- November 8 - Veteran’s Day Assembly (9:00-9:30)
- November 11- No school, Professional Learning for Teachers
- November 18th - 22nd Book Fair (you can also shop online)
- November 20th - Celebrations of Learning/Thanksgiving Feast
- November 25-29 - No school, Thanksgiving break
WORD WORK/SPELLING:
Your child has had several weeks of getting into our routine of Word Work and Spelling. Please continue to do the daily practice activities with your child. The important thing is that your child learns to identify the pattern (through sorting) and transfer the pattern into their daily writing.
MATH:
We will be wrapping up our Envision topic on measurement. In Topic 12, students are estimating, measuring precisely with inches, centimeters, yards, and meters, and comparing units. This unit aligns with our work as scientists studying force and motion.
After finishing Topic 12, we will begin Topic 4. In Topic 4 we will build upon previously taught addition strategies to fluently add within 100.
During these units students will be focusing on the following:
Your child has had several weeks of getting into our routine of Word Work and Spelling. Please continue to do the daily practice activities with your child. The important thing is that your child learns to identify the pattern (through sorting) and transfer the pattern into their daily writing.
MATH:
We will be wrapping up our Envision topic on measurement. In Topic 12, students are estimating, measuring precisely with inches, centimeters, yards, and meters, and comparing units. This unit aligns with our work as scientists studying force and motion.
After finishing Topic 12, we will begin Topic 4. In Topic 4 we will build upon previously taught addition strategies to fluently add within 100.
During these units students will be focusing on the following:
- Using place value (tens and ones) to add and subtract
- Using an open number line to add tens and ones within 100
- Adding 2 digit numbers using models
- Adding and breaking apart numbers using mental math and partial sums
- Modeling one and two step problems
- Selecting the most efficient strategy to solve a math problem
- Helping your child with math: Click Here
- Math Words and Ideas: Click Here
- Investigations Game Center: Math Games
READING:
Children are growing knowledge as they read non-fiction text. The following are skills that students are learning and practicing in this unit of study:
WRITING & SCIENCE:
Students are learning to write like a scientist as we learn about FORCE AND MOTION:
- Question
- Hypothesize
- Experiment (writing procedures and steps to test the hypothesis)
- Collect data
- Make conclusions
