January 26th-January 30th

We had a very busy week! We have been enjoying activities relating to Kenny and the Dragon. We have been learning and illustrating vocabulary words from the book. We also read another book by Tony DiTerlizzi called Jimmy Zangwow's Out of this World Moon Pie Adventure .  It connected to our solar system unit and the class created their own martians.                           

Reminders...

Report cards will be posted on Aspen Friday, January 30th. Conference days are February 3rd and 11th.

Reading
In reading, we are continuing the non-fiction unit. This week, we will spend more time looking at text features. Students are reading a variety of fiction books for independent reading and are getting better at choosing "just right" books.

Writing
Students are doing a great job on their informational books. We are going to spend time on conclusions, revising and editing this week. We will start writing final drafts toward the end of the week.

Math
We are continuing the division unit. We are working on fact families and understanding how multiplication and division are related. It is so important that students are practicing facts at home. If they do not know multiplication facts, they will not be able to gain fluency in division facts. We do daily drills, but daily home practice is also very important. I have noticed that many students are not using xtramath regularly. If your child prefers flash cards, I am okay with that but please make sure they practice consistently.

Science/Social Studies
We are continuing the solar system unit. Students are researching planets and doing a variety of activities to go along with the planets. In social studies, we will be talking about government this week.