Friday, January 18th
Next week we have PE on Tuesday and Friday.
Dear Parents,
Happy Friday! I hope that the New Year 2019 is treating you well!
Thank you to our room parents, especially Heidi Siguaw, and all of the other parents who made our winter party a success. The kids had a blast!
We are beginning to implement the Fountas and Pinnell Word Study program, which is part of our new literacy materials.Therefore, weekly Dictado will no longer be assigned. The word study program incorporates phonics, spelling, and vocabulary lessons.
I hope that you received the kindergarten-3rd grade“Must Write” word list in your child’s Friday folder last week. Please consider helping your child practice spelling these words at home. Thank you for your support!
Literacy:
We started our second narrative writing unit. Students read a narrative called Trapped about a baby bird that is rescued. They then wrote a continuation of the story. They were required to use the same characters and setting, but they had creative licence to decide what happened after the bird was rescued. We will continue another week of narrative writing next week and then will start our second informative writing unit.
Math:
This week, we continued Unit 4, Addition and Subtraction of Multi-digit Numbers. We worked on rounding numbers to the nearest hundred and ten. Please practice rounding with your child at the store and when you are going out to eat by asking questions like: About how much money do you think we are going to spend? Students also explored strategies to add multi-digit numbers.
Science:
This week we continued our Metric Measurement and Matter unit. We are investigating the characteristics of the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. We are also learning about how matter can change phases.
Homework for next week:
- ReadingPlus or iReady lessons at least once per week.
- Read at least 20 min nightly.
- Check in with your child about their Mystery State assignment.
- Practice math X and / facts 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and subtraction and addition facts through sums of 20 daily.
Important Dates to Remember
Monday, January 21- No School MLK Jr. Day
Enjoy the long weekend.
Sincerely,
Aisha Galt
