Fall Newsletter

Welcome to Fall in Room 204!  We continue to stay busy and focused on being lifelong learners.  In Math, we just completed the unit on Geometry.  We are now studying estimation and computation.  As always, we are also working on memorizing our basic addition, subtraction and multiplication facts.  Please encourage your child to practice these at home.  The Math page of my blog has lots of fun websites for math fact practice.

In Science we are continuing our Life Science unit.  We wrapped up body systems and their functions by doing PowerPoint presentations.  We are currently in the process of presenting them to our classmates.  Look for some to be posted on my blog on the Science page.  We are now focusing on traits and characteristics, both physical and behavioral.

In Language Arts, we are working on a writing piece about our classroom pet praying mantis, Bob.  Students were invited to write a story about Bob, choosing their own genre.  They are now working on using a rubric to make their writing more interesting and complete.  We are wrapping up our reading assessments and will begin meeting in groups regularly.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact me!  My email is gwizdza@dearborn.k12.mi.us, and my blog site is https://blog.dearbornschools.org/gwizdza.