Thursday, January 29th
Dear Parents,
This has been a fast
and very busy week. Here is a recap of our classroom activities and some
important reminders.
Field trip tomorrow:
Please remember to send a sack lunch and drink to school
with your child tomorrow for the trip. Students should be sure to
wear shoes that are comfortable to walk in all day. We will be in the museum
and walking a lot!
Chaperones,
please be here by 8:45 with your lunch, drink, and $5 for IMAX.
Math:
It looks like we will
be ready for our Unit 4 test at the end of next week. The test will cover
addition and subtraction of multi-digit numbers and a little bit of
rounding.
Literacy:
We have been working
on writing opinion and persuasive pieces for the past couple of weeks. This
will continue with the addition of students reading to find more information to
support their opinions and learning to cite their support. This is a big
concept for kids to learn with the Common Core Standards.
We have also been
working on reading complex text closely. You will start seeing articles coming
home that have been "marked up". Your child is learning to find
important concepts in print, recognize when words or phrases might not make
sense right away and how to use context clues to make meaning. In doing this,
they are also rereading pieces several times, which is supporting building
fluency in reading.
Science:
Our current science
unit is on Measuring with Metric System and Matter. This week we had a lot of
fun discovering standard metric measurements for length, volume and mass. Next
week we will start learning about Matter and its forms.
Thank you for your
support!!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Aisha Galt
