September 8-11
Hello Parents and Students,
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Daily 20 Reading Log: Students will begin reading a "just-right" book for 20 minutes each night. The book your child picks must be at an independent reading level. The goal is for students to read a chapter book. It is your child's responsibility to complete this log each day. Please sign this folder and send it back to the classroom every Friday.
Weekly Folder: Your student will come home every Monday (or first instructional day of the week) with a BLUE WEEKLY FOLDER. This folder will include dated pages with information about any missing assignments or behaviors we are working on at school. A parent/grown-up signature is required. Students will return the folder the next school day, unless absent. Blue folders are coming home today. I look forward to seeing all signed Blue Weekly Folders returned TOMORROW: Wednesday, September 9th.
Graded/Checked Classwork: Your student will come home each week with graded or checked classwork in their blue weekly folder. Any graded or checked classwork is yours to keep and review with your student.
OUR WEEK AT A GLANCE
Math: This week, students will use the properties of multiplication to explore strategies they can use to multiply efficiently. They will explore the commutative and distributive properties of multiplication.
Reader's Workshop: We will begin our Benchmark curriculum Unit 1: Government for the People. Our focus will be answering the essential question: Why do people participate in government?
Spelling - Short Vowel Sounds
Grammar - Concrete and abstract nouns
Writer's Workshop: Students will finish their first narrative titled My Summer. Students will be writing complete sentences using correct capitalization, spelling and punctuation. They will learn how to write a topic sentence, supporting details and a concluding sentence.
Science: Students observe animals and birds to identify similarities and differences in their traits. They record their observations on T-charts and discuss their ideas with classmates and partners. The lesson introduces Patterns as a scientific tool for grouping organisms based on shared traits. Through discussion and the Thought Swap routine, students begin recognizing patterns that can help scientists determine how organisms are related.
Social Studies: This week, students will continue with Week 7 in our Studies Weekly curriculum. This week, the tools of a geographer are explained. Maps and coordinate grid systems are tools people made to learn about the Earth.
REMINDERS
Return signed Weekly Blue Folder tomorrow, September 9th
Daily 20 reading log due on Friday, with a parent/grown up signature
Sign communicator daily :)
Wear your house shirt every Thursday
Hawks Spirit Day is every Friday (optional)
Thank you,
Miss Phenix