I would like to invite you to visit our student blogs (links at bottom right) to read their writing and leave some positive feedback. Having an authentic audience is crucial to improving student writing. Students will continue to post at least one reading response per week and one processed writing piece per month.
Please consider donating to our project, A Need for Nonfiction, on www.donorschoose.org. The project will expire on 11/1 and we are only $250 away from getting it funded. If the project is not funded by 11/1, the donations already acquired will be lost. This project will expose our children to engaging nonfiction texts so they can increase their knowledge about various topics. Any amount truly helps! Many times, a 3rd party will donate the remaining amount once we get closer to the goal.
Please note that Pastries for Parents has been changed to Monday, 10/16. Here is what is happening this week:
Tuesday: Picture makeups
Friday: library
Here is what we are learning:
Language Arts: We have begun Unit 3 and have read about Rachel Carson, Theodore Roosevelt, and John Muir.
Writing: We will continue research skills and begin researching for our biographies. Students will learn how to take notes by paraphrasing on index cards and how to record source information on a record log for their bibliography.
Read Aloud: Book Trailers of 90 Miles to Havana (completed in groups) will be due this Friday.
Math: Division of Fractions, Whole Numbers, and Mixed Numbers using models and algorithms. Please review the parent resource that was sent home to help your child at home with this concept.
Science: Week 2 with Mrs. Benson
PE: Ultimate Frisbee – forehand throws
