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Hello Pugh Tribe! I hope you are all having a wonderful start to the week. Here is what we will be doing this week in the Pugh Tribe. Math: We have jumped into using the Chunking Strategy for solving addition problems. Here is a link to the video that correlates with the strategy. https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/6543-solve-addition-story-problems-using-an-open-number-line/ Reading: Today we began our lesson by retelling major parts in our fiction stories. This will allow us as readers to build our understanding of the text. Beginning on Thursday, we will be discussing using Context Clues to decode meaning of unknown words in text. Wednesday:  We will have Early Release at 12:30. Please make sure that you write this in your calendar. As a class we will be working on a STEM day for our learning garden. Everyone will be in class on Wednesday. Weekly Work Packets: Students were given their first Weekly Work Packet to be reviewed and signed on Friday. Please revie...

Good Afternoon Pugh Tribe! We are off to a great start this Marvelous Monday! Just a few things that I want to let you know. Math: We are finishing the properties of addition and are moving into understanding place value and rounding. Here is a video that relates to rounding. https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/6243-round-to-the-nearest-ten-or-hundred-in-real-world-situations/ Reading: We are focusing on asking and answering questions as readers to check our understanding of the text. I want to encourage each and every student to read 15-20 minutes every night. Don't forget to log your reading in your agenda on the bottom of each day! Agendas: Students are responsible for coloring their agenda each afternoon as they pack up. If they are below green (Ready to Learn), I will color their agenda and initial the color. I have taped mini behavior charts in the front of each student agenda for your reference with the colors. Open House: I am excited for this Thursday. We wi...

Hello Pugh Tribe! I hope you are all having a wonderful start to the week. I wanted to inform you of our new Homework Folder. Each day students will be bringing home a red folder that has a monthly homework calendar inside. Each day, your student will be responsible for completing the homework in the box that matches the date. There is notebook paper in the folder for students to solve the problems on. In addition to the daily problem(s), your student will be responsible for reading 15-20 minutes a night and log their reading on the bottom of their agenda. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me. After repeated disruptions and discussions on Pokemon cards. We will be keeping our Pokemon cards at home. These do not need to be brought to school. These are items that can be enjoyed at home but do not need to interrupt instruction at school. This week in Math we will be discussing addition and moving into the associative property. Here is a link to the Learn Zil...

Hello Pugh Tribe! I am excited to get the blog up and running again. We are off to a great start in the Pugh Tribe this Monday! We have been doing some Writing and Reading today and I am excited to get the ball rolling on Math tomorrow. We will begin diving into our curriculum on Wednesday. After talking with the 3rd grade teachers, we have decided to create an interactive reading notebook this year. That being said, we will need an additional COMPOSITION book. If you could send this additional composition book with your student no later than Friday, I would greatly appreciate it. Starting next week, I will be sharing videos with examples of the strategies we will be learning in Math as well as a homework sheet that will have a few problems for every day of the week. These homework sheets will be due Friday. However, we will go over the problems assigned for the night before to clarify any misconceptions. Last note I have for this weeks blog is about a community event happenin...

Good Afternoon Pugh Tribe! Hope everyone has enjoyed their Marvelous Monday. Our goal for the rest of the year is to make each day count! This week in Math, we are studying polygons and the different attributes that make up shapes such as quadrilaterals, hexagons, and octagons. The students are also working on their multiplication memory facts. Their math homework for the week is a multiplication worksheet that will be due for a grade on Friday. Our spelling words for the week are: through, threw, new, knew, see, sea, write, right, government, and citizen. Our spelling test will be this Friday following morning announcements. We got to listen to the Cobb County Public Library this afternoon to find out ways we can be extending our reading through the summer. I hope everyone soaked in the information. We will be taking our RI (Reading Inventory) on Wednesday and the MI (Math Inventory) on Thursday. Please make sure that your student is on time both of those days. Also, don...

Good Afternoon Pugh Tribe! I hope you all have a had a wonderful Tuesday. We are jumping right into a review of equivalent fractions during math as well as a review of Subtraction and Addition within 1,000. I had the students solve a few problems as review and I would like for them to complete the math homework due Friday for extra practice. Here are two videos for extra guided practice. Equivalent Fractions: https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/4739-recognize-equivalent-fractions-using-number-lines/ Addition/Subtraction:  https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/8214-solve-subtraction-problems-using-a-number-line/ Our Librarian allowed our class to come in on Monday to make one final checkout for library books. I am allowing the students to keep them in their desk and read throughout the day. They are all due by this Friday to the Learning Commons. However, since we will be on our field trip, I have told the class to bring them in on Thursday so we can go ahead and turn...

Hello Pugh Tribe!!! Hope you all had a restful and relaxing weekend. We are off to a great start this Monday morning with one of our last sections of the Milestones. I would like to remind all students to get plenty of rest tonight and eat a healthy breakfast in the morning to prepare for the final day of Milestones testing tomorrow! There were several sleepy students this morning. We will not have homework again this week due to Milestones testing. However, every student should have brought home their Math Coach Book to get additional practice in over the weekend and through tonight. I would encourage you to not only have your student solve the problems but also explain their answers and how they solved the problems. We will be diving into our multiplication facts challenge starting tomorrow. This is one of the major standards that your student will be working hard to achieve this quarter. There is a letter with a chart of all of the multiples that they will be assessed on in th...