Newsletter for April 17-19, 2023

First of all…please accept my apology. I forgot to send a newsletter for last week. It all boils down to family commitments getting in the way.

I hope it was a blessed Easter for those who celebrated. I hope it is a blessed Eid for those celebrating this coming week. I wish everyone an abundance of joy, happiness, love, and peace in the year ahead.

  • Monday – Wednesday – The Geer Park PTA will be hosting an Eid shop. It will be open from noon to 3:00. I will send down small groups to shop
  • Thursday – Friday – No School – Eid Mubarak!

This week will be business as usual for Writer’s Workshop, Math, Science, and Social Studies. However, due to the short week, we will not have new spelling words and we will be reviewing concepts from previous weeks.

Homework and materials…there will almost always be spelling, math, or both, as well as, reading each night for homework. It isn’t a question of, do you have homework? It should be a statement each night…Get out your homework and get started. There is a huge comprehension gap between the student doing their homework and those not doing their homework. I can see it during whole group and small-group instruction. I can also see it in grades.

FYI, now that we are in the 4th quarter, I am expecting the students to be responsible. It is their responsibility to be prepared with their materials. Unfortunately, there might be a few clip downs for not being prepared.

ELA

  • Writer’s Workshop – We will start our final opinion writing. They must pick a wild animal and tell why it is their favorite. This is an assessment using concepts taught throughout this scaffolded unit.
  • Benchmark – Unit 9 Week 1 – We will finish up the stuff from last week on Monday.
  • Review – Reviewing close reading, blends, digraphs, and pronouns.
  • Spelling – Sorry about not sending the words last week. Overall though, the class did MUCH better on the assessment this week than two weeks ago.

MATH

We are working on fair shares when dividing shapes. We are working on halves and quarters/fourths. We are comparing fractions. We will be moving to analog and digital clocks soon.

SCIENCE

We learned about how a back and forth movement is a vibration. Vibrations make sounds. Lots of hands on experiences during this unit.

SOCIAL STUDIES

We are learning about National holidays and why we have them. We are also discussing cultural holidays and how it is important to be aware of holidays other people celebrate. Our theme all year has been to embrace our own culture and learn about the culture of others. We have an inquisitive, caring, and accepting bunch. I love this.

Have a great week and may those who are celebrating have a blessed Eid.

Mrs. Korte

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *