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Happy Friday Room 18 Families! 

Thanks for taking a minute to see everything the students learned about this week! 

📚ELA:

-This week, students continued Unit 1 in Benchmark, which focuses on the essential question “How do we decide which resources we should develop?” Students focused on note taking this week, using annotations and graphic organizers to record information from the text. They took their notes and began drafting essays about the structure of corn. Students also drew diagrams to exhibit their knowledge of plant structures, which they will use as the cover to their essay. 

🌏Social Studies: 

-Students continued working on a lapbook to help them learn the different states and capitals. This week, we focused on the midwestern states & we began the Southwest region. Next Thursday, students will be assessed on their knowledge of the southwest region.

*Thank you to everyone for the postcards! Please continue to ask friends & family to send us postcards for The Great Postcard Race 2026

📏Math: 

We wrapped up Topic D this week and began Topic E: Dividing Decimals

We will finish up Topic E & F next week. Students will then be assessed on Module 1. 

*Khan Academy math is directly related to the Eureka modules. This is assigned to students via GoogleClassroom and they can watch videos and do practice problems for every topic we cover (it is organized by unit and topic). This is a fantastic resource for students who need extra practice or clarification!! 

🧪Science

Students continue to observe their redworms and compost jars each week to record observations! They are wrapping up the Living Systems investigation of food webs. Next week, we will begin planting! 

This Week’s Assessments:

-Math Topic D quiz 

-Long vowel spelling test

-Midwest region 

Announcements:
-Carla was our Student of the Week this week! 

-Garden Cleanup Day: September 12, 9-12 PM

-Picture Day: Monday September 21st 

-Attendance Recovery Day: October 9- if your student has been absent multiple days this year

-Please read this week’s Farnham Flash

-🤝 Goal Setting Conferences with families and students will be held September 29th–October 8th. 📆 Please sign up for one conference time per student using THIS LINK. If you need additional time or have any questions about scheduling, please contact me directly.

I hope you all have a great weekend!