Week 2 Update
Hello!
I'm so happy to be back into the swing of things! It was great to see all of you at parent/teacher conferences last week and I was so glad to see all of my students again! I missed them over the break! :)
We're concluding the Read-a-thon on Oct. 31 with Literacy Day. If your child would like to dress up for Literacy Day as their favorite literary character, they must turn in a permission slip to me this week. Those slips went out last week, and I've already heard some great costume ideas!
Academics this week:
We will be writing an opinion paragraph in class throughout the week. We will have a quick check for vocabulary and characters on Chapters 1-8 of Prince Caspian on Monday. In grammar, we will begin learning about prepositions.
This week in math, we will finish our first fraction unit by studying how to convert from an improper fraction to a mixed number. We will review for our unit test on Thursday and Friday, and the test will be on Mon., Oct. 30.
This week students will learn about some rare geological features including geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mud pots. The students will learn about the four types of mountains and three types of rocks. The science test is moved to Monday, October 30th.
This week in in History we will continue our study of Feudalism. Students will play the role of lords and serfs and create their own medieval manor layout. We will have a review day on Thursday providing an overview of Middle Ages thus far. On Friday students will have a quiz on the Middle Ages. The review on Thursday and their Thursday night homework sheet will help to prepare them for Friday's quiz.
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This quarter, we've begun a system for participation. It's called STAR which stands for Sit up, Tract the speaker, Ask/Answer questions, and Respect our space. Each Monday, will will send out a report on how well your child did the previous week in these areas.
I'm so happy to be back into the swing of things! It was great to see all of you at parent/teacher conferences last week and I was so glad to see all of my students again! I missed them over the break! :)
We're concluding the Read-a-thon on Oct. 31 with Literacy Day. If your child would like to dress up for Literacy Day as their favorite literary character, they must turn in a permission slip to me this week. Those slips went out last week, and I've already heard some great costume ideas!
Academics this week:
We will be writing an opinion paragraph in class throughout the week. We will have a quick check for vocabulary and characters on Chapters 1-8 of Prince Caspian on Monday. In grammar, we will begin learning about prepositions.
This week in math, we will finish our first fraction unit by studying how to convert from an improper fraction to a mixed number. We will review for our unit test on Thursday and Friday, and the test will be on Mon., Oct. 30.
This week students will learn about some rare geological features including geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mud pots. The students will learn about the four types of mountains and three types of rocks. The science test is moved to Monday, October 30th.
This week in in History we will continue our study of Feudalism. Students will play the role of lords and serfs and create their own medieval manor layout. We will have a review day on Thursday providing an overview of Middle Ages thus far. On Friday students will have a quiz on the Middle Ages. The review on Thursday and their Thursday night homework sheet will help to prepare them for Friday's quiz.
______________________________
This quarter, we've begun a system for participation. It's called STAR which stands for Sit up, Tract the speaker, Ask/Answer questions, and Respect our space. Each Monday, will will send out a report on how well your child did the previous week in these areas.