Good afternoon again. This weeks looks to be super busy and FUN!
Reminders:
Tuesday- Halloween Parade/party
Thursday- Social Studies test ( Study guide will be sent home)
Friday – Science Test (study guide will be sent home) Half day, dismissal is at 11:45
This week in reading we will continue to learn about non-fiction text features and how they help support our learning. In writing we will be working on compare and contrast papers.
This week in math we will begin our timed math facts daily quizzes. Students will take a one minute quiz each day on the fact they are working on. Everyone will start with ones and continue on as they progress. As they pass each fact, they will write their name on the wall of fame. Please encourage your child to study their multiplication facts everyday. Flash cards and fun computer games are high interest and help students gain fact fluency.
In social studies we will finish up our regions projects and review for our test.
In science we will do an investigation that will help students understand friction as a force. We will also review for our test.
Academic Vocabulary:
- Region- An area of land that has common features.
- Caption- Explains what a picture is about.
- Edit- To make changes to a piece of writing.
- Compare- To tell how things are alike or the same.
- Pattern- A repeated sequence of things like numbers or pictures.
We will not be testing on these words this week due to all of the other activities (Halloween, make up prep time, tests in social studies and science) we have going on. It is important that I have enough time to teach these words explicitly. Instead, we will have our spelling test Friday and these words will carry over into the next week.
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