Friday, August 19, 2016

Classroom News for the Week of 8/22

News and Upcoming Events: 

8/22 Please have all recommended supplies at school

8/23 Early Dismissal Tuesdays begin. Students will be dismissed at 1:34

8/30 Back to School Night 5:30 MPR, Classroom Presentations will be held in rm. 12 at 6:00 and 6:30 p.m.

9/2 Admissions Day - School Closed 

9/5 Labor Day - School Closed


What's Going On This Week In Class:


Math: 
Place Value Through the Millions Period; Comparing and Ordering Numbers; Rounding

Fluency with Math Facts

Reading:

This week we will begin reading Katherine Peterson's Newbery-award winning book,  Bridge to Terabithia (realistic fiction). Our focus will be on drawing conclusions and making inferences about characters based on their thoughts and actions. Students will also be using Depth and Complexity icons to dig deeper into the text.

Genre Blackout: Students will be challenged to read books from 9 different genres in the first reporting period. 

Writing:

This week we begin Unit 1 of Writer's Workshop: Realistic Fiction. Our focus will be on using moments from real life to gather ideas for fictional stories.


Students will continue to write narrative stories about how they were named.



Social Studies/Science:

Rotations begin Friday, September 10.

Arts:

Visual arts teacher Katherine Ng will be visiting our class on Thursday for the next 9 weeks.

Reminders:

Tardies:
Please make sure your child is at school and in line by the 8:06 bell. We try to start the school day at 8:11 promptly. Thank you for your help!

Homework:
Please check your child's Homework Log nightly and sign or initial after the work has been completed. Remind your child that completed homework and the HW log are due in class daily.