We have wrapped up many units! Pollination has come to a close, adding and subtracting greater numbers will be finished early this week, and personal narratives are reaching their completion.
This week we'll continue looking at character traits and then moving on to series books in which we'll discover how characters change from one book to another in a particular series. We will finish Because of Winn Dixie and I must say how impressed I am with all of their deeper thinking! We have had many fantastic discussions about why the title is what it is, how Opal has changed throughout the book and what has caused this change.
In math we will take an assessment on adding and subtracting greater numbers and then will begin multiplication by the end of this week! Please continue to review addition and subtraction facts. We are entering our sixth week and with more facts on the horizon, I'd like to have these quizzes end soon!
We will begin turning our focus to social studies and taking a short break from science. We'll begin looking at ancient Egypt, while also looking at some modern cultures, specifically Argentina.
The time has come to begin cursive handwriting! I know many students are extremely excited about this. I have asked the students to not write anything in cursive until we have finished learning all of the lowercase letters and then the uppercase letters. This may take us a few months! Feel free to begin responding to their Friday letters in cursive so they become familiar with reading cursive. I hope you have seen a tremendous change in your child's Friday Letters. They are showing such growth and understanding of what is included in a paragraph. We'll continue to practice paragraph writing and begin to focus on mechanics! We need to be consistently using capitals and periods and understanding when we have written a run-on. This will be our focus this month.
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