Weekly Happenings

Hello! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and got to enjoy the beautiful weather. Thank you in advance for the work you are putting into the Halloween Party! I also look forward to seeing everyone at conferences tonight and Wednesday.

Here is what's happening this week:

Writing: We are publishing our narratives this week. We are doing this on Google Drive. They have instructions for how to get on. The narratives are due Wednesday.

Reading: This week we are continuing to practice making inferences. We will be using short stories to help make inferences.

Math: We are finishing chapter 4 this week. The math test covering multiplication will be Wednesday. We will be reviewing today and tomorrow. For this test, it is so important the students know their facts! The students understand the process of multiplication but are making mistakes with their fact fluency. Please encourage your child to practice at home.

Social Studies: This week we will be learning about Lewis and Clark. The students will be building prior knowledge to prepare for a guest speaker next week. A retired Lindbergh teacher will come in each day next week to teach the students about The Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark.

Important Reminders:
Oct. 27 and 29 - conferences
Oct. 29- Math test
Oct. 29 - Narratives Due
Oct. 30 - Halloween Party and Pumpkin Run
Oct. 31 - NO SCHOOL

Weekly Happenings!

Hello! I hope everyone has had a great start to the week! We have a lot coming up in the next few weeks, so it is really important the students are keeping up with their homework! 

Here is what's happening this week: 

Writing: We are continuing to work on our personal narrative stories. This week we are focusing on revising our leads and endings. Their narratives will be due next Wednesday. 

Reading: This week we are focusing on making inferences. We are using the text "Just a Dream" by Chris Van Allsburg to make inferences. We are also continuing to work on distinguishing a prediction from an inference. Encourage your child to make predictions and inferences as they read at home. 

Word study: The class received new words on Monday. Due to many things being due next week, their tests will not be until November 5th and 6th. Their spelling contracts will be due on the 6th. 

Social studies: This week, we started chapter 4. Chapter four covers Europeans coming to Missouri. This week we mostly learned about the French settling in Missouri. We will also start learning about the Louisiana Purchase.

Math: This week we have been learning different strategies to use when we are multiplying. All of these strategies help the algorithm make sense. Often students make errors using the algorithm, because it does not make sense to them; they are just following the procedure. Now that the students have a better understanding, we will learn the traditional algorithm for multiplying with regrouping. We will also learn how to multiply a one-digit number by three- and four-digit numbers.
The test will be next Wednesday.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Important Reminders:
*Conferences: Monday, October 27 and Wednesday, October 29
*Narratives Due: Wednesday, October 29
*Math Test: Wednesday, October 29
*Pumpkin Run and Halloween Party: Thursday, October 30
*NO SCHOOL Friday, October 31

Making Inferences

The students used "Just a Dream" by Chris Van Allsburg to make inferences. 

Weekly Happenings

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend! I am looking forward to the day when we don't have rain!

Here is what's happening this week:

Writing: We are beginning a new writing unit this week! We are going to write personal narratives. They will use a lot of their knowledge of writing realistic fiction stories to help! This week we are working on generating small moment ideas.

Reading: We are continuing to work on making inferences. We have been using questioning to help make inferences.

Math: We just began chapter 4. We are learning how to round and estimate products and multiply one by two-digit numbers. Once again, please practice the basic multiplication facts with your child! It will be difficult to learn the new information if they still are not comfortable with their basic facts.

Word Study: Blue and Purple group will test this Thursday. Green and Orange group will test on Friday.

Social Studies: We are still working on chapter 4 in social studies. This covers the first groups of Native Americans in Missouri. The test will be this Friday.

Important Reminders:
10/16 - Blue and Purple groups test
10/17 - Green and Orange groups test
            Social Studies test
10/17 - Half day, dismissal is at 11:50

Writing Celebration

To celebrate the awesome writing the students have done, they read each other's pieces and left compliments! They all worked so hard and deserved to share their published pieces! 

Weekly Happenings

Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend! It finally felt like a fall weekend!

Here is what's happening this week:

Writing: This is the final week to work on their realistic fiction stories! We are publishing and illustrating our stories today! They are due this Friday! On Friday we will have a Writer's Buffet where students get to read each other's work and leave compliments!

Reading: This week we are continuing to work on making inferences. We will use Chris Van Allsburg's, The Stranger, to make inferences!

Math: We are wrapping up chapter 3 this week. We will work on problem solving and get ready for our test. Please practice multiplication facts with your child. It is so important they know all of their facts. The chapter 3 test will be this Thursday.

Social Studies: We are starting chapter 3 this week. They will learn about the first groups of Missourians. We will also learn about timelines and make personal timelines.

Word Study: Each spelling group got new words today. Their test will be next Thursday and Friday. Blue and Purple will test on Thursday. Green and orange will test on Friday.

Important Reminders:
Math Test - Thursday, 10/9
Papers due - Friday, 10/10
Family Trivia Night - Friday, 10/10

Cardinals Day!

Our class showed AWESOME Cardinal spirit on Friday! 

Writing Time!

The students have been hard at work perfecting their realistic fiction stories!!