Week 4: September 11-15 (First Day: Take Two)

Reminders
Classes resume on Monday, September 11.  We are excited to share hugs, stories, space and learning together again!

Reading
We will review routine and expectations for Reader's Workshop.  We will practice how we move and prepare ourselves for success when reading and thinking together.

This will be our first trip to the library.  Students will get to meet our new librarian, Mrs. Stultz.  Badrak, Duncan, Ford and Saint-Val's classes will go to the library every Wednesday.  Morphey  and Rozzell's classes will go to the library each Friday.

Writing
We will finally decorate our Writer's Notebooks on Thursday, September 14.  Please send your child with photos, stickers, and materials to make their notebook tell the stories that make him or her unique.

The majority of our week will be spent thinking about the stories we have to share and the many ways that writer's organize and prepare themselves for writing.

Spelling
Each student will take a beginning of the year Words Their Way Inventory.  This developmental spelling assessment helps teachers know what letter and pattern concepts your child has mastered.  We will use this information to guide our spelling instruction this school year.

Social Studies
We spent more time apart than we have together.  This week we will review and firmly establish our expectations for each other.  A community is a group of people who live and work together.  It's imperative that we understand what each of us needs and requires to help make learning and growing possible for each member of our community.

Math
During math this week we will pick up where we left off. On Monday, we will introduce our online resources called Dreambox. We will tape your child's username and password into the front part of their planner so that you will be able to access this resource from home.

Science
In science this week, we will review our class expectations for our science time together. We will discuss characteristics of a scientist. We will work on our portrait, "Picture Me as a Scientist."