Happy Halloween

As we close out the month of October I am pleased and impressed with the depth of our learning so far this school year. This week will round out our parent conferences. Thank you all for taking the time out of your schedule to come in and meet with me. As always, feel free to call or email me as the year progresses.

Reading
    The students will be analyzing a chapter of Charlotte's Web independently and we will be discussing the changes we have seen in Wilbur. We will also be meeting in our small reading groups this week. Our focus will be on character traits and textual evidence.

Writing
    The students will choose a small moment that they are interested in taking through the writing process. We will work on creating an interesting lead and staying in our storyteller voice.

Math
   We have begun working on multiplication. Our focus this week will be on the rules for multiplication and the underlying concepts. We will be working on repeated addition, making arrays, the properties of multiplication and writing multiplication stories. Look for a review packet of these concepts to come home mid-week. This packet is meant for you to support your child's learning at home.

Social Studies
    The students have been working on a landform dictionary in class. We are using the computers to define a variety of landform terms. This week we will complete this work and begin a closer look at the geography of the United States. Our focus will be on the major landforms of the US and how the landforms impact population.

Have a wonderful week and Happy Halloween!

Fire Department, Globes, and Pollination...Oh My!

It is amazing how much we were able to accomplish last week in school. The following photos are just the amazing things we did on Friday! 

We enjoyed a visit from the Elsmere Fire Department.

We had lots of fun making globes.

We pollinated our Wisconsin Fast Plants using real bees!

This week will be just as busy! 

Reading

   We will continue our work with Charlotte's Web. The students are making some wonderful observations and most importantly they are providing textual evidence to support their thinking. We will also begin our guided reading book groups this week. 

Writing

   The students have been working on writing personal narratives using a storytelling voice. We will learn how to punctuate dialog this week. We will also try to edit our work as we write. I hope that you are enjoying our Friday Letters!

Math

   We will finish our addition and subtraction unit this week. The students will take a chapter test on Thursday. On Friday we will begin working on MULTIPLICATION!!!!

Social Studies

   We will paint our globes on Tuesday. Then we will work on creating a landform dictionary. We will be using the computers to research various landforms.

Science

   We are on the final few lessons for our Pollination unit. We will learn about the parts of a flower and we will make our final observations. We will also harvest our seed pods. 

Word Work

    This week we will learn about three more rules for changing a singular noun to a plural noun.