Week of October 5th

 

Fall Conferences

Please make sure to sign up for a time with your student's teacher. All conferences will be virtual for safety reasons. If there is not a time on your classroom's sign up, please let your student's teacher know as we are happy to make accommodations!

Important Reminders

Please take the time to complete the parent survey if you have not done so already. This information provides us with a better understanding of your student!

Please make sure your student is bringing a water bottle to school every day.

Please make sure your student has a snack -- if you would like to donate to the class you may as long as it is goldfish or pretzels. Bringing their own snack every day is highly encouraged!

Important Dates

10/14 - Late start day

10/15 - Half day for Fall Conferences (dismissal @ 12:34pm)

10/16 - Half day for Fall Conferences (dismissal @ 12:34pm)

This Week We Learned...

For Language Arts, we are focusing on the book Cats vs. Dogs. This is a nonfiction book that we have paired with the fictional book, Dog vs. Cat, from the previous week. Students had to choose which one would be the winner in their opinion, cats or dogs. They have worked hard on writing this both with a rough draft and final copy! Their hard work is being displayed in the hallway before being sent home.

In Math, students learned how to add using two different ways. Students practiced using partial sums to add as well as traditional addition. We also learned a few different math games to play during our math workshop time!

We learned about trait variation, inheritance, and artificial selection with apples in Science. Students were able to experiment with different types of apples and explore the differences between them. 

The focus of Social Studies this week has been learning about our great state of Michigan. Please make sure to practice the map at home as we will be testing next week on Tuesday.

Next week's word study can be found below.

Word Study

The words your student needs to know how to spell for 

next week Friday (October 16th) are: 

speaking, writing, escaping, dreaming, smiling