Reminders:
- Please fill the GREEN SHEET in your child’s blue folder with photos-front and back- of your child’s special moments by thisFriday, September 7th. This will be used to help them with writing ideas for their stories (narratives) this year.
- CogAt testing will be this week: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Please make sure your children are well rested and have a good breakfast.
- We will be going to the ILC this Wednesday. Please send in your child’s library books.
- There is NO Family Journal this week. We have several families traveling this weekend.
- Homework will start NEXT week due to the short week and testing this week!
What We’re Learning This Week:
Math-We will start decomposing numbers into tens and ones, i.e. 76=70+6, as well as working on place value. We will continue to work on addition facts, as well. PLEASE make/buy flashcards for your child and practice them for 5 minutes each night. Thank you to those of you who have sent in pictures of your child practicing his/her flashcards. It is not too late to send these to me.
Reading-This week we have been focusing on Story Elements: Setting, Characters and Plot (beginning, middle of end). Next week we will continue to review this, as well as learning about Asking Questions when we read. Students will learn that good readers “Ask Questions” when they read!
Writing-We will continue writing our stories, this week focusing on bringing our characters to life. PLEASE fill the green sheet with pictures (front and back if possible) from your child’s life, so that these can be used for writing ideas. If you can send these in by next Friday, that would be wonderful. Thank you!
Phonics-We will be learning about words in the -ED and -ELL families.
Science- We will start our unit on Magnets, focusing on the vocabulary words: attract, repel, force, and poles.
S.T.E.A.M. Buddies! We are lucky to have partnered with Mrs. Adams’ third grade class to be S.T.E.A.M. buddies with once a month. We will be reading and doing activities together! We had our first session today! Ask your child about it.
Have a fantastic week!!