Just a reminder that Curriculum Night is scheduled for Thursday, September 3 from 6:30 - 7:30.
Also, there is no school on Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day. Hopefully the weather will warm up so we can have some summer-end BBQ's!
Here is the upcoming week in a nutshell:
Math
This week in Math, our class will be discussing place value up to the billions; how to write numbers in standard, word and numeric form; and estimating sums and differences. Students know math fact tests begin on Monday so hopefully they are refreshing their memories over the weekend. On Friday, we will quiz over the first 4 lessons of chapter 1.
Language Arts
Our reading group is going to begin predicting with various stories, including the one we are reading for read aloud, Touching Spirit Bear. Once we've mastered this reading strategy, we will continue adding strategies to our wealth of knowledge. Hopefully students are spending a minimum of 20 minutes reading each evening.
In English, students will determine the differences between fragments and complete sentences by writing both for various prompts presented in class. We are also going to refresh our memories on the 4 types of sentences.
Spelling pretest on lesson 1 is on Monday. This lesson covers final silent e words and suffixes. The post test is on Thursday, September 3. I will explain our spelling and reading program in detail on curriculum night.
Science
The activities planned in science this week will cover the tools scientists use in their field.
Social Studies
After acclimating ourselves with the social studies text book, we are going to begin chapter 4 on the voyages of Columbus. We will also practice finding the main idea of paragraphs as we discuss the Columbian Exchange.
Have a wonderful week!
Ms. Stetka
