Welcome Fall!
Our class is working so well together that we will have our first reward extra recess this week! I'm proud of their efforts and kind hearts towards one another. We're also working with our Chromebooks daily, and we will now incorporate Chromebook activities into our lessons.
*Reminder: Picture day is on Thursday, Sept. 21. Our class time is at 1:30 pm.
This is what we will be working on this week:
MATH:
- Continued daily work with ancient Egyptian Symbols, Multiples, and Inches, Feet, and Yards.
- We continue to work on factors and factor pairs and practice our computational skills with a variety of math games.
*Math HOMEWORK:
Homework will come home on Monday that will be due on Wednesday.
Homework will come home on Wednesday that will be due on Friday.
Health:
During health lessons this week, we'll study bike, bus, and pedestrian safety as it is BUS SAFETY WEEK.
READING:
-We continue to read daily for our 40 book challenge. Students should have at least 4 books/entries in their reading notebooks by the end of September to be in line for the 40 book challenge.
*Remember to read for 20 to 40 minutes each day at home for daily reading homework.
-This week, we´ll study the reading genres for the 40 book challenge by reading sample stories of each genre as we work with thinking maps and comprehension strategies.
-We will begin Word Work study this week. We will alternate weeks to study Latin roots and spelling patterns through Benchmark spelling. This week, we´ll study the Latin roots ¨ped/pedi¨. Students will receive a study guide on Monday, and they´ll work on the words throughout the week with a final quiz on Friday.
WRITING:
-Students will work on September writing prompts and daily language practice. We'll create a biography poem and use our Chromebooks to publish the final copy in Google Docs. We will practice and review cursive writing.
ART:
Students will create a line design artwork to display in our classroom and a hot air balloon art project to add to our school display of hot air balloons.
