Friday, December 2nd

Dear Parents,

We had a great week!  Students started writing informational writing pieces about paleontologists during our literacy block and created vocabulary posters.  We are continuing to read in small groups focusing on comprehension and answering questions using evidence from the text. I have all the kids go back and use direct texts to answer questions. This work is also supporting our work with reading and writing informational text.  Please try this at home while reading with your child. Hopefully you and your child are enjoying Reading Plus and i-Ready. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about these programs.  Students should start using their assigned program at least once a week for homework. They should write this time on their reading logs as part of their 100 minutes of weekly at-home reading.  

We are working on telling time to the minute and solving elapsed time problems in math.  Please continue to support your child with telling time.  Elapsed time is a tricky concept and practice is extremely helpful.  Students will continue to complete multiplication and division Math Dash quizzes throughout the school year.  Regular math fact practice should continue to be part of your child’s nightly homework routine. Next week we will begin to create and use graphs to solve problems. 

In science, we started our Matter and Measurement unit.  This is an excellent hands on support to our measurement math unit.

I hope to see you at our winter party on Friday, December 16th from 9:00 to 10:00. Yes, we are trying a morning party this time!  Maybe it will help our students get out some of their winter holiday excitement earlier in the day. More details about our party will be coming from our room mom soon.  The school Sing-A-Long will be in the morning from 8:15 to 9:00.  You are welcome to join us for this activity as well.   

Have a fantastic weekend.

Sincerely,
Aisha Galt