October 1st - October 5th .

 Happy 6th week of school. It is hard to believe how fast the time is going. We had a wonderful week last week and I am looking forward to another great week. Our tablet for our classroom has arrived. I am excited to add this piece of technology to the class. Students will have an opportunity to use it on a regular basis.

Last week I emailed a link to sign up for parent conferences. Please make sure you sign up if you have not done so already. Conference day is Monday October 8th.  I am looking forward to an opportunity to visit with all of you.

Here is a look at what we will be doing this week :

Math : On Monday we will finish/review an assessment from Friday and then continue with problem solving strategies for the remainder of the time Monday and on Tuesday. For the remainder of the week,we will be looking at estimation and how that can help us with problem solving.

Reading : This week we will look at summarizing a fiction story. Students will be introduced to the strategy of Somebody/Wants something/But/ So  or SWBS as a way to organize their thoughts to write a summary. On Friday, students will take an assessment over  fiction story elements, and summary.

Writing : Students will have their first piece published by Wednesday. We will then celebrate our published pieces by taking a gallery walk around the classroom and noticing what our classmates do well as writers. For the remainder of the week, students will begin drafting a new story.

Science: During the first part of  the week, we will finish our look at changing matter and we will have an assessment in Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, we will move looking at mixtures and solutions.

Social Studies: We will continue to look at how the physical environment of different places  impacts how humans must adapt to survive. We begin our week looking at the desert and will end the week looking at the wetlands.

Homework:
Reading : 20 minutes each night and  60 minutes on weekend. Please make sure that log is being filled out each night on the correct date

Tuesday/Thursday Homework- sequencing sheet

Math :
Monday- place value review
Wednesday - estimation - interview your parent sheet

Hope that all of you have a great week.