- The annual Fall Festival is taking place this Saturday, October 18th! I will be painting faces from 10:00 am- 12:00pm! All students will receive their fall festival bracelet this Friday. Do not let the kids take these off as it will give them access to activities.
- Next Tuesday we officially start our residency with Circle in the Square.
- Next Wednesday 10/22 3-509 once again runs the farm market from 8:00-8:50 am.
- Family Friday is October 31st.
- Our monthly newsletter is posted on our PS 11 class page at http://ps11chelsea.org/storage/October%20Newsletter%203-509%202014.pdf
Curriculum
Reading: This week book clubs are studying characters in depth and are analyzing how characters respond to problems, how they behave in different relationships, and how they change over time. We are continue to grow ideas based on jots and evidence we record in our reading notebooks.
Writing: We have officially wrapped up our first narrative unit! On Thursday we will have a small celebration, reviewing and highlighting all of the amazing narrative work the students engaged in over the past month. Several students are still publishing their work, and will be asked to completely finish their publishing by Thursday in time for our celebration. At the end of the week we our launching our next unit- Information Writing. Students will create lists of topics they are experts on, and will commit to a topic that will turn into an informational book.
Math: This is our last week week in our Addition and Subtraction to 10,000 unit. This week we are focusing on word problem types, and will use a variety of bar model types to create diagrams that represent our mathematical thinking and help us determine what steps are required to solve.
Social Studies: This week we are officially starting a case study of our own country, the United States of America. We will start with a mini-lecture on Wednesday highlighting many of the significant facts about our country, and will continue to practice note-taking strategies to record new information.
Have a great week, and see you soon!
Ms. Bouchard
No comments:
Post a Comment