Weekly Happenings

Hello! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I cannot wait to hear all about the student's long weekend!

Here is what's happening this week:

Writing: I am so impressed with the planning the students have done for their essays so far! This week we will work on making decisions for which pieces of evidence to include in their essays and how to organize those pieces. We will also will be writing introductions and conclusion paragraphs for our essay.

Reading: We will continue working on using story elements to summarize fiction texts.
Please encourage your child to summarize the part of the text they read for their nightly homework.

Word Study: The students will be working on different sorts with their words. Their next test is tentatively scheduled for December 11th and 12th.

Science: This week we will continue to learn about the three types of rocks and how each of those rocks are formed. We will also study how weathering and erosion affect the Earth.

Math: This week we will continue to work on long division.  We will spend some time reviewing the long division steps. We will also be solving word problems using division. The students will need to interpret the remainder to answer the word problems.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Important Reminders:
12/3 and 12/5 - Book Fair
12/6 - Winter Festival 
12/7 - Winter Musical 
12/10 - Early Release 

Turkey Time!

We made summaries of The Princess and the Pizza using turkeys! 

Weekly Happenings!

Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend! We had a great week last week celebrating the students' Blue Ribbon success! With Thanksgiving coming up, this week is only a two day week! I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Here is what's happening this week:

Writing: We are continuing to work on our essays. The students have been creating stories to support their bullet reasons. This week they will learn how to create lists that also support their bullet reasons. We will also begin sorting through all of our evidence to decide which pieces are best to include.

Reading: We will finish the Princess and the Pizza. We have been using story elements to help make predictions. We will also use those story elements to summarize the text. As you read at home ask your child to tell you who the main characters are, what the setting is, and to describe the plot in a few sentences.

Word Study: All groups will test today! They will get their new words tomorrow. Their next test is tentatively scheduled for December 11th and 12th.

Science: This week we will be learning about the different types of rocks and how they are formed. We will be making flip books to help learn about the three different types!

Math: We will be learning the traditional algorithm for long division today! Please continue working on multiplication and division facts at home!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Important Reminders:
No School - 11/26-11/28
CLC Meeting: 11/25
Adopt-a-Family: 11/24-11/25 
    *This week's theme is personal items. Feel free to bring in anything you can, though! Thanks! 

Writing Goals

After working hard on their essays, the students made goals on how to improve their piece! 

Mrs. Hausner, a retired Concord teacher, gave a lesson on the pilgrims and Plymouth Rock! 

Blue Ribbon Students

We had a great week celebrating the Blue Ribbon Award! 

Virtual Lab Classifying Minerals

Using a virtual lab, the students classified minerals using their properties!