September
30-October 4
On Monday we will begin our weekly homework routine.
Math: Students will continue to develop
their ability to conceptualize a number as being made up of two or more parts
and their understanding of the part-part-whole model and related number
relationships. They will also continue to explore, in this unit and throughout
the year, a variety of addition/subtraction problem situations including
joining, separating, part-part-whole, and comparing, with different unknowns:
result/change/start, or part/whole or difference, in order to develop an
understanding of the operations of addition and subtraction. Sums and
differences are limited to 20. Students will generate a problem solving
situation from a given number sentence and use concrete and pictorial models to
solve problems using addition and subtraction with whole numbers to 20.
Reading Workshop:
This
week in reading workshop we will continue with our lessons on Reading to
Someone and practicing what that looks like independently. We will focus on choosing our own classroom
spot, learn how to choose our own partner (so far I have placed them with a
partner), and finally learn techniques for coaching our partners (if they get
stuck on their reading or with comprehension).
Partner reading can be very productive and rewarding for each person,
but certain guidelines must be followed so optimum learning will take
place. This will complete all our
lessons on Read to Someone. From now on,
the focus will be on learning different reading strategies to help build our
reading comprehension and stamina.
Writing
Workshop: As we move to the end of the writing
process this week, we will begin learning how to revise and edit "Fancying
Up and Fixing Up" our writings. Each child has written at least one story
that is personal and special to them. We will be ending this week with a
celebration of writers in which each writer will read his or her story to their
fellow writers. We will be practicing our audience skills as well as our
presentation skills during this exciting time in Writer's Workshop!
Science:
So far in
science we have learned that matter is anything around us that takes up a
space. Matter can be perceived by our
senses and can be classified based on its physical characteristics. This week we will learn that all matter has
mass. Mass is the amount of matter that forms a
body that has some sort of shape and size. Matter can be changed from one state
to another. For example water can
evaporate and change from liquid to gas, or it could change from solid (ice) to
liquid. When matter changes from one
state to another, the mass won’t change.
The mass doesn’t get more or less, it is still there but in another
form.
Habit #3:
Put First Things First- Work First, then Play.
We are going
to continue talking about priorities. We
will discuss what priorities we might have at school, home and in our
community.
Reminders:
*Please
remember to send a healthy snack every day.
Snack time is @ 9:30am.
*Make sure
your child wears tennis shoes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
*Library day
is Tuesday.
Dates to Remember:
October
2: Family Spirit Night @ Catfish Parlour
October
3: Individual School Picture day
October
10: Science Night
October
14: Student Holiday
October
18: Hoot Family Picnic
October
30: Early Release Day
November
2: Harvest Festival
Conferences:
Please don’t
forget to sign up for a conference time.
Thanks!
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