Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend and are ready for the first full week of Fall and the beautiful weather that comes with it. Please take a minute to see what is happening in your child's classes this week:
Math: We will start Unit 2 this week, which focuses on multiplication and geometry concepts. A new homework packet will be sent home today, and your child should hold onto this throughout unit 2. Homework will continue to be Monday-Thursday. Have your child continue to practice their fact fluency.
Science: We will also be starting a new unit in Science on the Solar System with a focus on how the Sun, Moon, and Earth interact with one another and how revolution and rotation works. This unit is short and will only last about two weeks. Their unit test will be next Friday, so please look out for a study guide that will be sent home next Thursday.
Reading: The students are learning how complex fiction characters can be. They are citing evidence to support different ideas about the character in their fiction books. They are paying attention to how the character acts, what patterns show up, how they change, and what their personality is like.
Please be sure your child is filling out the blue reading log every night! They are checked each Thursday. Students who have a completed reading log at the end of each month will get a special prize!
Writing: We are revising their realistic fiction stories. The students will use different "lenses" to fix up their work. They may revise by thinking about better and more interesting words to use, or check that their character is believable. We are also making sure that we are using dialogue correctly and describing the setting in each scene. They will use a revising checklist on their own, and then use one with a partner.
Word Work: Tic Tac Toe Homework was due today since it is Day 6. If students do not want to have to do their homework over the weekend I am encouraging them to do the 3 activities earlier in the cycle week. When students do not turn in their homework on time they lose a classroom dollar and then have to make up that work during recess. New sorts will be given out Tuesday and the homework will be due on Oct. 4th. Please encourage your child to keep the word sorts in the envelope and in the binder. When they get lost they have to pay a school dollar to get a new word sort.
Vocabulary: We almost have 10 interesting words on our Word of the Day sheet! We will be reviewing these words on Wednesday and there will be a quiz on Thursday! The students will choose the appropriate interesting words from a word bank to complete 10 sentences.
Social Studies: We begin Map Skills on Wednesday!
Upcoming Dates:
September 29th: Mazie Gable Clothing Drive @ 4:30
October 5th: Wear all the same color day!
October 10th: No School
October 11th: School picture day
October 14th: Movie Night @ Mazie Gable 6:30
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