Reminders:
Monday, November 12th Veteran's Day (observed). School is in
session.
Wednesday,
November 14th Thanksgiving Meal in the cafeteria
Thursday,
November 15th 6:30 Skate Night
Wed-Fri,
November 21-23 Holiday
Reading Workshop:
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we
will be researching The First Thanksgiving. We will learn
about topics related to Thanksgiving, such as Native Americans, Pilgrims,
Mayflower, and the first Feast. We will use many resources for research on these topics. We will be asking, “Where do I go to find out
this information?”
Writing Workshop:
This
week in writing, we will be writing a nonfiction book based upon our research
information that we gathered during our reading lessons.
Each student will write a mini book about Thanksgiving. We will focus on writing topics and incorporating details into our factual writing.
Math:
This is our second week of the unit: Developing
Count On Addition Strategies for Basic Facts.
It is essential that all students are able to
successfully calculate both mentally and with paper and pencil their basic
facts. Research shows that the most effective way for students to learn
the basic facts is to arrange the facts into clusters. Each cluster is
based on a thinking strategy that students can use to help them learn all of
facts in that cluster. We will be doing the "Count On" cluster
for the next two weeks. Counting is a vital life skill and forms the
basis of the Count On strategy, a strategy that is useful for more than half
the number of basic facts that need to be mastered. This unit includes
Count On 1 (+1 facts), Count on 2 (+2 facts) and Count on 0 (+0 facts).
This unit also develops the concept of "turnarounds," the
application of the commutative property of addition. This property allows
any number of addends to be combined in any order and the sum will always be
the same. The vocabulary your child will be introduced to in this unit
include: Count on, one more, add one, addition, number sentence, turnaround fact,
equation, Count on 2, two more, add two, equals, equal sign means "the
same as" (NOT "the answer is"), zero.
Social Studies:
Maps and globes are the focus this week in Social Studies. As a
class we will compare the two and discuss how each is important. We will also
be learning about where we are located in the big scheme of the world, starting
with Austin, Texas and moving outwardly to the entire world. This is always a
fun week for the students!
Have a great week!
Mrs. C
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