November has flown by so fast. It seems like it was just yesterday when we were remote learning.
The memory verse due December 7 is Luke 2:1-2 (paragraph 1 on their word sheet) Religion: In our Christmas unit, we are talking more about God and how he chose ordinary people, such as Moses, Mary, Samuel, and Ruth, to do extraordinary things. These ordinary people will eventually create the foundation for the birth of Jesus. As we learn about these ordinary people, we discuss what God wanted them to do and how they responded. The result will be several videos that the students record that I will post in GroupMe. Math: We spent a lot of time working on the distributive property of multiplication, so we are cruising through the follow-up lessons. However, we will soon learn about the associative property. If all goes to plan, we will have our topic 3 test next Thursday or Friday. Reading: Most of our skill focuses for the week are a repeat of two weeks (author’s pov and expository text). They do amazing with explaining the POV of an author is about what they think or feel about a topic. They're also doing great with identifying the POV from different stories. We introduced suffixes this week and, we talked about some of the common ones that we see every day. So, now that they know what prefixes and suffixes are, they like to announce them anytime they see them in other classes such as math and social studies. Important dates:
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I am so glad to have all of my friends back in the classroom! Friday was the last day for trimester 1, so their report cards are in their Tuesday folder. Trimester 2 started Monday, and I know they are all going to do amazing things just as they did in trimester 1.
Next Tuesday, November 23, is our Thanksgiving Potluck! I am looking forward to gathering and giving thanks together with my friends. Our potluck will be from 12-1. The memory verse due November 23 is Matthew 5:3-5 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth.” Religion: We are moving through our chapel unit, which focuses on hunger and how God feels about those in need. We’ve talked about those in need and what we can do to help those in need. As we move forward, we will look closer at what God wants us to do. Our chapel service will be on November 23. If you can attend, please join us. Chapel begins at 8:25. Math: We will take our math test to close out topic two tomorrow. On Thursday, we will move into topic 3. Reading: This week, we are learning about the author’s point of view, prefixes, silent letters, and combining sentences. We are reviewing expository text by reading different pieces of informational text. Our essential question this week is how do people make the government work, so the stories that we read in class will be related to voting. We will also have a chance to practice voting, which they are pretty excited about. We made it through our remote weeks! We are due back together in the classroom this Friday, November 12. If any of my friends will continue to be remote that day, please let me know. I will be sure to put things on Google Classroom for them to complete.
Religion: Every year, each class leads a chapel service. Our original date was November 17. Due to us being remote, we will now lead the service before Thanksgiving. So, if you are free from around 8:25-9:00 on November 23, please join us! Math: We are cruising through our multiplication topics. They are doing amazing with solving equations and word problems using the strategies that we’ve learned. We will complete the last lesson on Friday. On Monday and Tuesday of next week, we will complete a practice test and play a review game. On Wednesday, November 17, we will take our test. In topic 3, we will learn more multiplication properties such as the associative and distributive properties. Social Studies: We finished our first science chapter today, so we will begin our new social studies chapter tomorrow. This chapter is a very fun one as we will put together a lemonade or hot chocolate stand. In this chapter, they will learn about goods, services, needs, wants, producers, consumers, imports, and exports. They will also learn about the three types of resources such as capital, natural and human. Important Dates:
Please know that all of you are in my thoughts and prayers as we navigate through these challenging weeks ahead. Due to us being remote, the progress reports never made it home. The trimester is over on the 12th and report cards will be sent home on the 16th. So, we will see progress reports another time.
My Wiz Kids are adjusting fairly well to being remote, which gives me the hope that we will only have to overcome technology setbacks. Please do not hesitate to ask questions as we are in this together and, I will do my best to answer every question and solve every problem. As per the email from Mr. Koehne, there are no classes tomorrow. Reading: We are reviewing the topics from last week so that we can take the reading test from Friday. We've reviewed making predictions and finding the theme. In grammar, we talked about nouns, with the focus being singular and plural nouns. We are taking a break on our paragraph writing projects as we were in the middle of peer and teacher review. When we all return to the classroom, we will restart those. Math: We will close out topic one when we resume school, which will hopefully be Thursday. Their test will be online via Savvas. They will stay on zoom during that time, and I will place them each in their own breakout room to ensure that they can work without distractions but can ask me questions like they would in the classroom. Science: It just seems like we won’t get to have our outdoor experience, so it will, unfortunately, have to move to another day. It could be a fun end-of-the-year activity so, I will keep it in my back pocket. We will start reviewing for our first science test towards the end of this week. I anticipate the test being Thursday, November 11. We will play some review games and complete two practice tests before we take the actual test. Important dates:
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