Week of 10/28

Here's what we'll be doing on our first week of school in each subject!

• Reader's Workshop:  We will focus on making text-to-text connections, or making connections between two books.

• Math:  We will complete our study of Unit 2 with lessons on lines of symmetry and finding patterns.  We will also review for our Unit 2 test and take a pre-test for Unit 3.  We won't take the Unit 2 test until Nov 4th.

• Writing:  We will continue our Biography unit, interviewing our buddies, reviewing our notes and writing and organizing our paragraphs.

• Social Studies: We will learn more about how citizens inform themselves.

• Team Building:  We'll meet with our Reading Buddies and talk about how to make and keep new friends.

Week of 10/21

Here's what we'll be doing on our first week of school in each subject!

• Reader's Workshop:  We will focus on how author's choose the title for their books and reflect on our thoughts and feelings about them.

• Math:  We will continue Unit 2, with lessons on multiplicative comparisons, number stories, classifying triangles and quadrilaterals.

• Writing:  We will continue our Biography unit, interviewing our buddies.

• Social Studies: We will learn more about the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

• Team Building:  We'll meet with our Reading Buddies and talk about resolving conflicts with our friends.

Leveled Book List

Hello Parents and Families,
I have spoken with many of you at conferences about providing a list of books at various reading levels that you might choose to read with your children at home.  I've uploaded a PDF with a short description of literacy activities at many levels and leveled books, too.

At conferences, we discuss your child's "instructional level"--this means that the book is something he/she can read with a little support.  This might mean vocabulary or plot discussion and support.  If you're looking for a book to share together, this level would be great.  If you want a book that your child can read independently, you might choose a level or two below his/her instructional level.
Of course, all reading is great, but this might help you focus in on some new titles that your child might not be familiar with yet.

Here's the link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6OfoKGzOOq1dVB4U05JRUNBTVE/view?usp=sharing
There are also great lists available for different levels through the Scholastic Book site:
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lists/17-18/guided-reading-levels-o-p-book-list/https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lists/17-18/guided-reading-levels-q-r-book-list/https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lists/17-18/guided-reading-levels-s-v-book-list/

Happy Reading!

Week of 10/14/19

Here's what we'll be doing on our first week of school in each subject!

• Reader's Workshop:  We will focus on the narrator of the story and talk about different styles of narration (1st, 2nd and 3rd person).  We'll find examples in our reading and write a reader response letter.

• Math:  We will continue Unit 2, with lessons on prime/composite numbers, an open response problem with multiplication and converting units of time.

• Writing:  We will continue our Biography unit, planning interview questions for the subjects of our biosketch.

• Social Studies: We will learn more about the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

• Team Building:  We'll meet with our Reading Buddies and talk about resolving conflicts with our friends.

Week of 10/7

Here's what we'll be doing on our first week of school in each subject!

• Reader's Workshop:  We will continue to practice writing friendly letters to respond to our books.  We'll also be focused on the setting of our books and how/why it is important.

• Math:  We will begin unit 2 with lessons on square numbers, finding the area of rectangles, factors/factor pairs and multiples. This is the first of our three multiplication units this year.

• Writing:  We will continue our first unit of the year, learning more about biographies.

• Social Studies: We will learn more about the division of powers between the levels of government, federal, state and local.

• Team Building:  We'll meet with our Reading Buddies and do a SeeSaw activity where we compliment our teammates.

DTE Presentation

Today, we participated in a great program about energy sponsored by DTE energy!  Your child is coming home with a kit that has all kinds of energy efficient materials that is yours to keep!

You will also find the HOME ENERGY WORKSHEET in your child's homework folder.  This sheet MUST be completed and returned to school.  Even if you choose not to use the materials, you can still complete the sheet.  You may return the paper copy, or complete it electronically by scanning the QR code using the site thinkenergy.org/dte to complete it electronically.  If you do it online, you need to enter our class ID number 98342.

Please submit the hard copy or online survey no later than Friday, OCTOBER 11th.  If our whole class submits the forms, we are eligible for a grant to use for classroom materials!

Thank you so much for your participation in this great program!