Hey Families!
I apologize for not sending the newsletter out to you this week. I had a training during the mornings of Monday, Tuesday, AND Wednesday. Preparing for a sub take a lot of prep, so three days out took a lot of my time! Thank you for giving me a little Grace this week :)
Here is what we are learning when we get back from Thanksgiving Break!
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I apologize for not sending the newsletter out to you this week. I had a training during the mornings of Monday, Tuesday, AND Wednesday. Preparing for a sub take a lot of prep, so three days out took a lot of my time! Thank you for giving me a little Grace this week :)
Here is what we are learning when we get back from Thanksgiving Break!
Reading
11.14 We started poetry. We read poems from different books and described how it made us feel. We focused on stanzas, line breaks, line numbers, and rhyming words. We also focused on repeating words and how those repeated words change the poem.
11.28 We will be focusing on classifying the poems. There are three types of poems: humorous, lyrical, and narrative. These poems can either be free verse or rhyming. The kids will hopefully master how to determine whether the poem is free verse or narrative, and then place the poem into the category of humorous, lyrical, or narrative.
Here is a video that I found that explains it. Just note that in Texas, we teach that Free Verse can be any of the three types:
Watch the video: HERE
Math
11.14 We wrapped up area of rectangles. We will go back and extend our learning of area later in the year, but this past week focused just on rectangles. We use area = length times with. Sometimes the questions give us just the area and we have to use our knowledge of multiplication to determine which two factors could equal the area. Sometimes we are given the are and one side of a shape.
11.28. We will introduce division. The kids will explore how division is taking a whole, and separating the whole into equal parts. They will also understand the different ways that division can be represented in picture form.
To see an example: CLICK HERE
Math Skip Counting Songs!
We begin every math block singing our multiplication facts to popular tunes. The kids just love it because it is one big dance party. I am providing the link in case your child wants to show you. They have learned 3's. 4's, 6's, and will be starting 8's when we get back :)
Science:
Formation of Soil
Rapid Changes
Social Studies:
Communities and Education
Bill Gates
The kids will create a movie about Bill Gates that shares his accomplishments.
Book Fair!
Check out the Google Calendar for more important dates!
Secret Code:
What is your child's favorite item to eat on Thanksgiving?
OR What was one thing your child did over Thanksgiving Break?
