What Happening: Week of October 1st

WOW! Can you believe it’s October already? Our first month of school flew by!

Here is what you can expect your child to be doing and learning in class this week. As always, please contact me with any questions.

Language Arts:

We will be focusing on the describing characters while reading texts. This is another strategy that will help with comprehension. We will continue to practice looking back in a text to find evidence to answer questions. We will practice highlighting text evidenceand rephrasing the question when writing our answers.

We will introduce adverbs this week and practice expanding sentences focusing on subjects and predicates.

I will continue administering the DRA reading test one-on-one with students throughout the week so we can get started soon with small group reading instruction. Some groups have started already, but you can expect reading bags to come home soon for reading practice at home. Remember, your child should be doing 20 minutes of reading every at home every day.

Writing:

We will continue to focus on narrative writing and our prompt “A Trip to the Apple Orchard.” This week, we will practice putting our sensory details from our planning into paragraphs.

Math:

We will continue to learn about multiplication and how it relates to division as a fact family.

Science:

Our focus for science will continue to be force and motion. Last week students used toy cars to investigate motion and speed. We recorded what we noticed and what we wondered about the movement of these cars. This week we will explore the idea of friction as it relates to motion and speed.

Social Studies:

Moving along with geography of Michigan, we will learn about direction and location of a place.

Spelling:

Our words this week will focus on short and long u spelling patterns. Please study these words with your child each night so they can be prepared for the test on Friday. Remember, they will have 5 “surprise” words on Friday that are not on the spelling list, but follow the spelling pattern.

Have a great week!!!

What’s Happening: Week of September 24th

Here is what you can expect your child to be doing and learning in class this week. As always, please contact me with any questions.

Language Arts:

We will continue to learn the comprehension strategy of asking and answering questions before, during, and after reading to fully understand a story. We will continue to practice looking back in a text to find evidence to answer questions. We will practice highlighting text evidence and rephrasing the question when writing our answers.

We will review adjectives and introduce adverbs. We will practice how to use these parts of grammar to expand out sentences.

I will continue administering the DRA reading test one-on-one with students throughout the week so we can get started soon with small group reading instruction. As soon as I begin groups, you can expect reading bags to come home daily for reading practice at home. Remember, your child should be doing 20 minutes of reading every at home every day.

Writing:

We will continue to focus on narrative writing. Last week we learned how create events and details for our prompt “A Trip to the Apple Orchard.” This week, we will continue planning for this piece by learning about different types of leads to use to “hook” our readers.

Math:

We will continue to learn about multiplication and how it relates to division.

Science:

Our focus for science will continue to be force and motion. We will be conducting an investigation this week where students will be able to explore the idea of friction and its effect on the speed of an object.

Social Studies:

Moving along with geography of Michigan, we will learn about direction and location of a place.

Spelling:

Our words this week will focus on short and long e spelling patterns. Please study these words with your child each night so they can be prepared for the test on Friday. Remember, they will have 5 “surprise” words on Friday that are not on the spelling list, but follow the spelling pattern.

Have a great week!!!

 

What’s Happening This Week

Here is what you can expect your child to be doing and learning in class this week. As always, please contact me with any questions.

Language Arts:

We will continue to learn the comprehension strategy of asking and answering questions before, during, and after reading to fully understand a story. We will also practice looking back in a text to find evidence to answer questions.

We will review and discuss adjectives and how to use them to create descriptive sentences.

I plan to start administering the DRA reading test one-on-one with students throughout the week so we can get started soon with small group reading instruction. As soon as I begin groups, you can expect reading bags to come home daily for reading practice at home. Remember, your child should be doing 20 minutes of reading every at home every day.

Writing:

Last week our class learned about narrative writing. We will be focusing this week on sensory details and how to add them to enhance your writing.

Math:

We will continue to learn about multiplication. This week we will learn how it relates to division.

Science:

Our focus for science will continue to be force and motion. We will learn about balanced and unbalanced forces this week.

Social Studies:

Moving along with geography of Michigan, we will learn about how a place can be divided into regions.

Spelling:

Our words this week will focus on short and long o spelling patterns. Please study these words with your child each night so they can be prepared for the test on Friday. Remember, they will have 5 “surprise” words on Friday that are not on the spelling list, but follow the spelling pattern.

Have a great week!!!

 

Up and Running

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Reminder!

Good Morning!
Just a quick reminder that winter NWEA testing will begin tomorrow for our class. We will begin the reading portion of the test promptly at 9:00. The reading test will be divided into two days. Please remind your child to take their time and do their best. We want to see scores increase from their fall score!

NWEA Testing

Our class will begin taking the next round of NWEA test this week. We will test Wednesday thru Friday (January 17-19) this week and next (January 24-26). Scores will be recorded in planners as each test is completed. Please check check your child’s score and grade level equivalence.

Math

This week students have been practicing how to use place value to add and subtract two and three digit numbers. This is always very challenging for students. Please double check their homework and have your child correct any mistakes made. Practice is the only way to get better!

Spelling

Our class is trying something new this year. We will be using a program called Spelling City. Each week students will have new spelling words and spelling assignments given to them online. They are expected to complete these assignments during word work rotations at school and for extra practice at home. Tests will be comepleted online each Friday and it will be the students responsibility to share these scores with parents by logging in and clicking on “My Records.” Please be sure to log in to SpellingCity.com in order to see your child’s score each week on their spelling tests.