Friday, December 4th
Dear Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break with
your family. It's hard to believe that in just two short weeks we will be on
winter break! This week has flown by and we have accomplished so much.
Congratulations to our class for winning the Silver Can Award
for the school food drive school contest. We did not win the pizza party, but
our class brought in the second highest number of food times. Thank you for
helping us achieve this goal!!
Language
Arts
Reading: Reading groups continue to work on short, non-fiction
pieces. We are working on comprehension skills and using the text to confirm
our understanding. The kids are getting really good at going back into the text
to support their ideas as they read.
Writing: We started a new writing unit this week, which will
carry us most of the way through January. We are working on
Informative/Explanatory writing. During this unit we will work on research
skills and using text to support our writing. Students will develop a
topic by grouping related information and expanding the topic with
facts, definitions and details.
Spelling/Word Work: We have been working on contractions and
homophones during our word work. We will continue to explore and practice these
two topics through the rest of the month. The last week before winter break
your child will have another spelling test and bring home a new word list to
work on.
Math
This week we started Unit 3- Measurement, Time and Graphs. In
this unit your child will explore measurement with US Customary units and
Metric units, use data to create and read graphs and use number lines to
represent time intervals. We hope to complete this unit before we leave for
winter break. This week's focus was on measurement; next week we will work on
telling time and understanding elapsed time; we will finish up with graphing
before the assessment. Please support your child by talking about measurement
when cooking and at the store, as well as telling time throughout the
day. Thank you!
Social
Studies
Our new Social Studies unit is about the Regions of the United
States. Students are learning what a region is and exploring the 5 regions of
the US (West, Southwest, Midwest, Southeast and Northeast). They are very
excited about this unit and have enjoyed sharing about their travels and family
members who live in various regions of the US.
Mark
Your Calendars
Friday, December 18-
Holiday concert and all school sing along. Stay tuned for the time.
Friday, December 18-
Winter classroom party 1:30-2:30 - be on the lookout for an email from our
room mom about how you can help with the party.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Sincerely,
Aisha Galt
