We are having better weeks, but I know we can all do better. So, continue to encourage them to stay focused, on task and to follow directions. We finished map testing and those scores will be coming back soon. Walk-a-thon is this Friday! We will have an early dismissal (11:45). I do believe extended care will be available. We brought in the most items for the Walk-a-thon fundraiser, so we won the breakfast party! More details about that will come out as I receive them.
In their Tuesday folders, students brought home a flyer about the can food drive that we will participate in. The students are excited to prepare their presentation for chapel. The chapel service will be November 6, so please keep that date locked in. Parent/teacher conferences are next week. A email with a link to sign up for a slot was sent out. I am looking forward to meeting with you all. Reading: Our essential question for the week is, "How can landmarks teach us about our country's history?" We took some time to discus the question and we even took some time to list some of the landmarks and monuments that we know of. We are focusing on expository text this week, so we are reading stories that are real and provide us with information. We read a story about the Grand Canyon and we will read another story about Mount Rushmore. Since Walk-a-thon is Friday we will take our spelling and reading test Thursday. Math: We are moving along very well. In topic 2 we covered the "easy" math facts, 0,2,1,5,9, and 10. In topic 3 we are working on the more difficult ones. In topic 3 we will work with 3,4,6,7, and 8. We started the topic off by focusing on the distributive property. This property is very useful because it allows them to break apart difficult equations into 2 smaller easier equations and then use addition to solve. We will spend a lot of time with that particular property, so if you can help them practice it at home, it will do a lot of good. Social Studies: We are still learning about different Spanish speaking countries. We have not covered a lot of them, but my goal is to cover a good amount of them. On October 18, we will have a culture fest with the 4th grade class. We will do some fun activities, learn more about specific countries (so far its Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Costa Rica) and learn how to salsa. In class, we've learned some holidays that are celebrated, we learned about some of their main dishes, and we learned about some things that were brought over from that country. Science: We are almost done with the final lesson in our first chapter. We started looking at our science experiment question, which is "Can you shrink an egg? Can you make an egg bigger?" The students are excited to try this and I am looking forward to hearing their thoughts and explanations. I am also excited to see them in action. We will take our first science test next week. Important dates:
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