Here’s what we were up to this week"
Math: This week we had four math lessons and a flex day. We focused on estimation and traditional addition strategies. If you noticed that your son/daughter struggled with any of these concepts on the pretest, these would be great things to practice on either IXL or the home links. These are on top of the math fact fluency practice that they should be doing. We want to work on everyone getting 90 percent or better on their first math assessment in a few weeks.
Reading: Students have been doing a great job getting into our routines during reading. We finished up benchmarking last week and most of us finished the NWEA Reading Test. We will begin guided groups this week.
Writing: This week we began personal narratives. We focused on special people, places, and events in our lives. We created a beginning, middle, and end plan to map out that story. We also wrote fantastic leads that pull our readers in. Finally, we added dialogue to our stories to help the reader know how our characters were thinking and feeling.
PBL: We spent this week on a mini PBL unit about healthy brains and bodies. This week we will begin a fantastic unit on our government.
Forms to Return: A permission slip went home with your student on Friday. Please sign it and have them return it.
Upcoming: A link was sent to you this week to sign up for conferences. If you have not done so yet, please sign up here.
I’m looking forward to another great week! Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
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