Hi,
We had a busy and fun week! The children have been researching,
writing, and revising their Black History Month. They've used at
least two sources and note cards to record important information.
They wrote a central idea statement, then organized the information
into examples of the ways their person worked for equality and
freedom. We have worked together to revise and edit to make their
essay ready for publication. Most of the kids have finished typing
their essay! Great job!
Reading-We spent a lot of time researching. We read a wonderful book
called Granddaddy's Gift about a man in Mississippi who tries to
register to vote but is discouraged and threatened because he is
black. The kids wrote summaries and responses as well as participated
in great discussions about the book and its content. We are also
reading a new read aloud called Wonder. Ask your child about Auggie's
Halloween experience.
Writing-In addition to working on our essays, we practiced using
transition words to connect our sentences. We used the sentences- Dad
and I went fishing. Mom made our lunches. We came up with many
different ways to connect these sentences using transition words like:
while, before, but, then, first, etc... We are working on adding
more transition words to our writing to make our sentences flow
smoothly.
Math-Fractions and decimals are our focus. We used manipulatives to
help us understand various concepts in fractions and decimals and will
continue next week with more games and hands on activities as well as
problem solving.
Social Studies-The Texas Revolution is beginning. We are learning
about the reasons for the desire for Texas Independence and the early
battles. Next week we will continue our study by reading historical
fiction novels about the revolution as our new book club books. These
exciting stories will bring the true events to life for us and enable
us to practice comprehension skills at the same time.
Homework this week:
Read and record on log-150 min./week
1 reading response and summary due on Fri.
2 writing entries due-one narrative, one expository or essay due on Fri.
math paper each night
Convention sentences test on Fri.
Word Study Assessment on Fri.
Dates to remember:
Monday, January 21-No School
Tuesday, January 22-Science Projects due and Presentations begin
Thursday, January 24-Writing Club meets
Friday, January 25-Mad Science Assembly
Wednesday, January 30-Spring and Group Photos, Pen Pal Visit at 1:00
pm in art room
Thursday, January 31-Service Club meets, Math and Science Night
Friday, February 1- Feb. 8-Jump Rope for Heart, Book Fair in Library
Saturday, Feb. 2-Volunteer at Serving Center from 9-10am
Have a great weekend! Thank you for all your support at home. I
can't wait to see all the Science Project presentations! We have a
lot of very cool experiments with interesting results! It is
wonderful to see your children so excited about their accomplishments
and about science!
Sincerely,
Pam
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