In reading this week we will start our first unit of Lead 21. Our theme question is: How do the changes around us make us who we are? We will focus on the skill of determining important information. We will also meet with our first inquiry groups this week and practice working together as a team.
This year we have a new math series called Go Math! I am pretty excited to get started with it! In math this week we will learn about the identity property of addition (adding zero) and the commutative property of addition (order property 4+5=5+4). We will end the week practicing estimating sums.
In social studies we will be discovering where in the world our community is, and in science we will start with some STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities. In a few weeks we will begin Project Lead The Way (forces of flight and simple machines).
Homework (will come home in Tuesday folder): math review and a reading log (students should be reading for at least 15 minutes every night).
We will have our spelling pretests every Monday and our spelling tests each Friday.
Also, tomorrow (Tuesday) we will also take the SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory) just to get a feel for our beginning of the year reading level. We will take this test every quarter to see growth. It is fun to watch the kids make amazing growth with their reading!
Have a great week! :)
Hi Mrs.Peterson! I am looking forward to a good week[;!
ReplyDeleteMe too, Tristan! :)
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