We have had a great first couple of weeks back to school, and we are beginning to get into the groove of our daily routines.
In reading we have been practicing Daily 5 routines and students have been completing DRA's. In writing we have been busy getting our writer's notebooks going. Students have been writing about different ideas they have had. We have gathered ideas from observations, memories, questions, the history of names, and students have even been generating their own writing idea lists. Last week in science we learned about the scientific method, and students completed a couple of fun experiments to go along with it. They observed walking water (pictures below), and they also observed what happens to Everlasting Gobstoppers when you put them in water and separate them by color.
We have a new math curriculum this year, and hopefully you found the parent letter that came home on Friday about our first topic in math. Please watch for other graded papers to come home. I will sometimes mark if the students need extra practice on a skill, or if they need to redo something. In the future, students will also be getting a log in code, and they can log in to their math site at home to complete extra practice.
In reading we have been practicing Daily 5 routines and students have been completing DRA's. In writing we have been busy getting our writer's notebooks going. Students have been writing about different ideas they have had. We have gathered ideas from observations, memories, questions, the history of names, and students have even been generating their own writing idea lists. Last week in science we learned about the scientific method, and students completed a couple of fun experiments to go along with it. They observed walking water (pictures below), and they also observed what happens to Everlasting Gobstoppers when you put them in water and separate them by color.
We have a new math curriculum this year, and hopefully you found the parent letter that came home on Friday about our first topic in math. Please watch for other graded papers to come home. I will sometimes mark if the students need extra practice on a skill, or if they need to redo something. In the future, students will also be getting a log in code, and they can log in to their math site at home to complete extra practice.
Other information:
***Please check with your child to make sure they have a pair of headphones or earbuds at school. We use them on a daily basis, and these should stay at school. If your child needs a pair, they usually have them at Dollar Tree for a dollar. A couple of parents donated some to our classroom, but we are already out. Thank you to the parents who sent those in. The extra pairs always come in handy.
***Friday, Sept. 2 - No School
***Monday, Sept. 5 - No School - Labor Day
***Sept. 7 - Picture Day
***Please check with your child to make sure they have a pair of headphones or earbuds at school. We use them on a daily basis, and these should stay at school. If your child needs a pair, they usually have them at Dollar Tree for a dollar. A couple of parents donated some to our classroom, but we are already out. Thank you to the parents who sent those in. The extra pairs always come in handy.
***Friday, Sept. 2 - No School
***Monday, Sept. 5 - No School - Labor Day
***Sept. 7 - Picture Day