I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving with your families. I know I'm thankful for each of my students and their families. I couldn't do what I do each day with your children without your continued support.
How fast our time is flying by! We have completed our character study in guided reading groups and are now moving into one of my favorite units...Non-fiction! If you have any children's non-fiction magazines such as Ranger Rick or National Geographic Kids that you would like to share with the class, please send them in. We will be immersing ourselves in non-fiction for the next month and learning how the structure of non-fiction helps us as readers understand what we're reading. This week we'll look closely at how reading fiction and non-fiction differs and how titles and subtitles organize the information.
This week we'll learn about and name various homophones. We'll discover how these words sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. We'll use these homophones to write complete sentences utilizing appropriate mechanics.
In math, we're understanding multiplication as it relates to addition. We're discovering how we already know some of our facts! We'll begin looking at arrays and how we can draw arrays to help us when multiplying. We have begun using our array cards to help us fill in our multiplication chart. We're noticing patterns with our facts and how these patterns help us understand what multiplication really means.
We continue to have our weekly addition and subtraction fact quizzes. We have been taking these quizzes for nine weeks. Congratulations to those students who have passed all four quizzes! Please note that these quizzes will end in 3 weeks in which we'll then need to turn our attention to multiplication facts.
In social studies, we're learning about how ancient Egyptians lived and what they valued. We're understanding how different Egyptians contributed to their civilization based on what craft they chose, such as weaver, potter, scribe, farmer, sculptor, etc.
This week your child will be introduced to a new online resource that I am just becoming familiar with. It is called scootpad. Scootpad allows me to have the students practice various skills taught in both reading and math. I can see if there is a particular skill or topic they may need to revisit based on how they progress through questions asked on scootpad. As we all become more familiar with how this works, your child may work on this online resource at home.
I have enjoyed meeting with you for our parent/teacher conferences thus far and look forward to the upcoming meetings both this week and next!
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