Upcoming Dates:
Nov. 2: Institute Day - No School for Students
Nov. 24-26: Thanksgiving Break - No School
Dec. 10: Report cards go home today.
Dec. 19-Jan. 3 - Winter Break (school resumes 1/4)
*Italics are repeated from last week's blog.
Writing: We will continue our writing unit this week: "The How-To Guide for Nonfiction Writing". The kids will learn to write informational books to teach their readers about something they know well. We will learn that nonfiction writers add more by asking themselves: "What else could I say?". We will also talk about goal-setting and planning.
Reading: This week we will continue our reading unit: "Becoming Experts-Reading Nonfiction. In this unit the kids will be learning how learn from, and enjoy, a nonfiction text. This week we will learn that using vocabulary is an important part of growing knowledge from a nonfiction book. We will also learn to use text features and keywords.
Math: This week we will continue our work with Module 3: "Place Value, Counting, and Comparison of Numbers to 1,000". In this unit the kids will learn all about place value as well and composing and decomposing numbers. It will set the foundation for adding and subtracting larger numbers later on in the school year. This week we will learn to count the total value of $1, $10, $100 bills up to $1,000. We will also learn to use a hundred's chart and an empty number line to skip count using different units.
Social Studies: We will continue our learning about having a growth mindset all year long. However, this week we will be learning about the three different types of communities: urban, suburban, and rural. We focused on "urban" and "suburban" communities last week and this week we will learn about "rural" communities. We have also continued to learn the locations of the 50 states. This past week we added three more states: TX, ME, and FL (the "three corners" of Chef MIMAL's kitchen).