Happy weekend! It was a beautiful week this past week! I am so enjoying the fall weather (even if it comes with fall allergies), and I know the students enjoy these moderate temperatures even more than I do. :)
Just a few items of note:
- Scholastic book orders went home today. They are due on October 3. I will place the order (including the online orders) that evening. If you complete the paper order, please make checks payable to Scholastic. Do not send cash.
- Race for Education is coming up on October 2. This year, we will be running at the high school. Come on out and cheer us on if you are able!
- I will be sending home your child's Unit 1 math test next week. Please look over the attached explanation of the grading system and email or call me with any questions or concerns.
And now A Peek At Our Week:
- Math --- Next week will be all about addition strategies. We will really work at building our fact fluency. Any additional (pun not intended) help you can provide at home will be greatly appreciated. Students could play Penny Plate or Addition Top-It. They could also utilize the First in Math website with their login and password.
- Language Arts --- Students will continue to work on identifying the main idea and supporting details next week. We also take a closer look at non-fiction text structures such as the table of contents. Our phonics focus will be on converting short vowels to long vowels using the silent "e".
- Bible --- Students will discuss how to deal with anger after reading how Moses dealt with his anger at the injustice of slavery. We will also compare and contrast life in the palace and life in the desert.
- Science --- We didn't quite get to pollination this week, so we will visit that topic next week.
Students enjoyed an "I Spy" game to practice counting coins. It got them up and moving around the room!
This week, we learned how to buddy read. We call it "Read to Someone". Students really enjoy this time, and it helps them to develop their fluency and expressive reading. Bonus!
Students practicing choosing the correct punctuation for sentences I call out. :)
Hieroglyphic names from our Egypt study
We had one monarch straggler pop out of it's chrysalis this week. Stay tuned for news on the remaining chrysalises next week!
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