Classroom News for the Week of August 19th

Notices and Reminders:

REMINDERS: Please make sure to check (and sign) your child's Homework Log each evening.  

Students need to have their school supplies here on MONDAY. The most important supplies are: (2) two-pocket homework folders, 2 spiral notebooks, and a pencil case/box. 

SAVE THE DATE: Back to School Night is Tuesday Aug. 27th 6:00 p.m.

READING LIST: Wondering what your child should be reading? Check out NPR's 100 Must-Reads for 9 to 14 year olds 100 Must-Reads

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What's Going On This Week In Class:

Math: 

Place Value continued...- How do we make sense of numbers?; Explaining Our Thinking Using the Language of Math; Beginning of Year Assessments

Students will have a short quiz on Place Value (Topic 1) on Friday.

Writing:

Students will be taking the five steps of the writing process a little deeper this year. Our first assignment is a narrative. This week students will have lessons on showing instead of telling in their writing and when to an indent and begin a new paragraph.

Reading:

We will be learning to identify six types of syllables so we can decode longer, more complicated words. Also, students will learn how to complete their "Greek and Latin Roots" homework : This week they will be doing the assignments in class so they can learn what is expected from them. Next week, it will be assigned as homework.

We have also begun reading our first literature selection : Bridge to Terabithia. We will be reviewing six comprehension strategies to boost our understanding of what we are reading.

This week students will also be working with their first issue of Scholastic News.

Art:

Design Challenge: Design an NBS (Never-Before-Seen) Vector

Class Building:

We have a name! The students have elected to call our class "The Next Generation". I think they chose well. Runner-up ideas were "Smart Bacon" and "The Conveys" :)

This week we will continue to work together as a class to help one another do and achieve our best. Overall, the students have done an excellent job learning classroom rules and procedures. The focus this week will be on listening to one another well.