- Friday, September 23- NO SCHOOL due to teacher meetings
- Wednesday, September 28- Picture day
Math: We just wrapped up chapter one in math, and we are beginning chapter two. This chapter covers prime factorization and multiplication of whole numbers. Please have your child practice his or her multiplication facts so they are memorized. Knowing math facts quickly and accurately help save your child time when getting into multiplying larger numbers. Below are some pictures of the kids at their math stations.
Writing: We have been learning strategies to create a rising action in our narrative stories. This helps keep a reader's interest until you get to the exciting or most important part of the story. Students have writing partners that they check in with each day during writing. This partnership allows students to give positive feedback and constructive criticism to help improve their writing pieces. Below are pictures of students meeting in small groups to read their drafts.
Reading: Students are learning to write about their reading. We are focusing on fiction skills currently, and we are have been making inferences about the plot and about characters in books. In guided reading, we are focusing on inferencing and writing written responses to reading using text evidence. It is important that students can choose evidence to support their thinking in reading. Soon, students will be in a book club where they are reading and discussing a novel in small groups. This is a lot of fun for them as the book clubs are mostly student led. Please make sure your child continues to read for a total of 120 minutes a week at home. Students who read for long chunks of time will progress much faster than those who do not. In class, students are able to choose a spot in the room to read. You can see that some definitely get comfortable!
Science: Students have been continuing to learn about the scientific method through a variety of experiments. Recently, the students tested three different paper towel brands to see which absorbs the most water. Most groups discovered that Bounty outperformed the Target brand and the brand the school uses. By doing this experiment, we learned about variables, graphing data, and drawing conclusions.
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