What's Happening 10/31

Happy Halloween! 

I would love to see some fun costumes! Please email me a picture so I can share with the class :) 

Reading:

Cause and Effect
Here is a good explanation: CLICK HERE
The cause is the WHY, the effect is the WHAT.
We will be searching for cause and effect in non-fiction texts. 

Writing/Grammar

Conjunctions: CLICK HERE
Wrapping up our expository story. Once the kids finish, they will be working on creative writing till the end of the 6 week (next Friday).

Multiplication!

EEK! This is my favorite favorite favorite! 
This week we are discussing how there are many different ways to represent a multiplication problem. This will help the kids later if they forget a fact and need to problem solve to find the answer. 

The different ways include:

Equal Groups
Repeated Addition
Skip Count
Number Line
Area Model 
Array
To see example of this click HERE

Parent Help: Give your child a multiplication sentence and ask them to represent it using one of the ways above! Make it interesting by using beans and pipe cleaners. 

Learn to skip count with songs!

Here is one I found for the tricky 7's! 
More skip counting songs:

Science/Social Studies

Magnets
Ruby Bridges 

Secret Code:

Does your child like chocolate or sour candy more? 

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What's Happening 10/24

Reading

Summary and Comprehension Focus: Monitor and Adjust Comprehension

Summarize information in text, maintaining meaning and logical order. 

For the past 2 weeks, we looked at sections of texts and learned what the main idea of the sections are. This coming week, we will learn how a summary of a nonfiction text are the main ideas of all the sections put together to be a summary. 

Here are some online websites: 
Have your child read articles from these sites, or magazines found at home. Ask your child to find the main idea of the sections. What is the section mostly about? What details explain or prove the main idea? 

Spelling and Grammar: 

Spelling: ee, ea, and oo words

Grammar: simple and compound sentences 

Math

Determine the length of the perimeter of a polygon or a missing length given perimeter and remaining side lengths in problems. 

Kids will be given shapes and asked to add up all of the lengths like this:

They will also (this is trickier) be asked to find the missing length of one side given the total perimeter. 


Science:

Magnetism and Gravity

Social Studies:

The Founding of a Nation: Benjamin Franklin 

Red Ribbon Week! 

Just a reminder that next week is packed with dress up days! A reminder note was sent home today. All of the dress up days are also on the Google Calendar! 

Secret Question:

What will be your favorite dress up day this week?

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What We're Learning! 10/17

Happy Friday!

Reading:

Analyze, make inferences, and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. 

Main Idea 
ReadWorks is a FREE website that I have provided on the Home Activities tab. 
Once you create a free account click the link below for main idea passages:


Spelling/Grammar/Writing

Expository Text (3rd week)

Spelling: ui, ew, ai, ay 

Spelling Word Families paper here:
Spelling Lessons:

Subject and Predicates (2nd Week)

"The who and the what" in a sentence
FREE Subject and predicate game:

Subject and Predicate Quiz (for extra work)

Math:

3rd Week problem solving skills.
This is the song we sing when we solve a problem. Ask your child to sing it. They DEFINITELY know it! 

Read Twice
Underline the questions 'cause it tells what must be found
write your find
soooooolve, the way we solve is we
act it out
choose a strategy
show your work! 

Please see the previous newsletter to see the different ways that we represent a word problem:
strip diagram, number line, and base 10 blocks. 

Science and Social Studies:

Force and Motion (2nd Week)
Founding Fathers

Please bring in box tops! :) 


Secret Newsletter Code:Write a sentence with 3 nouns and 1 adjective.


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What's New (10/10-10/15)

What We're Learning:

Math:
2nd week of problem solving (3 weeks total)
Ask your child to sing you the problem solving song.
Representing word problems in MANY different ways.
Check out what I mean here----> (CLICK HERE)


Reading: 
Main idea in non-fiction texts.
I encourage you to open a magazine with your child and ask them about the text features that they notice! How does the text feature you are pointing to help the reader? 

Grammar:
Subject and Predicate

Spelling: 
Prefixes and Suffixes 
-tion endings

Writing:
Expository Writing

Social Studies: 
Celebrate Freedom Week
Thomas Jefferson

UIL Permission Slips

UIL permission slips are going home Friday! I highly encourage you to chat with your child about trying out.

NO SCHOOL:

Monday, October 10th
Friday October 7th, Wear midway colors! 
October 13th is Fall picture day! 

Secret Code:

If you had to give up ONE of the two food items below and never eat it again, 
what would you (kid) pick?
Pizza OR Cupcakes/Cakes ? 

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