Kids Voting

Tuesday the students participated in Kids Voting. They were given a ballot in the library and made their own decisions!

Weekly Happenings

Hello! I hope you all had a great Halloween Weekend! The Fall Festival was a success, and the students had a ton of fun! Also, thank you all for coming to conferences. It was great getting to discuss the wonderful things about your child! 
This week we are back to another full week of learning! 

Here is what's happening this week:

Writing: This week we are starting opinion essays. We will be learning the structure of essays and begin thinking about our topics. I am excited to see what topics they come up with!

Here is the basic structure of their essays. 

Reading: This week we will be wrapping up inferring. We will also start working on summarizing texts. Please encourage your child to give a short summary after their ten minutes of reading.

Word Study: Their word study contracts are due Thursday, October 6. Purple and Green groups will test this Wednesday. Blue and Orange groups will test this Thursday.

Social Studies: Mrs. Jardon will be here this week to teach the students all they need to know about the Louisiana Purchase! She is an expert and has a lot of interesting information to share!

Math: We are starting chapter 5 this week. Chapter 5 covers two-digit by two-digit multiplication. Please continue practicing multiplication facts with your child!

Important Updates:
11/3 - Adopt-A-Family Kicks off
11/7 - Jingles for Jammies 
11/11 - Veteran's Day
11/12 - Early Release
11/17 - Academic All Star, 6:00

Halloween Party

Our Halloween Party was a hit! Thank you to everyone who helped! 

Pumpkin Run

We had a great time and the Pumpkin Run!!

Halloween Parade

Our class showed off heir wonderful costumes at the parade. 

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