Pamela Robertson
A Quick Note for My Class:
Week of: August 10th
Everything You Need to Know This Week:
- Elementary Meet and Greets are on Mon. August 10th & Tues. August 11th (Look for email to sign up!)
- First Day of School (PreK-5th) is on Wednesday, August 12th
Important Information:
- Be sure to check your student's Math and Reading teacher's websites:
- Mystery Reader Sign-Up: Coming Soon!
- Please make sure your student is wearing comfortable shoes for PE.
- Please send your student with a labeled water bottle and a nut free snack daily.
- To avoid lost or broken student items, please leave toys and personal items at home.
- Please label all student items with your student's name & grade level.
- Please keep checking your student's Thursday Folder and make sure they bring it back to school.
- Please read your student's Friday Journal, write them a note back, and make sure they bring it back to school.
- Dress for the weather! Don't forget labeled coats, hats, and gloves when necessary.
- We will go outside if the temperature "feels like" it's above 20 degrees, so please have students bring coats, boots, and cold weather gear as needed.
- Your student's Homework Folder will go home on Fridays and it is due the next Friday.
- On the back of your student's Homework Folder, they have their Clever QR Code. Your student can go onto Clever at home and access reading and math resources!
SPECIALS & STEAM Schedule:
STEAM Rotation:
TECH: Red
ART: Orange
STEM: Green
MUSIC: Blue
Upcoming Events:
- Elementary Meet and Greets: Aug. 10th & Aug. 11th
- First Day of School (PreK-5th): Wednesday, August 12th
- Elem. & PreK Picture Day (Individuals): Wed. August 19th
- Curriculum Night (K-5th): Thursday, September 3rd
- Labor Day, No School: Monday, September 7th
- PD Day (No school for students): Monday, September 21st
Mrs. Robertson's Reading Class(CKLA)
- Reading Review
- Reading Practice
- Routines, Procedures, & Expectations
Mrs. Robertson's Math (Into Math)
- Math Review
- Math Practice
- Routines, Procedures, & Expectations
Writing: Handwriting and journals
- Handwriting Practice
- Review Paragraph Conventions and Writing
- Writers Workshop
CKLA Knowledge:Domain 1: Fairy Tales and Tall tales
Lesson 1: The Fisherman and His Wife
Lesson 2: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Lesson 3: Beauty and the Beast, Part I
Lesson 4: Beauty and the Beast, Part II
Pausing Point
Lesson 5: Paul Bunyan
Lesson 6: Pecos Bill
Lesson 7: John Henry
Lesson 8: Casey Jones
Domain Review
Domain Test
History: Geography of the Americas
- North America
- North America: Canada, United States, Mexico
- The United States - Fifty states: Forty-eight contiguous states, plus Alaska and Hawaii - Current territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands)
- Mississippi River
- Appalachian and Rocky Mountains
- Great Lakes
- Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, West Indies
- Central America
- South America
- Brazil: largest country in South America, Amazon River, rain forests
- Peru and Chile: Andes Mountains
- Locate: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
- Bolivia: named after Simon Bolivar, “The Liberator”
- Argentina: the Pampas
- Main languages: Spanish and (in Brazil) Portuguese
- Hills, mountains, valleys, rock arches, plains, geysers, volcanoes, sand dunes, and beaches are types of landforms.
- Landforms can be created quickly or slowly.
- Quick changes to landforms include rockslides, landslides, mudslides, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
- Wind and water can erode rock, sand dunes, and beaches.
- There are different solutions to prevent water from changing the shape of rock and to prevent sand erosion.
- Glaciers are frozen forms of water.
- Flowing water moves earth materials.
- The land and water features of an area can be modeled.
- Water soaks into the ground.
- Geysers and volcanoes bring underground materials to Earth’s surface.
- Sand landforms include dunes and beaches.
- Sand dunes and beaches are formed in different ways.
Daily Schedule Homeroom
| 8:00-8:20 |
Arrival - Morning Work |
| 8:20-9:05 |
CKLA Skills
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| 9:05-9:50 |
CKLA Knowledge
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| 9:50-10:05 |
Handwriting |
| 10:05-10:45 |
STEAM: TECH/ART/STEM/MUSIC |
| 10:50-11:10 | Recess |
| 11:10-11:30 | Lunch |
| 11:35-12:35 | Math |
| 12:35-1:30 | History/Science |
| 1:35-2:15 | Specials: Library/PE/Spanish/Character Education |
| 2:15-2:45 | WIN (What I Need) |
| 2:45-3:00 | SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) |
| 3:00-3:20 | Recess |
| 3:25-3:30 | Read Aloud & Pack Up |
| 3:30 | Dismissal |
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- Parent Resources:
DIBELS Reading Assessment: is administered three times a year and also continuously monitored throughout. You will be receiving the results in Thursday folder after each benchmark.
- Want to know more about DIBELS click here: Parents Guide to Dibels
- Want to know more about NWEA click here: Family Guide To NWEA & Family Tool Kit for NWEA
- EPIC books: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in ( we will use this in class.)
- Reading Rockets: Reading Rockets Articles & Tips for Reading at Home
- Vooks: Animated Video Books for Students to Read Along With
- Phillip S Miller Library: Library Parent Resources
- Storyline Online: Storyline Read Alouds
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
- Boddle: Boddle Math (students LOVE this)
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
- Xtra Math: https://home.xtramath.org/ (great for fact practice)
- Khan Academy: Kahn Academy ( great for math support with videos that explain skills and concepts)
August/ September- RESPECT - Showing high regard for an authority, other people, self and country. Treating others as you would want to be treated.
October- Responsibility: Being honest and accountable in word and deed. Having a sense of duty to fulfill tasks with reliability, dependability and commitment.
November- Empowerment: We believe children must be equipped with the ability to make good decisions independently of adults. By internalizing the habits and behaviors that demonstrate responsibility, they will be empowered to lead successful, productive lives.
December- Sharing: Developing a willingness to share knowledge, experiences and time to enrich learning, give back to the community through school projects and constantly seek ways to improve through continuous input and feedback
January- Patience: We strive to develop Aspen View students with a level of perseverance and diligence that will instill the confidence needed to succeed in whatever endeavor our students undertake
February- Excellence: Striving to do the best in everything you do, while maintaining a positive attitude and a spirit of self-confidence
March- Compassion: Caring in action. Treating others with kindness, generosity and a forgiving spirit.
April- Teamwork: We will create an atmosphere that fosters collaborative and team-focused success to enrich our students and prepare them for high school, college and a collaboration driven marketplace
May- RESPECT - Showing high regard for an authority, other people, self and country. Treating others as you would want to be treated
STEAM SCHEDULE 10:00-10:45am
*WEEKLY ROTATION*
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Week 1 |
ART |
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Week 2 |
STEM |
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Week 3 |
MUSIC |
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Week 4 |
TECHNOLOGY |