Welcome back for another great week!
In spelling this week, we have a new list of words. We will test over the new list and rule on Friday.
In math this week, we will continue building off of the place value and rounding skills we've been working on. This week we will be focusing on addition and subtraction. We will spend some time brushing up on these skills as well as looking at how we attack word problems involving these two operations.
In science, we will finish discussing energy and its different forms. We will start social studies tomorrow and discuss the symbols of Missouri. They will learn about rivers, important cities, our flag, etc.
In reading, the students should be working on our first book project! They need to take and pass the AR test for this book by 9/20. The actual project itself is due on 9/30. For this month's project, students will be creating a memory bag. They will have objects in the bag to represent the different story elements (characters, setting, problem, events, and solution. Your student will have a copy of the description of this book project in their Homework Folders. They may have time to work on this in class on certain days so leaving the paper in the homework folder, "return to school"/ "Projects" side, might be a great way to ensure they have it on these days.
We will also begin working with our literature circles this week. Students will be grouped based on their reading levels. Each group will be reading a different book and will meet every 3 days to discuss the book and share out their completed jobs. This should not be homework, as they have a lot of class time to complete these jobs. For their whole group reading lessons our focus is story and plot elements and we will be using several stories to outline these.
In writing this week, we will continue with Non-fiction writing in writer's workshop. We will also begin working with the 6 traits of writing. We will continue with the Conventions trait focusing on Capitalization.
Have a great week and as always if you have any further questions please contact your students teacher!!
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