair
• Thursday - "Read” Squadron Day- Wear red or dress like your favorite book character
• Friday- May the force be with Lake Orion-Wear Lake Orion or Webber gear or dress in green and white

October 5th - Webber Wiggle

October 12th - O.C.C Fire Cadets presenting Fire Safety in all classes
October 15th - 7:00 p.m. PTO Meeting Bond Information Video (Free Childcare is available)

Learning This Week:

• Writers will...
• use familiar words to spell new words
• write words part by part using syllables
• edit their writing by adding capital letters and punctuation
• learn craft moves from an author and try it in their own writing
• Readers will...
• use meaning to figure out words asking,"what would make sense here?"
• do a double check
• break words into parts and crash them together
• not give up, they try again and again
• celebrate good habits
• Mathematicians will...
• review equal and not equal sign
• continue to practice math drawings for addition equations
• tell their own addition story problems
• discuss different types of equations and how they can be written
• explore solution methods (counting all or counting on)
• Scientists will...
• continue to look for the daytime moon and draw their observations in their science journal
• learn about the sun and how it helps us on Earth
• In social studies students will learn why schools have rules, who makes rules, and participate in a vote. 

Photos from the week:

 

Mrs. Heron reminds us what to do when someone is bugging us!



Practicing finding parts we know in words.






Exploring how the Sun, Moon, and Earth are connected using a flash light, smaller ball, and medium sized ball. Our drawing in our science journals are below. Notice our arrows to show how the Moon moves around the Earth!

 

 

 















Observing the moon in the daytime


 

Playing "be the teacher" during partner reading. We give our partners signs to keep reading or to fix something up.

News for the week of 9-24

Notes from Ms. Rau:

• May the Force be with Lake Orion!- The 2018 Lake Orion Homecoming Parade will be on Sunday, September 30^th at 3:00 P.M. in downtown Lake Orion. All students from Webber are invited to walk in the parade with an adult. The theme this year is STAR WARS, so feel free to dress up if you would like. October 1^st-October 5^th will be Spirit week at Webber. Please look for more information to come.

Important Dates to Remember:
October 1st - October 5th - Spirit Week (Star Wars Theme)

• Monday- “PJaba” Day-wear your pajamas to school (be sure to bring appropriate shoes for PE and recess)
• Tuesday -Clone Day-wear a white shirt with blue jeans or a Star Wars shirt
• Wednesday-Wookie Hair Day-do something wacky with your hair
• Thursday - "Read” Squadron Day- Wear red or dress like your favorite book character
• Friday- May the force be with Lake Orion-Wear Lake Orion or Webber gear or dress in green and white

October 12th - O.C.C Fire Cadets presenting Fire Safety in all classesOctober 5th - Webber Wiggle
October 15th - 7:00 p.m. PTO Meeting Bond Information Video (Free Childcare is available)

Learning This Week:

• Writers will...
• learn to unfreeze their characters by adding action lines and speech bubbles
• learn how to let readers know when someone is talking
• tell stories in itsy-bitsy steps
• bring what's on the inside out (add feelings to their stories)
• act out their stories when planning so they don't forget details
• Readers will...
• sneak a peek at the pictures to figure out tricky words
• drop bad habits and pick up good habits
• look at all parts of a tricky word to help solve it
• learn that partners can be teachers
• get a running start to push through tricky words
• Mathematicians will...
• observe how math is used in everyday, real life
• take the unit 1 math test
• represent addition with pictures
• create circle drawings for addition using two different colors
• review equal and unequal 
• build equations
• Scientists will...
• observe the moon's placement in "Goodnight Moon"
• inquire why it is still daylight when we go to sleep
• document the daytime moon's position at three different times a day
• document the sun's position at three different times a day 
• begin to record data of the sunrise and sunset for one month 

Photos:

Using our stair stepper manipulatives to find partners of 8

During shared reading, we use the interactive white board to find blends/digraphs inside words

Students working with their partners during center time

 

News for the week of September 17th

Notes from Ms. Rau:

• If you did not get a chance to sign up for fall parent teacher conferences please do so here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d45acab2fabf85-fall3
• Students are bringing home take home book bags today. They are a KIND bag that looks like a lunch box. These are new this year. We are moving away from zip lock bags in hopes that they last longer. Inside each bag is 8 books at your child's independent level. When they have finished reading them all, please send the bag back in your child's backpack. I will be on the lookout for take home book bags the first few weeks. After that it is your child's responsibility to get new books on their own during our morning routine. There is a note inside your child's FROG binder explaining how the take home book program works and reminding you of strategies to try with your child when they are stuck on a word. Remember, avoid saying "sound it out" when reading with your student. 
• If you took a donation dot from curriculum night, please send your items in soon. Thank you! 

Dates to Remember:
9/19 Picture Day
9/21 TRAKS kick-off assembly
11/6 Voting Day for Bond Proposal

Learning this week:

• Writers Will...
• stretch words to spell them
• zoom in on one small moment
• work on great endings instead of writing "and then I went home"
• use partnerships to storytell
• rereading our writing like books
• setting writing goals using a checklist
• Readers will...
• set and track goals during workshop time
• reread to smooth out reading voice
• track what their reading with their eyes by scooping up words (goodbye pointer power!)
• reread to see and notice more details
• Mathematicians will...
• review the partners for 7, 8, 9, and 10 
• make math mountains for these partners
• make circle drawings for these partners
• write equations for these partners
• review doubles (3+3)
• review switched partners (4+3, 3+4)
• Scientists will...
• study and notice patterns in school (schedule)
• study and notice patterns outside of school (weather)
• In social studies we will...
• celebrate constitution day and reviewing our class promise
• learn how to make and keep friends 

Pictures:

 

 
Nature Walk with 4th Grade Buddies. We observed many things including "The Moose Tree"!

 
 
 
 
 
 

We finally have our own private reading spots! Check out how organized we are with our planning mats. Great readers always make a plan!

 

 

Working on studying our own names and our friends names. We are on the hunt for short and long vowels, blends, and digraphs in names. 

More observing and exploring with tools during Science. We created a list of our wonders that we hope to find out in science this year!