Weekly Updates 12/8-12/12

NEWS/EVENTS

• On Wednesday December 17th 3-509 will have the opportunity to run the first farm market of winter! Students should plan to arrive at 8:00 for a full farm stand experience. Dress in layers on this day!
• The next Family Friday is December 19th!
• On Tuesday January 20th 3-509 is visiting Circle in the Square to see their scripts performed by real actors. Our performances will take place between 12-2. All parents are welcome to join us at the theater.
• Next Monday December 15th will be Ms. Steinberg's last day with our class! We are working on a special class project for her that will be presented on this day.
• Our December Newsletter will be posted on the PS 11 Website by tomorrow. Please visit http://ps11chelsea.org/3-509-ms-aimee-bouchard/  to view monthly newsletters.
• We will be launching China as our next Social Studies unit this week! We are looking to plan a day of flash centers, to give the kids an opportunity to immerse themselves in Chinese culture. If any family have ideas for flash centers ( a traditional treat, a fairy tale, a video clip) please email me! These flash centers will most likely take place on Friday.

This week's homework:

Monday: Read for 30 minutes from just right book baggie and jot in reading notebook. Distributive math practice. Sort words (write not glue) in word study notebook.

Tuesday: Read for 30 minutes from just right book baggie and jot in reading notebook. Finish section for Ms. Steinberg project. Math- one step multiplication problems.

Wednesday: Read for 30 minutes from just right book baggie and jot in reading notebook. Math- Multiplication 2 step problems. Word Study- menu option.

Thursday: Read for 30 minutes from just right book baggie and jot in reading notebook. Math-Division 1-step word problems. Glue words in purple book, study for spelling test.

Friday: Read for 30 minutes from just right book baggie and jot in reading notebook. Math- Division 2-step problems.

CURRICULUM

Reading: This week students are continuing to read nonfiction books in interest groups, and are pushing their thinking by working with partners to ask follow-up questions. Later in the week we are learning other strategies to identify the main idea of a passage- like chunking texts, looking at key details, and looking back and asking ourselves, "Does this information fit together?"

Writing: This week we are working on persuasive flash drafts and working on addressing the needs of our audiences. 

Math: For the past few days students have been learning how to use the distributive property as a means to make challenging facts easier. Over the next week we will learn how to use bar models to solve one and two part multiplication and division problems.

Social Studies: We are launching China this week!