What's Happening 01/23-01/27

Hey, Families!

Earlier this week, I passed out a 6 Flags Read to Succeed packet. The kids must read a certain amount of minutes and have a parent signature in order to receive a FREE 6 Flags ticket.

If your child has lost their paper, please have them ask me for another packet.

I hope y'all have a relaxing weekend.

What We Are Learning:

Math:

Paired Number tables
Example:
Click and scroll to page 5 (CLICK HERE)

Multiplication as a comparison:
Example:

**Carl has 9 pencils. Jesse has 3 times as many pencils as Carl. How many pencils does Jesse have?

**Michael has 5 times as many books as Ellie. Michael has 20 books. How many does Ellie have?

**Landon’s pig weighs 5 times as much as his dog. Together, the animals weigh 120 pounds. What does Landon’s pig

Reading:

Theme and Genre

Language Arts:

Possessives and Quotation Marks
Sounds of Ou (could, touch, through, bought) 3.24vi

Writing:

Personal Narratives 

Social Studies: 

Week 13 Heroes/Inventors  1B, 2C, 11B, 14B, 16A-B, 17 Benjamin Banneker
George Washington Carver

Science:

The Sun and the Water Cycle

Have a great week! 

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What's Happening 01/08-01/12

Hey Families!

On Thursday, I sent a note home about G/T testing. If you feel that your child would qualify, please email me and I will send you a permission slip.

Accelerated Reader

This week we launched AR! The kids are really pumped about it. Before break, your child took our reading district screener. Based on that test, your child was given their ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) which gives them a range of books that are just right books for them. 

For example: Let's say a child's reading level is a 3.7. This means (the kids don't know this detailed) that they are reading on a 3rd grade level in the 7th month of school. Their ZPD will be a 2.9-4.2. There are colored dots assigned to the books that match these levels. 

The kids can read books from this level so they don't become frustrated. Each month, the kids will take another reading screener and their level will move appropriately so we can make sure they are reading appropriate books. 

My first school did a similar program, but AR is new to Castleman. Please allow us some grace as we implement it this semester. 

What We Are Learning:

Math:

2 by 1 digit multiplication

Reading:

Literary Nonfiction

This unit is my FAVORITE to teach! This past week we learned about the man that invented basketball. Next week we will learn about the inventor of the Ferris Wheel and the man that created the donut!

Language Arts:

Commas in a series

Spelling: -igh

Writing:

Procedural Writing

Social Studies: 

Healthy Communities

Science:

Weather

Have a great week! 

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