Week of September 23-27
Reminders for this week:
Pink shirt/Peace Day–Thursday–Wear your pink shirt to show your support!
This week we are learning:
Spelling–Students are working on their individual lists of high frequency words. If students get the word right on Friday’s test, they highlight the word on their list. If a word is wrong, it will be on the next week’s list of words. Please be sure to practice each night.
Daily5/CAFE–Reading assessments are being done and will conclude this week. Students are working on some Reading MEAP review of strategies. This week we will be describing literature by exploring various texts within the genres. We will also examine text features of non-fiction books.
Writer’s Workshop–We are working on organizing our writing using sequencing words. Students will also be taking the District Writing Prompt this week.
Math–Currently we are reviewing concepts and working on test taking strategies. We are focusing on Measurement this week, including length, time and money. Please work on reviewing these concepts in your everyday life at home.
Social Studies–We just concluded Constitution week! Students learned a lot about citizenship, government and elements of the Constitution.
Both grades will be working on Geography. 3rd graders will be focusing on Michigan and 4th graders, the U.S. We will learn about each in terms of their absolute location and relative location. The 5 themes of Geography will also be discussed.
I will be alternating with Social Studies and Science, but will spend a couple weeks on both.
Both 3rd and 4th graders will be participating in Michigan Made! We sampled Better Made Corn Pops this past week. If you are interested in donating a Michigan Made item, we sample products on Fridays and we also share with Mrs. Rosenau’s class. If you find an item and would like to donate, please let me know! This is a favorite of the students!
Have a sunny week!
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