Upcoming Dates:
Nov. 7 - Trivia Night!
Nov. 27-29 - Thanksgiving Break - No School
Dec. 6 - Report Cards Go Home
*Italics are repeated from last week's blog.
Reading: This week we continue our second reading unit: "Becoming Experts - Reading Nonfiction". This week we will learn that using vocabulary is an important part of growing knowledge. The kids will learn to notice and use text features to figure out keywords. We will become more persistent when figuring out keywords!
Writing: We will continue our unit this week: "Nonfiction Writing". The students will learn to write informational books about topics they know well! This week the kids will learn to add more to each page of their writing, asking themselves: "What else could I say?". We will also do some goal setting this week as well as editing.
Spelling: This year we will be using a program called: "Words Their Way". We will also use another program called: "Phonics Units of Study". We will continue to have individualized word lists. Students will bring their word sorts home on Monday and will be tested on 10 randomly selected words from their sort on Friday. Please spend time working on the spelling PATTERNS from their sorts at home. The goal is not to memorize the words, but to learn the letter patterns.
Math: We will continue our module called: "Place Value, Counting, and Comparison of Numbers to 1,000". This unit focuses heavily on place value with ones, tens, and hundreds. This week we will learn to count on from three-digit numbers using ones, tens, and hundreds. Will use place value blocks and disks. We will also take a mid-module assessment. This will help to guide my instruction for the remainder of the module.
Science: We are going to start our first science unit: Solids and Liquids. We will start by studying the properties of solids.