Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Hello Parents,

Religion- The Google slides are due this Friday. Many of your kids have let me know they are already done. No "turn in" button when we do the slides. 

Reading- The making inferences worksheet on Tuesday was much better overall from all of them! Complete sentences! Capitalization! Punctuation and they showed real proof from the story! Now, most of them were like that. Some still need to work on that one.  Tuesday's main idea isn't looking too bad. Some are missing a point because they don't explain their answer fully. 

Book Report Notes are due on Monday. I sent them instructions on the final project. I also sent them to you just so you would know.  There is also homework for you.... creating a costume and sending me a picture of them in it by May 15. Thank you! 


Math- I so wish we were in the classroom. This week's work would be a lot easier for them, you and me. I am trying to get them to create simplified fractions by dividing by the biggest factor they both share. The biggest problem I have seen is that they leave it as an even number over an even number...which can be made smaller. 

On Monday, at 9 am I will meet with them on Google Meet again. 

Can you believe that Friday is May 1?  I can't believe we haven't been in school since mid March....it is just so weird. 

Thanks again for all your help! I hope you enjoy the weekend. I am anxious to see Father's Christmas display Saturday night by school! That will be fun! 

God Bless,
Miss Surma

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Hi Parents,

Math- we have moved on to equivalent fractions. Most of them look to be doing okay on this. Next week we will move on to finding the Greatest Common Factor of a set a of numbers. This will lead us into simplifying fractions.

They need to remember to get on Dreambox and do their 7 lessons as well. I see that some haven't gotten on at all this week. 

Reading- I am continuing to work on reading comprehension skills by focusing on making inferences. This week I added finding the main idea. The biggest problem I see is having them write in complete sentences, remembering to punctuate and capitalize. The other thing both of these require is showing me proof from the story as to why it is true or false or why they think that way.  They can't just say....it said so in the story.

They should also be working on their book report book and notes. The notes will be due on May 4 to me. I want to go through them a little bit to make sure I don't have any questions before they create their project. I think we will use the Google Slides for this. They are getting some good practice in right now with religion.

Religion- They should be creating their 8 slides for the Spiritual Works of Mercy . Those will be due to me on May 1. I posted a video on their Google Classroom to make sure they know how to insert pictures.

Thanks again for being patient as we all learn this new of teaching and using online services!
Give your kids a hug from me! I miss them. Let me know if they need my help!

It was great to see so many at the parade on Monday! Loved seeing all of your faces again! 😃

Have a great weekend! Enjoy this beautiful weather! Is Father Adam blessing your house? He is blessing mine on Saturday.

Stay healthy ❤ Stay home.

God Bless,
Miss Surma

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Hello Parents! Well, I hope you are all doing well. Isn't this just a crazy life we are living these days???


Thank you for being patient, especially this week! I know that Moby Max on Wednesday was a pain for some of your kids! I am still trying to figure out what happened.

I think we are figuring out KAMI between reading, math, and science. They just need to remember that most times they need to use the TEXT box, not the drawing.

In math-- we are working on fractions. I am just trying to see where they are with it. Some of them have done this with Dreambox so they are a step ahead. That's okay! If I see a lot of errors, I am sending it back to them to correct. I will re score it. Just like doing corrections at schools.

In reading they are working on making inferences. That is what they were supposed to do on Moby Max. I did see that some of the kids were missing questions but only spent 45 seconds on it...so I am not sure they are really reading the story or the question. They will do more of that on Thursday, but this time they need to write out their answers.

Religion- We are just starting to work on the Spiritual Works of Mercy. We will do more with that in our Google Hangout on Monday morning at 9 am.

The one thing I am noticing is that they aren't reading the instructions we post with the assignment. So they either don't do it all or do it incorrectly.

They also need to pay attention to the SCROLL on their Google Classroom pages. Many ask questions that have been answered  and then someone repeats the same question. Hey wait...that is kind of like in the classroom too! LOL

Thank you for the quick response to the T-shirt order. I have them all and turned it in to Mrs. Stoner.

Again, thank you! For your support and patience! I hope this hasn't created too many headaches at home, but I understand. I feel like I am at my computer all day and into the evening. We will get through this, but I am praying for May 1!!!

Drive-by Parade is set for Thursday, April 16 from 3-4. Come down Clark Street from Elm St. Now, I see the weather forecast...so I guess don't be surprised if we postpone it. 

Please give your kids a hug from me! Tell them I miss them! I will see them Monday morning at 9 am.
Stay safe. Stay home. Stay well!
God Bless,
Miss Surma