Welcome back Haigh families! Time flies when your having FUN! I sincerely hope everyone had a great time catching up with friends and family over the break.It sure was a cold one and I have to admit that my children and I were going a bit stir crazy….especially when we had a case of the flu bug sweep through our house! yuk! Now…..back to business as we welcome 2018 🙂
Reminders for the week:
- Monday is our library day, please be sure your child has his/hers ready to return.
- Ugly sweater BINGO (rescheduled from the snow day in December) will be held Friday from 6-7.The cost is $3 per person
- 3rd grade Michigan Mammals presentation 1:30-2:30
This week we will be reviewing routines and behavior expectations. Our break was long and lazy (well, mine was!) and now it is time to get back into the swing of things. Revisiting the rules and general expectations will ensure a positive and smooth rest of the year.
In reading we will be learning about cause an effect text structures in nonfiction texts. We will read and discuss several articles related to our social studies and science content of Michigan history and science content of weather. We will be reading about early pioneers of Michigan and how they had many struggles as they made their way to Michigan.
In writing we will begin the new year with revisiting our goals and creating new and revised goals for the new year.
In math we will be reviewing content from before break and begin our new unit which covers area/perimeter and measurement.
Academic Vocabulary ( I am almost positive these are the words….I left my list at school, but found a random sticky note with the words listed. If these turn out to be wrong, I will fix them 🙂 )
- Perimeter- The distance around a shape.
- Author- The person who writes a book, article, or story.
- Paragraph-A group of sentences that supports a main idea.
- Weather-The temperature and other outside conditions that change from day to day.
- Difference-The result of subtracting one number from another.
Looking forward to a great first week back!
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