September 11: Thank you for allowing your child to interview you about your Sept. 11 experience. The students were eager to share what they learned from you, and to put your "one word" into our art piece. Caden shared the story of his great aunt, Ann C. Judge, who was on board the flight that hit the Pentagon. Really made this tragedy real for our students.
Sharing our stories
Our one word...
Our 9/11 art piece
ELA: Our focus has been the allusions that we use in our language that come from ancient myths. Students have read quite a few different myths in various formats. Presenting a myth poem to the class was fun! Students really enjoyed the reverso poems! They also LOVE reader's theater! Finally, to end this unit, students were partnered up to create a poem about one of the allusions they read about. Ask your child which allusion his/her poster is about!
We have also continued on with vocabulary study and mentor sentence work centered around our mentor texts. Students are really enjoying the variety of picture books being shared in our classroom, along with our chapter book, The Girl Who Could Fly. Ask your child what book s/he is reading for AR in our classroom.
Spelling began this week, after we took a week to practice the routines together. Hopefully you received a packet of information explaining how spelling works in our classroom, and which day is your child's "spelling day". If you did not, please ask your child to find this important packet in his or her desk! Ask your child what day his/her spelling day is!
MATH: We finished chapter one and took a test on it, then moved into chapter 2. This chapter focuses on multiplication by 1 digit numbers. We will teach the students a variety of methods for multiplying numbers. Please allow them to practice ALL methods taught, then to choose the one that works best for them. Also, students should be practicing REFLEX MATH 3+ times per week. This will be a part of the math grade. Has your child been practicing Reflex Math?
SOCIAL STUDIES: We finished up this section of SS by learning about primary and secondary sources. Students practiced looking at various types of resources and then deciding which type it was. Ask your child what the difference between primary and secondary sources is.
SCIENCE: We began our science unit this week. Students have been reading about animal and plant adaptations, how the environment influences living things, and about instinctual vs. learned behaviors. This unit will lead into a study of ecosystems and fossils. A field trip permission slip came home on Friday for a trip to Caesar's Creek, which will nicely enhance this unit. Ask your child about some animal adaptations.
HAVE A FABULOUS WEEKEND!
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