Good afternoon Haigh families:)
Reminders for the week:
- Monday- Mid-Module 2 math assessment
- Tuesday-Parent/Teacher conferences (appointment times reminders were sent)
- Wednesday- PTA meeting @ 6pm in the library
- Friday-Haigh school store; students may bring in money to purchase small items during their lunch
*** The winter weather has arrived š Please make sure to send your child in with a coat, hat, and gloves so they stay warm and toasty during recess.
Last week we reviewed non-fiction text features during our reading time. This week we will dig deeper into non-fiction text by reading a variety of articles while paying attention to how these features help solidify our understanding of the text. I want students to understand the importance of the text features and how some questions they receive rely solely on the different text features presented to them. In addition to interacting with the text features, students will learn how to find the main idea of a text. In writing we will be working on creating informational paragraphs based around a student picked main idea.
Students will take their mid-module unit 2 test tomorrow during class. Please take the time to review the study guide with your child today. The story problem based questions have the students adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing. We will also begin part two of the module this week. We will be working on rounding two and three digit numbers to the tens and hundreds on a verticalĀ number line.
Last week we began our new unit titled, “The History of Michigan.” Students learned how historians use sources to help them learn about the past. This week we will begin to learn about the Native Americans in Michigan.
In science we will begin to explore our new unit on weather and climate.
Academic Vocabulary:
- Fact- A piece of information that is proven to be true.
- Glossary- A list found in the back of a book that defines important words.
- Primary Source- Records made by people who actually saw or took place in an event.
- Timeline- A list of important events in the order in which they happened.
- Gram- A metric unit of weight that we use to measure very light objects.
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