Students will have 1st trimester benchmark testing in Math and LA during computer time over the next two weeks.
Language Arts:
Essential Questions, "How can problem solving lead to new ideas?" and "How do landmarks help us understand our country's story?"
Students will have nightly reading and weekly spelling.
Writing: Students are writing a short autobiography of their life patterned after last week's story Gary the Dreamer.
Math:
We are finishing up our addition chapter this week. Students will take the chapter 2 math test on Wednesday or Thursday. We will continue with repeated addition, multiplication concepts, and subtraction.
Social Studies:
We will have a brief election study this week. Students will have a mock election in the classroom. We will practice our graphing skills as we tally the election data both in the classroom and in the country.
Science:
Through the remainder of the school year, we will continue to study the weather and chart the changing weather at the eight global locations we choose.
This week we also begin the study of the Sun, Earth, and moon along with many other aspects of our solar system and the universe.
Homework:
Please preview your child's homework sheet each Monday. More details about weekly homework can be found under the homework tab. All homework assignments are due the following day unless noted otherwise. Reading homework stories may be read independently or with an adult depending on your child's reading level. Please sign your child's homework sheet each week when you have previewed the week's expectations. Students are usually given two days to complete any written works. This give them a chance to ask questions at school if they have any.
STAR STUDENT:
Each student will have a week when they get to be our classroom STAR STUDENT. On Tuesday of each student's special STAR STUDENT week, he or she will get to share the poster he or she made in September. Students can also bring in small items to share with the class and decorate the STAR STUDENT windowsill. Posters will be shared on Tuesday of each week. Classmates will complete a Star of the Week book each week for our Star Student.
This week's STAR STUDENT is Nicholas To. Next week's Star Student is Jayden Stone