Hi Parents,
Reading
This week will be a review of all of the reading skills we have learned. During Daily 5, we will use our toolkits to flag spots where we had questions and made connections. We will continue to practice making predictions and inferences while reading.
Be sure to look in this week’s Tuesday folder for a note about our Trick or Treat book reports. Please sign the form and return it by Friday. We will begin using the books on Monday the 21st.
Writing
Bam! Wham! Pow! This week your child will be creating their own super hero action story! We will be using all the knowledge we have about verbs to create vivid verb action in our stories. We will read superhero stories and comic strips to model our stories after. These are fun stories that will fit perfectly with our four day school week. Please come by to see our action packed stories in the hall once we are all done!
Spelling
Our spelling words focus on silent e endings. Words will go home on Tuesday and we will check our learning on Friday. Due to the short week everyone will be on the same list.
Math
Subtraction problem solving will be our focus this week. We’ll discuss strategies to help figure out when to subtract and what to look for in a problem. We’ll use fun math games to help enforce math facts and play subtraction BINGO. Racing cars has never been more fun when we solve word problems and when we get them correct our cars speed to the finish line! On your mark, get set, SUBTRACT!
Here are some fun games you can play at home to increase math facts knowledge:
- Dice game: Roll the dice and add the dots together or subtract one number from the other.
- You can use dominoes to add, subtract, greater than, less than, or equal to, and multiplication.
- Flash Cards; every child should have a set to improve math fluency. Use index cards to make them or many stores have them for a reasonable price.
- Addition, subtraction, and multiplication boards with dry erase markers. Have them time themselves to make it a game.
- Playing cards games:
- Find the missing numbers game- Need 2 players and a referee. The referee gives each player a card without them looking at it and they place it on their forehead facing their opponent. Their opponent and the referee can see the other player’s card. The ref mentally adds the cards and says, “The sum is _____”. The players have to look at their opponent’s card and figure out what card is on their own forehead, then say it first aloud.
- Addition Attack game-Two players divide the deck of cards in half. Then each player pulls a card and lays it down for the other to see. They quickly add the numbers and the first one to add the two cards and say the sum aloud gets to take the cards and keep. The person with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
Please continue to practice math facts at home through games on IXL, decks of cards, dominoes or flashcards. Students should have a 6 second recall for math facts.
Social Studies
This week in Social Studies, we will be starting our government unit. Students will understand the functions of government. They will also be identifying governmental services in the community such as police and fire protection, libraries, schools, etc. Students will learn about our current mayor and governor and their duties in our local community and state.
Reminders:
- Life journals are due on Friday.
- Library day is Thursday.
- October 14, 2013 No School (student holiday)
- October 18, 2013 Annual "HOOT" Caraway Picnic 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. @ Caraway Elementary by the school playground
- October 21-25 Red Ribbon Week
Monday: “Sock it to Drugs” day – wear crazy or mismatched socks
Tuesday: “Stomp out Drugs” day - wear tennis shoes
Wednesday: “Boot out Drugs” day – wear boots or western wear
Thursday: “Pledge to be Drug Free” day - wear red, white and blue
Friday: “Say BOO to Drugs” day – wear Halloween colors or t-shirt
- October 23, 2013 Caraway PTA Family Skate Night 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Playland Skate Center
- October 30, 2013 Early Release
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