Parents,
Thank you for supporting our classes during Field Day. It
was a fun filled day and we appreciate your added spirit.
Reminders for this week:
Mrs. Ramos spoke with students on
Friday and told them about how children in her court celebrate adoption day.
She encouraged them to bring a stuffed animal from home to donate to
children serviced in the courts. Mrs. Ramos explained to us how this day
becomes just as special as a birthday for many children. This is often
also the first toy the child will have ever received. We appreciate any
and all stuffed animal donations.. Donations
due 11/4. We love when the real world and our learning tie
together. This is a BEAUTIFUL real world example of what good citizens
do- something we will study in Social Studies over the next few weeks.
- Friday, November 4th is
a Noon Dismissal. Please remember to send a note with any change of
transportation on that day. We will have an alternate schedule that day.
Reading: Good readers use context clues to help them make meaning of
the words in the text. This week we will work together in a variety of
text to notice the many ways an author uses context clues to help readers
make sense of the story. The example on the left shows you some of the things
reader can use to help make meaning of new terms and vocabulary. Be sure
to talk to your reader about new, multilple meaning and difficult vocabulary
words as they read at home each night.
Writing: We continue to analyze stories from our
lives to make sure they are a story worth telling. Stories worth telling
follow the narrative structure. We will read, summarize, analyze and
determine theme for a few more stories this week. Practicing storytelling
at home can be a fun and meaningful way to connect learning at school to home.
This also helps when students move to write in workshop-- this way they
have stories to pull from!
Spelling: Continue to practice spelling words
from last week at home. At the beginning of this week, in class, teachers
will be observing and assessing how students are able to apply spelling
patterns in their work. New spelling words will come home on November 2
and be assessed on November 9.
Social Studies: We've
wrapped up our learning on early explorers and will spend the next few weeks
thinking about what GOOD CITIZENS do! Good citizens work to make their
communities a great place to be. We will discuss many ideas over the next
few weeks like-- voting, obeying laws, keeping promises, serving on a jury and
volunteering.
Students will have a chance to learn about why it is
important for citizens to vote this week. We hope to give them a small
taste of what Election Day is like with our very own HCE favorite book
election. We will hear from people supporting both the candidates (book
choices!). Stay tuned, as November 9 we will learn which book of the
month students have enjoyed most!
Math: In math this week, we will be finishing
up our unit on subtraction. On Monday and Tuesday, we will walk through the
steps for a two-step problems. Here is an example of a two-step problem that
you can expect your child to see: There were a total of 689 fans who came to
the first three basketball games. One hundred forty-two came to the first game
and 136 came to the second game. How many fans came to the third game?
On Wednesday and Thursday, we will
review all of our subtraction skills. On Friday, we will take our subtraction
test. *SUBTRACTION TEST IS MOVED TO 11/7*
We will NOT have homework on Monday!
Happy Halloween! On Tuesday, a worksheet will go home that reviews analog
clocks. On Wednesday, a worksheet with subtraction practice will go home.
Please study for fast facts on Friday. We will NOT have a Problem of the Week
this week.
Science: During science this week, we will complete our discussion on
Mixtures. Later in the week we will begin our unit on Energy. Energy is the
ability to move and do work. We will review four forms of energy: sound, light,
heat, and mechanical. We will begin with Mechanical Energy and discover that
there are two types of Mechanical Energy: Potential and Kinetic.
*mechanical energy- the energy
of moving objects
*kinetic energy-
the energy of motion
*potential energy- the stored energy or possible energy
depending on its position
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