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

Greetings Families!  

We have had another great week at Killian!  

Reading Works Passages

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

Skills for the Week

• Math: Understand place value through 999 by demonstrating the hundreds digit in a three-digit
• Phonics and Decoding:  Blend words with /ē/ spelled e and e_e.
• Comprehension Skills:  Cause–and–Effect relationships within a text.
• Writing: Non Fiction
• Science: Forces in Motion
• Social Studies:  United  States Citizens

This week’s reading selection: All about Earthquakes! 

Summary: Earthquakes happen when Earth’s plates shift and rub against each other. Whether they occur on land or underwater, earthquakes can have a major effect on man-made and natural structures.

Essential Question: Why do earthquakes occur? How do earthquakes change Earth’s surface?



plates -  noun the huge parts of Earth’s crust on which continents and oceans rest

interact -  verb to act on or influence each other

collide  - verb to crash into each other

boundaries  - noun lines that form an edge

energy -  noun the power used in action and work

structures - noun things that are built

absorb - verb to soak up or take in




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. How do Earth’s plates cause earthquakes? 
2. How are seismic waves and tsunamis alike? How are they different? 
3. Why do earthquakes occur? 
*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity
*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

 Wednesday
1. In what ways do plates interact? 
2. What are plate boundaries? 
3. Why is it good that newer buildings sway in an earthquake?
4. How do earthquakes change Earth’s surface? 
*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 

Good  Morning!

Listed below are the field study dates and costs for the 2019- 2020 school year. This will cover all field studies for the year. Payments are due by November 11th and should be made online through Parent Portal under the “Student Fees” section. Then, look under the “Forms” section to electronically sign your child’s form. Paper copies will not be sent home.

Thanks for your Support,
Ms. Dailey


December 11th       EdVenture    $8.00
March 3rd CiCi’s   Pizza $8.00
April 23rd      Riverbanks Zoo $2.00
Total cost $18.00

November 4, 2019

We just ended another  PRODUCTIVE  week of teaching and learning at Killian.  

A BIG THANKS to those students who showed school spirit during Red Ribbon Week.  I posted a few pictures on Class tag for you to view.   

Field Studies

Payments for the 2019- 2020 Field Studies are due by November 11th and should be made online through Parent Portal under the “Student Fees” section.

AVID Week

In the next few weeks, Killian will be celebrating AVID Week.  The AVID team members are requesting that you send in a photo of yourself in your  college gear or work attire to be displayed on our AVID wall no later than November 12^th.  You may also email your photo to me @ ldailey@richland2.org.  

Reading Works Passages

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

Skills for the Week

Math: Compare two numbers with up to three digits using words and symbols

Phonics and Decoding: /a/ /i/ /o/ /u/   kn and gn

Comprehension Skills:  Compare and Contrast 

Writing: Non Fiction

Science: Forces in Motion

Social Studies: United  States Citizens

This week’s reading selection: What Makes the Earth Shake?

Big Idea: In what ways can Earth’s surface change? Ask your child how this week’s reading selection helps him or her answer this question. 

Summary: Ancient cultures made up myths that offered explanations for natural occurrences. A variety of restless animals and a giant with a sore neck are some of the characters featured in myths that explain why earthquakes happen. 

Essential Question: Why do you think people make up stories to explain the world around them? 

Vocabulary Focus:

1. spied -  verb caught sight of; spotted 

2. restless -  adjective not able to rest

3. settled  - verb came to rest or sank, or made calm

4.  secures -  verb holds still 

5. aloft -  adverb far above the ground; high up 

6. shivers  -  verb shakes or trembles

Monday

Reading:  Reread the story of the week and complete Text Connections 1 - 4 at the end of the story.

*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity
*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet (Due tomorrow)

Tuesday

Reading:

1. What happens when Kashima leaves his place? 

2.  How does the West African giant cause earthquakes? 

3.  Describe how the animals stack up in the Indian myth.

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

Wednesday

Reading:

1. How did Kwawar make Earth? 

2. Explain the  difference between magma and lava is

3. Why do you think so many of the earthquake myths were based on animals

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

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 (Due tomorrow)

Friday  No Homework