WEEKLY UPDATE AUG 26-30

This week in math:

We will continue our work with place value. We have reviewed rounding decimals and estimating with addition and subtraction and next will move on to multiplication. We have spent much time focusing what a number in either hundredths or thousandths place represents and creating a deeper understanding of what it means to be less than one but greater than zero.

This week In Reading:
Now that I have completed beginning of the year reading assessments for most students we will get into a somewhat normal routine of me having one on one reading conferences with students about their independent books. One of the main things I will work on is what they can tell me about the story that goes beyond a simple summary. We have talked a lot in our mini lessons about thinking deeply about characters, events, setting, etc and I am hoping to see that transfer into their work in their independent books.

This week in Writing:

Last week with Mr. Shabazz was so much fun! If your child hasn’t shared any of their poetry with you, take a peek into their Writer’s Notebook! You will love the creativity and imagination they used! This week we will pick up where we left off in the stories they had begun writing based on an idea generated after reading Wonder.

This week in SS:

We will finish our unit about Colonial America. We are almost finished with our class read aloud book Standing in the Light by Mary Pope Osborne. I have been really excited to see some of that deeper thinking we’ve been working on in reading transfer to their thinking about this book. Especially how they are seeing Native Americans through the main characters eyes and how her hatred has changed to respect, admiration, and connection.

*Read-a-thon News*

Pledge envelopes were returned today and pledges are due next Friday, September 6^th. If your child’s total minutes read were not listed, please turn in their signed tally sheet ASAP. We are hoping to meet a class goal of 14,000 minutes read and we want to make sure everyone’s efforts are counted.

 DC TRIP UPDATE

Please send in your child’s deposit of $25. Please check with me if you are unsure if you have paid yet. The total cost is $99 per student and $126 for adults. You may begin sending payments in at anytime. I will send out a payment schedule soon, but if smaller weekly payments is easier for your family I am happy to take $10/ week, etc.

~Scholastic Book Orders~

Last week your child received our first Scholastic Book Order for the year. These book orders are a wonderful, easy, and CHEAP way to build your home library (and find birthday and Christmas gifts J). Each month there are a few $1 books and lots of book sets that average out to $2-3 per book. Our class also earns bonus points that I can use to purchase books for the class. We are so excited that the September catalog has our beloved read aloud, Wonder . I am so glad I have some leftover bonus points to order several copies for our class library! If you are interested in ordering online you can go to www.scholastic.com/readingclub and order from the September “arrow” flyer. Our class code is MBKLF.

**please complete and return the report card conference sheet so that we can meet to discuss your child’s progress this 9 weeks and goals for the next quarter.**

           

Important Dates:

Sept    2    Labor Day- no school
         13    end of 1^st 9 weeks

Oct      7     1st day 2^nd 9 weeks

           16   early release, 11:20

           17   DC parent meeting, 5:45 pm