Monday, October 19, 2015

Weekly Updates 10/19-10/23

NEWS/EVENTS

  • Next week we are visiting Circle in the Square for a performance! Please keep your eyes open for a trip slip in the upcoming days.
  • Next Thursday October 29th is Literacy/Math night for the upper grades. Please come visit to learn more about our curriculum!
  • Next Friday October 30th is Family Friday.
  • All Narrative published pieces are due this Friday. I gave students an hour of class time today to get started. I would like them to finish publishing as part of their homework throughout the week. (publishing= taking all final edits and revision to white lined paper. Published work is done in pencil).
HOMEWORK
  • Monday- Read and jot for 30 minutes, math hw assigned by math teacher, published writing is due Friday.
  • Tuesday- Read and jot for 30 minutes, math hw assigned by math teacher, published writing is due Friday.
  • Wednesday- Read and jot for 30 minutes, math hw assigned by math teacher, published writing is due Friday.
  • Thursday- Read and jot for 30 minutes, math hw assigned by math teacher, published writing is due Friday.
  • Friday- Read and jot for 30 minutes, math hw assigned by math teacher, published writing is due Friday.
CURRICULUM

Reading: This week we are launching our next unit- Reading to Learn! This nonfiction reading unit focuses on determining main idea and studying different text structures.

Writing: Today students started to publish their narratives. Final published work is due Friday. We are launching informational writing tomorrow! We will start by studying student mentor pieces.

Math: We will wrap up our first unit this week reviewing strategies for solving multi-step problems and calculating elapsed time. Students will engage in review centers and will take the post assessment Friday or Monday.

Social Studies: We will wrap up our first Social Studies unit, exploring maps, by participating in a map reading performance task. Later in the week we are launching United States centers.

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