Week of October 21-25
Thank you to parents who walked with us to the Farmer’s Market on Friday. The kids had a great time and learned a lot about all the products made in Michigan!
Reminders this Week:
Math MEAP this week for both grades. We will finish up on Tuesday!
We will be having a Halloween/Fall Celebration on Thursday, October 31st. We will be having a breakfast to celebrate this year. I will be posting a signup sheet outside the room this week. Please sign up for what item you are willing to donate. Thank you in advance!
We are learning:
Spelling–Students made their list today and the test will be on Friday. We are continuing to work on their high frequency words.
Daily5/CAFE–Our focus this week is Expanding Vocabulary by tuning into interesting words and we will also work on Using Prior Knowledge to Connect to the text. Students are continuing to work on their individual goals and I am conferencing with them individually and in small groups. Be sure to ask your child about their goal and what strategy he/she is working on for their reading.
Writer’s Workshop–We are working on informational writing and students completed a quick write about their favorite book. We will be now using facts to complete an piece of informational writing. Third grade will be using Michigan facts and Fourth will be using information about the United States regions.
Math–Third grade is working in Unit 1 and is currently looking at graphs and information. We will be discussing maximum, minimum, range, median and mode. We will then move on to money and making change.
Fourth grade is working in Unit 1 on lines, line segments, polygons and will also do some practice with mental math patterns with addition and subtraction.
Social Studies–Third grade is finishing up their study of Michigan Geography. They will be bringing home their folders with a study guide for review. They will be assessed this week on the information.
Fourth grade is working on spatial maps and their purpose. They will then look at the regions of the United States and compare/contrast them.
After both groups are finished with geography, we will move onto Life Science toward the end of the week.
Have a warm week!
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