Happy New Year, Everyone!
I hope you all had a terrific holiday. I certainly enjoyed spending lots of time with my family over the winter break.
We have started this term focusing on winter/goal setting (connected to resolutions) and will move onto our unit on Space next week. The students' are very excited about this theme and are already posing a lot of tough questions! We will seek to find the answers together during the upcoming weeks.
In math we are extending our understanding of place value into the thousands and will begin adding/subtracting these numbers. We will focus on numbers that require regrouping/borrowing soon as well. We are also focusing on geometry during 'Explorations'.
In writing, we are focusing on developing our editing skills. To support this, we are beginning a spelling program next week. This program will focus on looking for patterns in words and then transition into learning/memorizing those challenging English words that don't follow a pattern and that are often misspelled. Please check your child's planner pocket early next week for a more detailed explanation.
In reading, we continue to focus on developing skills/confidence via our 'Reader's Workshop'. We have some exciting space-related activities coming up next week which we hope will inspire everyone.
Information/Reminders:
*we will continue to welcome everyone Friday mornings from 8:30-8:45 for Family Reading
*memory book money ($6) is still outstanding for quite a few individuals. I will be sending home a reminder note for those who have not sent it in by the end of the week. Thank you.
*a calendar of January events went home this week, if you did not receive one, please let me know via your child's planner. Noteworthy days include 'Popcorn Day' (15th and 16th), ProD Day (24th) and MacMillan Space Center Fieldtrip (31st-the permission slip will be sent home next week).
Have a great weekend, everyone,
Amanda Roberts
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