Weekly Updates 11/30-12/4

NEWS/EVENTS

• Next Wednesday 12/9 there is a curriculum connection for parents about the Reader's Notebook. If you attended literacy night, the material will pretty much be the same. A flier was forwarded today!
• Our next Family Friday is taking place 12/18, and on this day we are hosting a wax museum exhibit for families! Each student has selected a subject and is researching that subject with the plan to represent him/her at the museum. A formal invitation will be emailed next week.

HOMEWORK

** For this week only, nightly jotting and reading should be geared towards biography subject research and planning.

Monday: Cut out new words for the week. (Humble= Sort #2, Determined = Sort #26, Ambitious = Sort #24), Work on biography research and jots for 30 minutes, Math HW (assigned from group)

Tuesday: Word Study Menu Option, Work on biography research and jots for 30 minutes, Math HW (assigned from group)

Wednesday: Word Study Menu Option, Work on biography research and jots for 30 minutes, Math HW (assigned from group)

Thursday: Glue words into purple workbook and study for spelling test, Work on biography research and jots for 30 minutes, Math HW (assigned from group)

Friday: Any biography projects that are not completed in class must be finalized at home by December 16th.

CURRICULUM

Reading- This week we are continuing to research our biography subjects for the upcoming wax museum and will continue to grow ideas using timelines as a way to reflect on how history impacted subjects.

Writing- This week we are publishing our informational writing books. Students are going through the process of selecting materials needed and taking last steps to achieve writing goals before the unit is over.

Math- This week groups are exploring the distributive property, as well as how knowledge of multiples of 10 and 100 can help solve trickier multiplication problems.