Mrs. Raiz

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Announcements:

• Please have your child bring a water bottle daily.

• Make sure to check your child's yellow folder every day for graded work or other important papers.

• Have your child bring his/her yellow folder every day to school.

A peek at our learning:

ELA: 👉Anchor Text and Vocab Test Friday 9/25 👈

Essential Question:  How do your actions affect others?

Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Shared Read:    "The Talent Show"

Anchor Text: "Experts, Incorporated" 

Paired Text: "Speaking Out to Stop Bullying" 

Vocabulary Words:  

accountable   advise   desperately   hesitated   humiliated   inspiration   

self-esteem   uncomfortably

Vocabulary Strategies:

figurative language (idioms & similies)

Reading Skills & Strategies:

plot:  conflict (problem) /resolution (solution)

make predictions

author's purpose

Math: Module 3 - Interpret and Solve Problem Situations

In this module, we will be learning how to use comparison to solve multiplication and division problems.

Vocabulary: Inverse Operations  (multiplication and division are inverse operations)

• Represent and interpret multiplicative comparison problems using drawings and equations.

• Distinguish between, represent, and solve additive and multiplicative comparisons.

• Use inverse operations to solve multiplicative comparison problems.

• Use visual representations and equations to solve additive and multiplicative comparison problems.

• Use strategies to solve multistep multiplication and division problems.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts.✖️

Science:    (earth & space) 

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

Weekly Update

September 14-18

Reminder that we are going to Shaker Lakes on Wednesday, September 16th.

ELA:

Essential Question:  How do your actions affect others?

Genre:  Realistic Fiction 

Shared Read:  "The Talent Show"

Anchor Text:  "Experts Incorporated"

Vocabulary Words: 

(words & defintions will be sent home this week- these will be on the selection test)

Accountable: To be responsible

Advise: To give one’s opinion or to inform

Desperately To try anything to change a hopeless 

situation

Hesitated to wait or pause, especially because of                       .                                 feeling unsure

Humiliated to be made to feel ashamed or foolish

Inspiration a person or things that stirs the mind,

                                    feelings or imagination.

Self-esteem To have self respect for yourself

Uncomfortably uneasily

Vocabulary Strategies:

figurative language (idioms & similies)

Reading Skills & Strategies:

plot:  conflict (problem) /resolution (solution)

make predictions

author's purpose

Writing:

Responding to a prompt using text evidence to support & answer a prompt using RACES- restate, answer, cite, explain & summarize (conclusion)

Math: 

Module 2 - Addition & Subtraction of Whole Numbers:

• use the standard algorithm to add whole numbers & find the difference between two whole numbers & assess reasonableness using mental math & estimates

• Interpret & solve comparison problems using addition & subtraction by drawing bar models

• use a formula to find the perimeter of a rectangle or find an unknown side given the perimeter & the length of one side

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts.✖️

Science:    (earth & space) 

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

SPECIALS SCHEDULE:

Monday - SPANISH

Tuesday - DISCOVERY LAB, GUIDANCE, LIBRARY

Wednesday - P.E.

Thursday - ART,  

Friday - MUSIC

Instrumental music: Lessons will begin on September 18th. Lessons are every Friday so please remember to have your child bring in his or her instrument along with their music book.

Weekly Update

September 7-11

ELA: 👉"Earthquakes" selection & vocabulary Test: 9/11👈

Essential Question:  How do people respond to natural disasters?

Genre:  Expository text

Shared Read:    "A World of Change"

Anchor Text: "Earthquakes"

Vocabulary Words: 

(words & defintions came home last week- these will be on the weekly test)

alter, collapse, crisis, destruction, hazard, severe, substantial, unpredictable

Vocabulary Strategies:

multiple meaning words

homographs

Reading Skills & Strategies:

compare/contrast

Text Features:

diagrams

headings

Math: 

Unit 1 Module 1 👉Test Date: 9/8/26👈Practice Test  

Place Value:

understanding place value relationships, read/write multi-digit numbers using base ten numerals, number names, & expanded form to 1,000,000.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts.✖️

Science:    (earth & space) 

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

SPECIALS SCHEDULE:

Monday - SPANISH

Tuesday - DISCOVERY LAB, GUIDANCE, LIBRARY

Wednesday - P.E.

Thursday - ART,  

Friday - MUSIC

Instrumental music: Lessons will be every Friday. Information about lessons was sent home in your child's yellow folder on Friday. 

Weekly Update

August 31-September 4

ELA: Our first reading test is this Friday! It will cover the story 'Earthquakes' and the vocabulary words that were sent home last week.

Essential Question:  How do people respond to natural disasters?

Genre:  Expository text

Shared Read:    "A World of Change"

Anchor Text: "Earthquakes"

Vocabulary Words: 

(words & definitions will be coming home - these will be on the weekly test)

alter, collapse, crisis, destruction, hazard, severe, substantial, unpredictable

Vocabulary Strategies:

multiple meaning words

homographs

Reading Skills & Strategies:

compare/contrast

Text Features:

diagrams

headings

Math: 

Unit 1 Module 1 (We will be taking a pre-assessment before beginning this module)

This week we will compare and order numbers in the hundred thousands as well as practice rounding numbers whole numbers through 1,000,000.

Place Value:

understanding place value relationships, read/write multi-digit numbers using base ten numerals, number names, & expanded form to 1,000,000.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts.✖️

Science:    (earth & space) 

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

SPECIALS SCHEDULE:

Monday - SPANISH

Tuesday - DISCOVERY LAB, GUIDANCE, LIBRARY

Wednesday - P.E.

Thursday - ART,  

Friday - MUSIC

Instrumental music: Lessons will be every Friday. Information about lessons was sent home in your child's yellow folder on Friday. 

Announcements:

• Please have your child bring a water bottle daily.

• Make sure to check your child's yellow folder every day for graded work or other important papers.

• Have your child bring his/her yellow folder every day to school.

Weekly Update

August 24-28

ELA:

Essential Question:  How do people respond to natural disasters?

Genre:  Expository text

Shared Read:    "A World of Change"

Anchor Text: "Earthquakes"

Vocabulary Words: 

(words & definitions will be coming home - these will be on the weekly test)

alter, collapse, crisis, destruction, hazard, severe, substantial, unpredictable

Vocabulary Strategies:

multiple meaning words

homographs

Reading Skills & Strategies:

compare/contrast

Text Features:

diagrams

headings

Math: 

Unit 1 Module 1 (We will be taking a pre-assessment before beginning this module)

Place Value:

understanding place value relationships, read/write multi-digit numbers using base ten numerals, number names, & expanded form to 1,000,000.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts.✖️

Science:    (earth & space) 

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

SPECIALS SCHEDULE:

Monday - SPANISH

Tuesday - DISCOVERY LAB, GUIDANCE, LIBRARY

Wednesday - P.E.

Thursday - ART,  

Friday - MUSIC

Instrumental music: Lessons will be every Friday. Information about lessons will be coming home soon. Please be on the look out for it.