September 28-Oct 2
Hello C3 Families!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
I hope you all had a great weekend! Our class met all of our goals for the APEX Fun Run! Thank you for sharing and donating. Thank you to those of you who were able to help out with the Fun Run or cheer on the runners. It was such a fun experience for all of the students!
Picture Day!
Picture Day is this Thursday 10/1! Make sure your student is ready for their close-up.
Tuesday Envelope: Every Tuesday, your child will come home with an envelope of finished work, graded quizzes and tests and announcements. This week, they will come home with their Benchmark Packets and the October Book Review.
This month's Book Review will be due October 30th. It is not a very long activity and can be completed based on any book they read this month. If they are not finished with the book yet, that is fine. I send it home at the beginning of the month so everyone can do it when it works best for them, but it will not take more than an hour to complete (probably not even that). Please let me know if you have any questions about this!
There will not be an ELA quiz in the envelope this week, as weeks 1 and 2 are combined for grades. Yellow envelopes need to be returned on Thursdays.
Fall Conferences:
Fall conferences are just a week away! There are still some slots open. Please be sure to sign up for a time slot if you have not done so. I am looking forward to discussing your student's progress.
OUR WEEK AT A GLANCE
ELA: This week, we will be continuing Benchmark Advance Unit 2, Characters' Actions and Reactions. In this unit, students will read and compare characters in fables, fairy tales, and fantasies and analyze their actions and reactions. We will be working on our Week 2 packet this week. Students will take the Unit 2 Week 2 quiz on Friday. This week, we will be reading "Come Away, Come Away!"
Writing: We will continue working on narrative writing this week. Students will continue working on a narrative about an amusement park. Students will finish drafting their stories and prepare to write the final draft.
Math: This week, we will finish Module 1, Topic D. In topic D, students build fluency with addition and subtraction of multi-digit numbers by using the standard algorithm, and they solve multi-step word problems. The Topic D Quiz will be on Thursday.
We will begin Topic E on Thursday. In topic E, students express metric units of length, mass, and liquid volume in terms of smaller units and solve word problems that have measurement contexts. Topic E is the final topic of Module 1, so students will begin the Module 1 Study Guide on Thursday. The Module 1 test will be next Wednesday 10/7.
Homework: Homework includes Math Apply Book pages, cursive, and 20 minutes of reading. Please refer to the Homework page on my website to view the schedule. Checking your student’s communicator is the best way to stay updated on homework. I try to stick to the homework listed on the website, but sometimes plans change and the communicator will have the most updated information.
REMINDERS
Please take care of all folders that come home, they need to last the whole year!
Please check and sign your student’s communicator daily
Remember to pack a water bottle during these warm months! (only water is permitted in the classroom.)
Picture Day on Thursday!
Looking forward to another great week!
Thank you!
Mrs. McLaughlin