September 17-21

Parents, here is an update for our upcoming week!

This week in reading we will be focusing on the next component of Daily 5: Read to Someone. Students will practice reading with a partner and checking each other for comprehension and accuracy. By reading with a partner, students can hold each other accountable for doing their best and making sure they understand what they are reading. We will continue to build up our individual reading and writing stamina!

In writing, we will working on writing stories from our hearts or from things we know about. We are setting up our Writer's Workshop that takes students through each step of the writing process. We are also beginning grammar with the study of nouns. We will continue spelling this week and students will have different levels of lists based on their performance on the pretest. Their assessment will be on Friday.

 In math, we will be learning about place value. We will also be working on putting numbers in order and recognizing greater or lesser values. Homework is called Reading and Writing Numbers to 999. It will be due Wednesday.

It's Freedom Week in social studies. We will be learning the meaning behind the constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance. We will also be learning about different parts of the world, such as oceans and continents as well as the cardinal directions. We will wrap up the week with the different land forms.

Reminders:

Life Journals are coming home Monday. It is only one entry per week, you do not need one for everyday!! Students need to be gluing some sort of artifact or picture or they can draw a picture to accompany their writing.

Wednesday, September 19 is Early Release Day! Students will be done with school at 12:45. Each bus will run normally.

We started our normal library schedule last week. We go on Thursdays. Help your child remember to bring his or her books back so that he or she can check out new books. If your child is done with the books before Thursday, send them back and I can send him or her to the library during a spare moment.

Skate Night is coming up the following week on Thursday, September 27th from 6:30 to 8 pm.

Have a wonderful weekend!