Hello,
Wow, it has been such nice weather lately! I hope you've had time to enjoy it. This week is a busy one! There are a few important things to note for upcoming events. Picture retake day is on Wednesday. This is for students that have not been able to get their picture done yet. Or for students that their parents contacted me and let me know they would like them to be redone. If you would like them to be redone please let me know before Wednesday!
We also have conferences this week. If you have not signed up yet please do so today or tomorrow. Here is the link to sign up:
Link to sign up for conferences
And fill out this survey either digitally or fill out the paper copy I sent out last week to help me guide our conference time. I am excited for the opportunity to talk to you about your child's progress!
Lastly, I will be sending home a Scholastic book order today. If you want books before the holidays this is your chance to get some! You can also order online: https://clubs.scholastic.com/home
Our class code is QJMYM
Upcoming Events:
11/11: Picture Retake Day or Wear Red White and Blue for Veteran's Day
11/12: Virtual Conferences
11/13: Square One Art Orders Due
11/17: Virtual Conferences
11/20: Early Release
11/24: Book Orders Due
What we are up to this week:
Reading
We are headed into our new unit….Becoming Experts. This is a unit that is focused around Nonfiction Reading. We will study how nonfiction text is written, how we read it, decoding strategies, how to infer word meaning for expert words, and how to collect new information in longer texts. We will encourage students to read about topics they are interested in. Students love this unit because they love to know about the world around them.
I want to encourage you to continue to read with your child, even as they continue to gain so many independent reading skills. Reading with your child is a perfect way to build in time for comprehension work.
Writing
Along with Nonfiction Reading we will be diving into Nonfiction Writing. Students will get to write about things they know a lot about. They will become the experts who teach others about things they know.
At home you can talk about things your child is an expert at. When they are curious or share a story you could say: “Wow, you know a lot about that...you could write about that.”
Math
We continue our work with place value and adding multi-digit numbers. Last week students were taught a few different strategies to add multi-digit numbers together. The idea in learning many strategies is that students can use whichever strategy works best for them. This week I will be sending a practice sheet home with your students as we are nearing the end of the unit and will take our Unit 2 Assessment early next week.
Researchers Workshop
We are starting our Unit on Plants. The unit matches our Animal Unit with the same goals:
--How do different plants and animals survive in different environments?
--How do humans solve problems by mimicking plants and animals?
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