Reading:

This week we have been working on the following:

• Took a Pre-Test for Unit 1: Students listened to a story passage and answered questions about what they learned from the story (This assessment is used by Ms. Pease to determine which skills need to be taught/retaught.) Pre-assessments are not recorded grades/strictly for data

• Teachers completed DRA's (Developmental Reading Assessment)

Next week we will:

• learn how to make connections and ask questions as we read text to help us monitor our comprehension

• begin guided reading groups during reader's workshop

**Students will not be bringing home guided reading books until the week of Sept. 20-24. A letter will be sent home explaining the expectations for "at-home reading."

Math:

This week's focus :

• Place Value The place and value of numbers.

Next, week's focus:

• Begin our full rotations of Math Workshop

• Decomposing Numbers.

• All the Forms of a Number:

****Standard form

Example: 732,486

*****Word Form

seven hundred thirty-two thousand, four hundred eighty-six

****Expanded Form

700,000 + 30,000 + 2,000 + 400 + 80 + 6

****Expanded Notation

7 x 100,000 + 3 x 10,000 + 2 x 1,000 +

4 x 100 + 8 x 10 + 6 x 1

Science:

Grammar:

This week's focus

• Action Verbs- I can use verbs to show action in my sentences.

Writing:

This week's focus

• Writing a "small moment" in time story. (continued)

Spelling