Week of: December 14th

 Upcoming Dates:

Dec. 11 - Report Cards Emailed Home
Dec. 23 (PM)-Jan. 8 - Winter Break - No School - School Resumes Jan. 11
Jan. 18 - Martin Luther King Day - No School
Feb. 1-5 - Parent/Teacher Conference Week

*Italics are repeated from last week.
Reading: We are continuing our reading unit: "Characters and their Stories".  This unit is all about studying fictional stories and digging deeper into comprehension strategies. Last week we learned about how to stop and jot to make predictions.  We also learned that you need to think about everything you know about a character in order to make a great prediction. Predictions help readers to think about the stories that they are reading!

Writing: We will be continuing with our writing unit: "Writing Gripping Fictional Stories". This unit is all about character and plot development.  The kids have so much fun making up their own characters and stories! This week we will learn about making sure our stories have a problem and solution.  We will also spend lots of time putting all of the parts together and actually writing our stories!  The kids will also work on writing a great lead for their stories. 

Math:  We will continue our work with Module 4: "Addition and Subtraction within 200 with Word Problems to 100". This week we will be continue working with adding and subtracting using the "Arrow Way". We will also review expanded form (ex. 600+40+7=647) in order to prepare for our next addition strategy....Partial Sums!

Social Studies:  We will add new states to our United States map practice. Ask your child about these states: CO and UT.  Which state is in the "Center of the West"? Why did they need to raise the roof in UT?  We will also read our Scholastic News together.  This week's issue is titled: "Holiday Economics".