Conference sign ups are open! They will take place on October 17th and 18th. Ours are scheduled a little differently since we have so many families to meet with. In addition to after school and evening conferences, we also offer some during the school day. If you are unable to make a conference but would still like to meet with us, we are also happy to talk over the phone with you. We look forward to seeing everyone soon!
Character Traits
Last week, students began learning about different character traits and how to write our thinking with evidence. This will support students as they begin to make inferences about the characters they are reading in their books. You will see an assignment come home later this week that asks students to think of a person they know from their own lives, or a fictional character that exemplifies a new character trait that they have learned. They will be asked to write evidence to support their choice and to illustrate the character or person in a way that shows off the trait. We practiced this assignment in school last week and will do some review this week prior to it going home. Below you can see students thinking deeply about the characters in the picture books they have been reading in school.
Book Orders
Scholastic Book Flyers went out last week. The orders will be due next Tuesday. Our classroom code to order online is H3M9C.
Math Workshop
Last week we started our learning on rounding numbers. Students were introduced to one of two projects to work on throughout the week to showcase and practice their new learning. After completing the project, students were able to share what they learned through a Flipgrid. As we start to use Flipgrid to show our learning we will be focusing on making sure that our Flipgrid presentation is used to share what we have actually learned and present our ideas in a clear manner. This is something that we will focus on as we continue to use this great tool.
If your child goes to show you his/her Flipgrid from last week, it might not be "active" on the website because he/she might have been missing some of the expectations for presenting the Flipgrid. If this is the case, your child can revise their Flipgrid this week for homework so that they can practice meeting the expectations.
Last week we also completed a pre-assessment on addition and subtraction. This assessment was able to show what your child knows and what your child doesn't know YET. Students will continue to be pulled in small groups this week to help them learn the parts of addition and subtraction that they need to become proficient in. Students that already understand how to add and subtract larger numbers will be focused on how to check their work for accuracy. This will be an important step for ALL students as we are working to develop mathematicians that have an understanding for math concepts, but also want to be accurate in their answers.
Science
We have started our year learning about Sound. Students have been introduced to how whales and dolphins communicate with each other. They were able to create a pictorial representation to show the change in pitch and duration of sound throughout a Humpback whales song.
Students also started to learn about another type of communication that uses sound....Morse Code. There was a lot of excitement in the classroom as students were trying to "crack" the code and try to figure out what their classmates were communicating.
Have a great week!
Jen and Jaime
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