Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed the winter vacation and had happy holidays!
This week...
Reading Workshop
This week, we will continue our read aloud, Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White. December reading logs are due on Tuesday January 7th. We will continue to work on fluency and non-fiction in small groups. Next week, we will be starting book groups using books by Beverly Cleary.
Writing Workshop
We are working on informational writing. Students have chosen topics and they will be working on dividing the topic into subtopics to create a table of contents this week.
Math
We have completed all of the times tables 0-10. Students have made flash cards for each and should continue to practice these each night at home to build fluency. This week, we will finish up with activities designed to build fluency and will review the distributive property of multiplication. We will have a unit test next week.
Science/Social Studies
In science, we will be learning about the solar system. In social studies, we will start a unit on cultures and civilizations.
Homework:
Reading-Read 20 minutes each night and record on January calendar. December calendar is due Tuesday.
Writing-Write one entry by Friday
Math-Practice multiplication facts each night
Spelling-Look.Say, Name, Cover, Write, Check each night; practice test on Thursday night
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