October 27th-31st, 2019

 “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” Julie Andrews.

 The Week in Pictures

In Writing Workshop, we are starting a brand-new unit called ‘Lab Reports’. In this unit, students will learn “experiment write-up”. They will question, experiment, make a hypothesis (guess) and will actually do the experiment using materials and find results. Then they will compare their hypothesis and result to arrive at a conclusion about what they learned. This week, we’re going to take a look at books of scientific writers and study the books that have been written and taking note of what the author has done in the book that we can do as well.

In Reading Workshop, we are doing reading assessments this week to wrap up our first unit. Question that we may be asking the students are:

·     Who is the main character in the story?

·     What is the problem in the story?

·     How did the main character solve the problem?

·     What is happening in this picture? How did the picture and text help you understand the story?

·     How did the picture and text help you understand the setting of the story?

In Math we are reviewing and finishing up unit 3 and will be having our unit 3 math assessment on Wednesday, October 30th. 

In STEM students will be exploring different liquids and understand the different properties in liquids. 

In our Social Studies unit of ‘Time, Continuity and Change’ students will continue to explore the differences between past, present and future artifacts.

Up Coming Events

Reading Assessment: All through the week

Math Unit 3 Assessment: Wednesday, October 30^th

Reminders

Please send a large bottle of water for your child.

A light jacket to be kept in class from Sunday to Thursday.

Photos of your child with family to keep in our class family treasure box.

Reading on razkids and completing the quiz at the end.