I hope everyone had a nice break and holiday! We have 4 full weeks left until winter break and a lot to get done! We started our writing unit on letter writing before break and will continue this week. So far, the class has written to me and their writing partners. We have also discussed the 5 parts of a friendly letter. They will continue writing letters to various people, including a family member and their 5th grade buddy. This is a fun unit and the students are really enjoying it!
We finished up our author study on Kevin Henkes. We read many of his entertaining books. The students were able to make many connections to some of the characters in these books since Kevin Henkes writes most of his books about experiences familiar to children. We made a class graph, charting our favorite Kevin Henkes books, created a class book about a time when they felt brave, based on Sheila Rae, the Brave, compared characters in the books using a Venn diagram, and made posters about each of the Kevin Henkes mouse characters they read about. This week we will be starting our reading unit on wondering. In this unit, the students will be listening to many books and practicing stopping to think about what they are wondering.
Please continue to practice word sorts with your children at home. A new sort went home today.
In science, we are starting our last chapter in weather. The last chapter we finished focused on weather changes and patterns. A graded quiz will be coming home today as well. This next chapter focuses on weather tools and how weather is measured.
We also started our new math geometry unit today. It is only 3 lessons so we will be testing on Friday already. We will be focusing on properties of squares, rectangles, and triangles and finding perimeters, as well as learing about parallel lines, parallelograms and quadrilaterals. I sent home a ruler with a few students who said they didn't have one at home for homework. If your child borrowed one please make sure it comes back Friday. Thank you!
Have a great week!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Fall Party Fun!
Thank you to all the parents who contributed or volunteered at our fall party. The kids had a great time doing relay races, making a fun craft and eating yummy snacks! Pictures will be up on the website soon!
We had a lot of exciting experiences this week, including our Fall party, meeting our 5th grade buddies and mix-it up day at lunch. The mix-it up day gave students a chance to sit with students from a different class to learn more about them. They really enjoyed this!
In Reader's Workshop, we started an author study on Kevin Henkes. Over the next couple of weeks we will be reading and comparing many of his books and doing a variety of activities to go along with them. Today we read Sheila Rae, the Brave and each child wrote about a time when they felt brave. Their writings will be made into a class book!
In Writer's Workshop, we are still finishing up our friend narratives. The children learned editing marks to use when editing their writing. We also started talking about scary sentences to give us ideas for our scary stories.
In Math, we began our 3rd unit, which is on story problems. We will be solving and creating different types of story problems for the next few weeks. I sent home the Unit 2 test today. Please go over it with your child. You should have also seen their spelling test sent home yesterday.
In Social Studies, the children learned about the voting process and practiced it by filling out a registration form, researching the topic (Should recycling be a law?), getting a ballot and voting.
We will be going to the new computer lab once a week now. This week the students practiced typing with Dance Mat Typing.
**Reminder-Lauren Larson benefit is Sunday at the Prior Lake VFW from 4-9. You can buy tickets at the door if you haven't bought them yet.
Have a great weekend!
We had a lot of exciting experiences this week, including our Fall party, meeting our 5th grade buddies and mix-it up day at lunch. The mix-it up day gave students a chance to sit with students from a different class to learn more about them. They really enjoyed this!
In Reader's Workshop, we started an author study on Kevin Henkes. Over the next couple of weeks we will be reading and comparing many of his books and doing a variety of activities to go along with them. Today we read Sheila Rae, the Brave and each child wrote about a time when they felt brave. Their writings will be made into a class book!
In Writer's Workshop, we are still finishing up our friend narratives. The children learned editing marks to use when editing their writing. We also started talking about scary sentences to give us ideas for our scary stories.
In Math, we began our 3rd unit, which is on story problems. We will be solving and creating different types of story problems for the next few weeks. I sent home the Unit 2 test today. Please go over it with your child. You should have also seen their spelling test sent home yesterday.
In Social Studies, the children learned about the voting process and practiced it by filling out a registration form, researching the topic (Should recycling be a law?), getting a ballot and voting.
We will be going to the new computer lab once a week now. This week the students practiced typing with Dance Mat Typing.
**Reminder-Lauren Larson benefit is Sunday at the Prior Lake VFW from 4-9. You can buy tickets at the door if you haven't bought them yet.
Have a great weekend!
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