Hi,
We were disappointed on Friday that we were unable to meet with our pen pals but will reschedule as soon as possible. I will let you know details when I have them.
Reading and Social Studies-Last week we read about Japanese Internment Camps during WWII and will continue studying them this coming week. We also used reading strategies to take notes as we read our SS textbook and learned about the Texas Revolution. We will comparing and contrasting the lives of Sam Houston and Lorenso de Zavala. We will be having a test on the Texas Revolution on Friday. A study guide will come home tomorrow.
Math- We are beginning to learn about decimals and how decimals and fractions are related. We will be using lots of manipultatives to help us understand the concept of decimals as we apply them to real life examples.
Writing-Our rough drafts are very good so far. We will be finishing up our writing pieces this week and the kids are working very hard to make sure that their story topic is important to them and unique, that they are using good word choice and descriptive writing, and are describing the experience and telling why it is important to them. We will be working on endings and adding truism to their writing as well as editing for final publication.
We have a writing benchmark on Wednesday and probably part of Thursday. We will be completing a multiple choice section that works on combining sentences, grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation and then going through the writing process as they write to a prompt. This will include prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and writing their final copy. This test will be similar to what they will need to do independently on the TAKS test in the beginning of March. The children should work hard and be tired after the entire day of writing. I am excited to see the progress that your children have made since the benchmark at the beginning of the year!
Mrs. Peterson and I are organizing a Writing Club that will be held on every other Thursday afterschool from 2:45-4:00. (Students will need to provide their own transportation) It will be open to students from second grade to fifth grade. We will have a mini-lesson and then the children will write. They can work on writing that they are doing in class or they can work on their own writing. Teachers will be there to conference individually with students about their writing. Then we will have a sharing time during which students may share some of the writing that they have been working on. We will be starting on Thursday, January 27. Let me know if your child may be interested. It is going to be AWESOME! I am so excited to be a part of it!
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, January 18-Service Club Meeting in rm 512 from 2:45-4:00pm
Friday, January 21-SS test on Texas Revolution
Science Checkpoint #4 due
Monday, January 24-book orders due with payment
Thursday, January 27-Group and Individual Spring Pictures
Writing Club meets afterschool 2:45-4:00pm
Friday, January 28-Completed Science Projects Due-Presentations in class-1/28-2/4
Marathon Mileage forms due to PE
Go Green Meeting @ 9:30 in PTA portable
Friday, February 4-Science Fair and Math & Science Night
Science Fair during the day.
5-7pm-Math & Science Night
5-7:30-Book Fair
5-8pm-Science Fair Viewing in the Cafeteria
Monday, February 14-Valentine's Day Party in PM
Go to The Court to visit with Pen Pals in AM
Tuesday, February 15-Friday, February 18-WRITING CAMP!!!! More info to come!
Tuesday, March 1-TAKS Writing Test for 4th graders
Have a great week. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks,
Pam Bartholomew
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