September 9- 13

Well the heat is back!  Hopefully it won’t affect our week ahead, but we will have to wait and see!  This week is packed pretty full!

I want to start off to say that the Chapter 2 test for Science went really well this week.  I am glad to see that.  Students were asked to write the page number that the answer was found on.  That helped to make sure that they really located the answer rather than just guess.  I was really excited to see that!  This week, students will begin chapter three in Science.  This chapter tackles what each part of the ecosystem needs to survive in their particular ecosystem.  We will address this chapter with discussion and activities, and will have our open book quiz on Thursday.  I hope to see the same progress as last week!

In Math this week, we will begin by reviewing for our test Monday.  We will test on chapter 2 on Tuesday.  Students can prepare for their test by using their Math Notebooks.  All information will be in the very front.  On Wednesday, we will begin addition and subtraction practice.  We will look at expressions and properties through Friday.

We will finish up working with long o spelling patterns this week.  On Thursday, plan on seeing a practice page titled “Dear Parents”.  This is an activity to prepare for the test that will be on Friday. 

In Reading, we will finish our literature study on Sarah, Plain and Tall.  We will discuss the book as a whole, and then use their Reader’s Notebooks to “think” about the text as a whole in their writing.  Students will then focus on the Main Idea in reading.  In Reading, we will use picture books to illustrate aspects of reading.  We will start that this week.  Students will be asked to begin using the vocabulary of main idea in their everyday language.  These words are “main idea”, “supporting details”, and “theme”.  We will use several activities to help students find the Main Idea. 

Writing this week focuses on the four types of sentences; declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative.  This vocabulary should become very familiar to them.  You may want to talk about each sentence type with your child.  We will play several games, and participate in some fun activities to help students become familiar with the sentence types, and how they are punctuated.