Howdy Bronco Family! Wow, it’s hard to believe that November is here, and Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away. While Hobby Lobby already has Christmas-stocked shelves, we are going to slow down the holiday spirit and cheer and not pass by the month of being thankful.
I am thankful to have the privilege and opportunity to be part of this great Bronco family. I am incredibly thankful to be a small, and hopefully impactful, part of the students’ lives while they are all a big part of mine. I am so thankful to work with the best staff in the state. I am thankful to be a part of the best administrative team with Mr. Turner, Mrs. Estes, and Mr. Atcheson. I am forever thankful thay my journey has led me to Meadow ISD and Meadow, Texas. What are you thankful for?
Remember, you can always find the latest Meadow ISD news on the MISD website and Facebook page, so go check them out! Also, check your kiddo’s backpack and folders for any important paper notes that may have gone home.
Don’t forget to contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions about what is going on in the classroom. We are always here to help.
It’s ALWAYS great to be a Bronco!
Mrs. B
My phenomenal Pre-K students are doing a great job. Please practice the following skills at home.
· Letter: Aa, Hh, Vv, Xx, Zz, Ll, Nn, Ff, Tt, Ee, Kk (recognition & sound)
· Number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
· Shape: triangle, square, rectangle, oval, star, circle, star, diamond or rhombus, crescent, hexagon
· Color: red, blue, orange, purple, gray, orange, gray, black, brown, green
Please read every day and write down words on new reading log.
Thank you, parents, for all your support!
Mrs. A 😊
Mis fenomenales estudiantes de Pre-K están haciendo un gran trabajo. Por favor practique las siguientes habilidades en casa. · Letra: Aa, Hh, Vv, Xx, Zz, Ll, Nn, Ff, Tt, Ee, Kk (reconocimiento y sonido) · Número: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 · Forma: triángulo, cuadrado, rectángulo, óvalo, estrella, círculo, estrella, rombo o rombo, media luna, hexágono · Color: rojo, azul, naranja, morado, gris, naranja, gris, negro, marrón, verde Lea todos los días y escriba palabras en un nuevo registro de lectura. ¡Gracias padres por todo su apoyo! Sra. A 😊
Math
- In Math we will be working on addition. Students will learn new vocabulary related to addition such as the plus and equal sign. We will also work on writing an addition sentence.
Phonics
- This week we will continue to work on the letter Ff. Then we will start on letter Rr. We are still working on Phonemic awareness skills such as initial, final sounds, rhyming, syllables, and deleting initial sounds to make new words. Please have your child read and return small decodable readers. All students have five new sight words to work on for the next two weeks.
Reading
- During Interactive Read Alouds- IRA the students continue to listen to stories. We are still working on identifying the genre, type of genre, and identify the beginning, middle and end for each story. Our new AR goals are up for the next quarter. Please continue to read to your child for 20 minutes each night. Please continue to ask those comprehension questions after reading those AR books. Students also need to bring their AR books to school each day. Please read those books at least three times before AR testing.
Science
- We are still working on light, shadows, and reading about sources of light.
Other
- Send a water bottle. Please message me or call the office if your child is going to be sick.
Thank you, parents, for that you do.
Mrs. Sanchez
We have had so much fun this week in First Grade!!
We did a pumpkin investigation with several different types of pumpkins. We cut them open, felt the insides and even tasted it! We made predictions of what could happen to the pumpkin in a day and in a week.
We made our own Crankenstein and lots of other fun Halloween activities!
Keep reading your Library books, everyone is doing GREAT at earning their points.
¡¡Nos hemos divertido mucho esta semana en Primer Grado!! Hicimos una investigación sobre calabazas con varios tipos diferentes de calabazas. ¡Los abrimos, palpamos el interior e incluso lo probamos! Hicimos predicciones de lo que le podría pasar a la calabaza en un día y en una semana. ¡Hicimos nuestro propio Crankenstein y muchas otras actividades divertidas de Halloween! Siga leyendo los libros de su biblioteca, a todos les está yendo EXCELENTE ganando puntos.
Super second graders!!
This week was full of spooky, creepy, silly learning! We started our Halloween festivities with a creative writing workshop where we focused on developing a problem and finding a solution. We worked on a fun bat craft in math and practiced some two-digit plus two-digit addition. We wrapped up our Halloween themed week with a Creepy Science lab! Students tested their detective skills by using their senses and matter unit vocabulary to describe the feeling of weird objects placed in a box (cooked noodles, a pile of gloves, mandarin oranges...). This is one of my favorite lessons and the kids loved it too. They did a wonderful job communicating, observing, listening for clues, and making educated guesses. We even had some special guests join us!
Just a few reminders...
-Spelling test will be on Tuesday
-Sight word quiz every Friday
-Math fact check every Friday
Please continue to encourage your child to read at home. The only way to get better at anything is to practice!
Thank you for all you do!
-Mrs.Alaniz
¡¡Súper alumnos de segundo grado!! ¡Esta semana estuvo llena de aprendizaje espeluznante, espeluznante y tonto! Comenzamos nuestras festividades de Halloween con un taller de escritura creativa donde nos enfocamos en desarrollar un problema y encontrar una solución. Trabajamos en una divertida manualidad con murciélagos en matemáticas y practicamos algunas sumas de dos dígitos más dos dígitos. ¡Concluimos nuestra semana temática de Halloween con un laboratorio de ciencias espeluznantes! Los estudiantes pusieron a prueba sus habilidades de detective utilizando sus sentidos y vocabulario de unidades de materia para describir la sensación de objetos extraños colocados en una caja (fideos cocidos, un montón de guantes, mandarinas...). Esta es una de mis lecciones favoritas y a los niños también les encantó. Hicieron un trabajo maravilloso comunicándose, observando, escuchando en busca de pistas y haciendo conjeturas fundamentadas. ¡Incluso tuvimos algunos invitados especiales que se unieron a nosotros! Sólo algunos recordatorios... -La prueba de ortografía será el martes. -Prueba de palabras a la vista todos los viernes. -Verificación de datos matemáticos todos los viernes. Continúe animando a su hijo a leer en casa. ¡La única manera de mejorar en algo es practicando! ¡Gracias por todo lo que haces! -Señora Alaniz
3rd Grade ELAR
Spelling
Our words this week are words with suffixes, Please help your child study each evening ready for a test on Friday. If your child has a failing grade, they may write each missed word 5 times for a passing grade.
Reading
We are continuing with our online Lonestar lessons. As these are done in notebooks at school, please let me know if you want to come in and see how your child is doing.
Language
We are continuing to study singular and plural nouns.
Please make sure to look at the papers your child brings home each week. Failing grades may be corrected for a passing grade. Please contact me with any questions or concerns.
Happy Halloween!
Mrs. McCormick
¡Feliz Halloween!
Sra. McCormick
Math/Science/Social Studies
In math we are learning how to read and create bar graphs and pictographs
In science we are finishing up our lesson over force and motion.
In social studies we are learning about past heroes.
Please make sure your child is practicing math facts at home each night
Students can study math fact cards or there are apps on phones and tablets that have math fact practice.
Math fact tests are on Friday.
Math fact homework is due on Friday
We have completed the UIL final tests, and these are the teams. Everyone worked really hard to make this a close call in many cases. Parents, please help by making sure your child practices at home. I will send home more materials and instructions. Also, the Oral Reading teams for 4th & 5th grade will be decided on Nov. 5. Those students need to practice speaking their poem every night. Once the final teams are decided, I will have after-school practices with the readers.
Here are the teams for all of the written events.
Spelling 4 & 5
4th Grade Team: Hannah Houchin, Lucian Rocha, Thatcher Furgeson, Kane Garcia (ALT)
5th Grade Team: Ava Barnes, Natalia Contreras, Adi Loera, Nadia Flores (ALT)
Music Memory
2nd Grade: Oden Garcia, Eddie Hernandez, Arian Martinez, Jessa Castilleja (ALT)
3rd Grade: Edith Hernandez, Logan Kinsey, Jose Saavedra, McClain Seaton (ALT)
4th Grade: Kane Garcia, Charlee Carroll, Urben Villalpando, Carlos Ramirez (ALT)
5th Grade: Dallie Kinsey, Nadia Flores, Emmery Mendieta, Elena Ramirez (ALT)
Ready Writing 4 & 5
4th Grade Team: Urben Villalpando, Hannah Houchin, Regina Martinez, Charlee Carroll (ALT)
5th Grade Team: Ava Barnes, Natalia Contreras, Adi Loera, Nadia Flores (ALT)
Listening Skills 5
Team: Nadia Flores, Ka'relli Tarango, Caiden Kennimer, J Bustillos (ALT)
Dictionary Skills 5
Team: Caiden Kennimer, Cyrus Garcia, Natalia Contreras, J Bustillos (ALT)
Hemos completado las pruebas finales de la UIL y estos son los equipos. Todos trabajaron muy duro para que esto estuviera cerca en muchos casos. Padres, ayuden asegurándose de que su hijo practique en casa. Enviaré a casa más materiales e instrucciones. Además, los equipos de lectura oral para 4.° y 5.° grado se decidirán el 5 de noviembre. Esos estudiantes deben practicar hablar su poema todas las noches. Una vez que se decidan los equipos finales, tendré prácticas después de la escuela con los lectores. Aquí están los equipos para todos los eventos escritos. Ortografía 4 y 5 Equipo de 4to grado: Hannah Houchin, Lucian Rocha, Thatcher Furgeson, Kane García (ALT) Equipo de 5to grado: Ava Barnes, Natalia Contreras, Adi Loera, Nadia Flores (ALT) Memoria musical 2do grado: Oden García, Eddie Hernández, Arian Martínez, Jessa Castilleja (ALT) 3er grado: Edith Hernández, Logan Kinsey, José Saavedra, McClain Seaton (ALT) 4to Grado: Kane García, Charlee Carroll, Urben Villalpando, Carlos Ramírez (ALT) 5to grado: Dallie Kinsey, Nadia Flores, Emmery Mendieta, Elena Ramirez (ALT) Listo para escribir 4 y 5 Equipo de 4to grado: Urben Villalpando, Hannah Houchin, Regina Martinez, Charlee Carroll (ALT) Equipo de 5to grado: Ava Barnes, Natalia Contreras, Adi Loera, Nadia Flores (ALT) Habilidades de escucha 5 Equipo: Nadia Flores, Ka'relli Tarango, Caiden Kennimer, J Bustillos (ALT) Habilidades de diccionario 5 Equipo: Caiden Kennimer, Cyrus García, Natalia Contreras, J Bustillos (ALT)
4th & 5th Grade Math
-In 4th grade math, we are slowly working through long division and the students are noticing how important multiplication math facts are to getting it done. This is going to take a while because there are a lot of steps that need to be taken to solve the problems. We will get there.
-In 5th grade math, we are multiplying decimals, and I have heard the complaints, so I decided to tell them the secret. We will be dividing decimals next week. It was not taken lightly. There is nothing they hate more than multiplying than dividing. I cannot wait for fractions.
4th Grade Number Sense Team
-Lusian Rocha
-Charlee Carroll
-Matthew Rivera
Alternate – Jaxon Berch
-I wish I could have taken all of my 4th grade Math Junkies because I could see their faces full of disappointment, but I can only take a team of 3. We have next year.
5th Grade Number Sense Team
-Liliana Madrid
-Helio Fraire
-Caiden Kennimer
Alternate – Cyrus Garcia
5th Grade Social Studies Team
-Liliana Madrid
-J Bustillos
-Adilyn Loera
Alternate – Elena Ramirez
Thank you for your support,
Stacy Gamez
Both grades are currently working on all things ENERGY!
This is turning out to be their favorite unit so far.
They have been using their brains so much to remember all 5 forms of energy. Both 4th and 5th grade will be finished with this unit by Tuesday!
So much fun is going on in Science!
Caitlyn Guzman
¡Ambos grados están trabajando actualmente en todo lo relacionado con ENERGÍA! Esta está resultando ser su unidad favorita hasta el momento. Han estado usando mucho su cerebro para recordar las 5 formas de energía. ¡Tanto el 4to como el 5to grado terminarán con esta unidad el martes! ¡Está pasando mucha diversión en la ciencia! Caitlyn Guzmán
