Good Afternoon parents ad welcome to October! The month of September sure did fly by.
This week we will begin to plan and work on our personal narrative writings. We will learn how to focus on a small moment and tell our stories with strong description, an interesting lead, and with the use of transition words.
We will continue to focus on identifying character traits as we explore the genre of myths. Students will be able to compare myths to fables and explain how they are different and how they are the same.
****Please send in a pair of headphones or ear buds for your child to use during listen to reading which takes place during our Daily 5 literacy block (I have a few old pairs in the classroom for students to use as well).
Tomorrow we will have a quiz in math on telling time and solving elapsed time on an open number line. We have been working really hard at this and your children are doing great. Please take a few minutes to review this with them today so they are ready for their quiz tomorrow. We will be switching gears and looking at data and graphs in math this week. We will learn how to interpret and represent data on pictographs and bar graphs.We will use our own personal data folders to help us relate graphs to the importance in our everyday lives.
We will continue to explore the geography of Michigan and learn about the Great Lakes. We will also begin to explore the different regions of Michigan.
We will continue our focus on force and motion and begin our mystery science investigations.
Academic Vocabulary
- Narrative- A real or fictitious story that is made up of a clear beginning, middle, and end.
- Peninsula- A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
- traits-A way a person or character in a books acts.
- motion- A change in position of an object.
- location- A place or position.
Reminders for the week:
Monday 10-2—–PBIS party. Students who have shown good behavior at Haigh have earned a special party. Please see the previous post for details.
Wednesday 10-4—— Firefighters visit the 3rd graders to present about fire safety. All 3rd graders in Dearborn will also get an opportunity to visit the firehouse for a fire safety demonstration. Our class will be visiting October 17th; look for a permission slip sent home this week. This is a quick field trip and parent chaperones are not needed.
Friday 10-6—— Outdoor movie night at Haigh @ 6:00. Please come and join us for a movie and fun with students and families of Haigh.
ALL WEEK POPCORN SALE, POPCORN DELIVERED ON FRIDAY the 6th.
Looking forward to a productive week.
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