Thank you so much to all of the parents who visited our classroom on Thursday! It was great to see so many of you and the kids were so excited to show off their hard work.
Next week:
Half Day for Conferences-November 22nd*
Thanksgiving break-November 24th and 25th
*Please let me know if you are unsure of your conference date/time.
Math
This week, we had a test on multiplication. Students learned 2 and 3 digit by 1 digit and 2 and 3 digit by 2 digits. Although most students understand the process, I am seeing kids make errors in basic facts and regrouping. We have been working on this in small groups. Next week, we will be working on division patterns and division with remainders.
Reading
This week, we finished our third Read-Aloud book, The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. It was an exciting mystery and the class really enjoyed it. This book is a Newbery Honor Book. We started a new Read Aloud called The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, also a Newbery honor book and National Book Award finalist. Students have continued reading independently and writing reading responses. After the Thanksgiving break, we will start book groups and will be reading non-fiction. Book letters will be done together in class instead of at home next week.
Writing
This week, we celebrated our first writing piece, photo essay. We are currently drafting realistic fiction stories. I will be meeting with students for writing conferences starting next week.
Social Studies
This week, we started the Native American unit. We completed a KWL chart to access background knowledge, read about early people of New York State and learned about longhouses. Jeff Bennett was here for his first presentation, which was on Native Americans.
Have a wonderful weekend and as always, feel free to contact me at mleach@bcsd.neric.org.
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