Ms. Dailey’s Class News                                                December 16, 2019 
   

Thursday, December   19th will be a half -day STEAM Day for students.  If there are any changes in which your child will get home, please send a note or email.  We will not have school on Friday, December 20th.      

On Tuesday, December 17th,  our class will make Gingerbread Houses.   To make this activity a success, each student should bring in following item(s) listed below by Wednesday.   Please inform me if your child is allergic to any of these items.

We will not have a story of the week.   Students will receive activity sheets each night.     

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Keebler’s   Plain Graham Crackers   Jada   Laila    Naysa     Jamison        

Skittles King Sized (Large bag)    Jada    Mackenzie             

Large bag of Gummy Bears       Jordan      

Pull and Peel   Twizzlers   2 packs    Kia     

Sugar Ice Cream Cones:  Lillianna    18 

Small Christmas Candy (No Chocolate) (Any kind will work)     Tayler  Joel  Deon  

Vanilla Icing  (2 per student)    Eli Trey  Bryson Takiyah  Kaiden  

Small Candy Canes  (2 boxes per student)     Jaiden      

Small Butter Squared Pretzels    Jamison   

Extras:  Regular Sized Holiday Plates        Saran Wrap      Large zip lock bags

December 6, 2019

                                                                                                                                                   





Hooray! We have come to the end of another GREAT week.    


Impact Aid 
Impact Aid blue forms were sent home on Wednesday.  Please complete and return them by Monday.  

Interim Reports
Interim reports are available.      You may  access Parent Portal to view your childś grades and progress.   If you are not able to access Parent Portal, please see our school's registrar, Mrs. Zimmerman.

Field Studies

On Tuesday, December 11th, we will go on our first field trip to EdVenture. Please allow your child to wear his/her Killian shirt or school uniform. The cost for each chaperone is $11.50 which should be paid directly to EdVenture.

Homework
We will not have a story of the week.  Students will receive activity sheets in reading  and math  as homework  assignments each night. 

Reading Works Passages   -  Extra Practice

Your child can login to Reading Works to get extra practice with their reading  skills.   This site  has  nonfiction & fiction passages with curriculum and supports designed to improve comprehension.   Your child will work on  some of the passages at school.  However, they may work on any passage  at home that he / she chooses.   This is non graded and serves as practice.   

How to get students to their assignments

1. Have students go to www.readworks.org/student

2. Students enter class code LQHH4X

3. Tell your students that their default password is 1234

Impact Aid forms were  sent out today!  Please  complete and return them on tomorrow.   All students who bring their forms in by  tomorrow  will qualify for the icee incentive.   

Thanks for your Support!

December 2, 2019

Field Studies

On December 11th, we will go on a field trip to EdVenture. Please allow your child to wear his/her Killian shirt. If you cannot locate a shirt, please school uniform. The cost for each chaperone is $11.50 which should be paid directly to EdVenture.

Payments for the 2019- 2020 Field Studies are currently due and should be made online through Parent Portal.   After making your payment, you  must electronically sign your childś permission form.   Please use the steps below to assist you with this process.  

1. Log into Parent Portal at https://psapp.richland2.org/public/
2. Scroll down on the left side of the screen. You will click on “Student Fees”
3. To sign permission form(s) click on the Permission Form icon. The permission slip form will pop up.

4. Be sure to complete the form in full and click the BLUE SUBMIT button at the bottom when done.

This week’s reading selection: Volcano Rising 

Summary: Volcanoes occur underwater and on land—even under glaciers! Although they are often considered to be destructive, most volcanoes are creative. That is, they form islands and mountains where there were none before. 

Essential Question: In what ways can volcanoes change the surface of Earth? DISCUSS with your child  - ways that a volcano can be both destructive and creative. 


catastrophes  - noun  - great, often sudden, disasters 
destructive  - adjective -  causing great damage or ruin 
creative  - adjective  - having the power to make something new 
majestic  - adjective  - grand 
magma  - noun - melted rock below the surface of Earth
gases  - noun - forms of matter that are not solid or liquid
seep  - verb -  to flow or spread slowly
swelling  - verb  - rising gradually and evenly above the surrounding level 
bulge  - noun - a rounded part that swells out 
streams -  verb  - moves steadily; flows 
dome -  noun  - something that looks like an upside-down cup
witness -  verb -  to be present to see or hear something

Monday 
1.What does the word majestic mean in this sentence? A majestic tree was at the edge of the lake.
2. What is the first sign that a volcano is going to appear?
3. What happens when lava hits the ocean?
4.  Can creative eruptions be stopped?

*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity
*Math:   Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Tuesday
1. What is the most dangerous volcano called in the selection?
2. What does the word magma most likely mean in this sentence? Magma moved down the side of the volcano.
3. What is magma?
4.  What is lava?

*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity
*Math:   Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Wednesday
1.  Do people ever get close to volcano eruptions?
2.  How does magma move from deep within earth to the surface?
3.  What is a synonym for catastrophe in this sentence? Good planning helped to avoid a catastrophe.
4.  What is a synonym for destructive in this sentence? A destructive forest fire happened last year.

*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity
*Math:   Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Thursday 

Reading:  Re Read your story for the week.  

You will take your reading and vocabulary assessment tomorrow.  

*Vocabulary:  Study     

*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet

Friday
No Homework

11/22/19

We have had another great week at Killian!  

Next week will be very short  due to Thanksgiving.  

School will be out Wednesday, November 27th  - Friday, November 29th.  Students will return on December 2nd.    I hope  each of you have an enjoyable time with your family and friends.     

We will not have a story of the week.  Students will receive activity sheets  as homework  assignments for Monday night.      Newsletters for December 2nd - 7th  will be distrubuted  today  for those students who would like to get a jump start on their homework assignments.     

Greetings Parents! 

Field Studies

Payments for the 2019- 2020 Field Studies are currently due and should be made online through Parent Portal.   After making your payment, you  must electronically sign your childś premission form.   Please use the steps below to assist you with this process.  

1. Log into Parent Portal at https://psapp.richland2.org/public/
2. Scroll down on the left side of the screen. You will click on “Student Fees”
3. To sign permission form(s) click on the Permission Form icon. The permission slip form will pop up. Be sure to complete the form in full and click the BLUE SUBMIT button at the bottom when done.

December 11th EdVenture $8.00

March 3, 4, OR 5             CiCi’s Pizza (2 classes per date) $8.00
April 23rd Riverbanks Zoo $2.00

Total cost             $18.00 

Skills for the Week

• Math: Understand place value through 999 by demonstrating the hundreds digit in a three-digit
• Phonics and Decoding: Blending words with /ē/ spelled ee and ea. 
• Comprehension Skills:  Sequence Events  and  Making  Inferences.
• Writing: Non Fiction
• Science: Forces in Motion
• Social Studies:  Government  Leaders

This week’s reading selection: In My Own Backyard

Essential Question: How has Earth changed over time? What kinds of changes have occurred slowly, over long periods of time?

DISCUSS with your child how your yard or neighborhood has changed over time. Encourage your child to imagine the people and creatures that lived there long ago.


brook  - noun a small stream

plowed  - verb cut through or turned over soil

settlers  - noun people who come to live in a new land or country

mist  - noun a cloud of tiny drops of water that is in the air

sheets  - noun thin, broad pieces of things

haze  - noun mist, smoke, or dust in the air

grazed  - verb fed on growing grass

skimmed  - verb moved over lightly and swiftly

blurry  - adjective dim or hard to see; unclear

pulsed  - verb beat or vibrated



Monday
Reread the story of the week. 
Complete Text Connections question 1 - 4  at the end of the story.  


*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity 
*Math:   Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Tuesday
1. What is happening in the mind of the writer of the story? 
A.  The writer is listening to someone’s story. 
B.  The writer is having a nightmare. 
C.  The writer is thinking about a book. 
D.  The writer is traveling back in time. 

2. Which sentence from the story best supports your answer above?
A.  Her voice pulled me out of the past and into the present.
B.  A volcano belched smoke in the distance. 
C.  Around the coral and seaweed, unusual fish wore hard shells. 
D.  Then all at once, right before my eyes, the sawmill disappeared.

3. What did the dinosaurs eat in the story? 

4. Describe the group that came just before the settlers from Europe.

*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity   (Optional)
*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Wednesday
1. What time period did the writer describe first? 
   
     a. the Native Americans                     c. cave people 
  
     b. about a hundred years ago            d. when the settlers came through

2. What was the backyard like at the last time the writer imagined? 

3. What were the people like who were afraid of the big, furry elephant? 

4. What is a sawmill in the story? 

*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity  (Optional)*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Thursday 

Reading:  Re Read your story for the week.  

You will take your reading and vocabulary assessment tomorrow.  

*Vocabulary:  Study     

*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Friday
No Homework