September 19~ 23

What Are We Learning This Week?

Math: Working with Equal Groups: using different ways to tell if a group of objects shows an even or odd number, finding the total number of objects in a set of rows & columns (arrays) & making arrays to solve addition problems.

Science: States of matter: Hot Air Balloon Challenge

Leadership: ROAR matrix & healthy habits

Reading:  Friends Around the World

Language: Text features, main topic, identify main idea, key details, steps in a process & captions

Writing: Writing a caption, describing a place using facts, writing questions about a topic, author's purpose & writing a paragraph with facts.

Conventions: Adjectives 

Phonics Skill: Consonant blends. (Remind kiddos that when two or three consonants are together in a word, we blend the sounds together to read the word).

Phonics Skill Words: Review week. No new words.

Homework~
1.) Read 20 minutes daily & fill out reading log (due Friday)
2.) Math sheet (due the next day) 

3.) Writing Journal 

Monday: Brainstorming~ Kiddos will brainstorm a topic for the week and create a bubble map describing their topic. We will review this Monday.

Tuesday: Rough Draft~ Kiddos use the information from their bubble map to create a rough draft. Should be a minimum of half of the journal page. We will review on Tuesday. 

Wednesday: Editing~ Kiddos will use a pen to revise and edit their rough draft.  Kiddos should capitalize the first word of each sentence, use proper nouns and to punctuate properly.  If your kiddo is struggling spelling a word have him/her sound it out and do the best he/she can phonetically.

Thursday: Final Draft~ Students will use their best penmanship to create a final draft of their story. 

 Friday:  Journal entry due.

Upcoming Dates

Oct. 10-14~ Spirit Week

Oct. 13~ Make-Up Picture Day
Oct. 14~ Drive-in Movie Night @ CSC @7:00PM
Oct. 24~ Nov. 10~ Food Drive
Oct. 31~ Spirit Day

Thank you so much for your support!