Hi,
We worked so hard this week at school and at home. Our entire class should be proud of the effort that they put into their learning. I sure am proud of them! Thank you for your help and support at home.
The kids are coming home with a math packet that has problems from category 1 which includes place value, numeration, operations, fractions, and decimals. We went over the whole packet today in class. Please review this with your child over the weekend. You can make a game where you change the numbers and you do a problem and share your strategy, then your child does a problem (or the same problem) and shares his/her strategies. Be sure to encourage checking over work (always add to check after subtracting) and being sure to answer the question that was asked.
Continue to read and discuss books this weekend also. (summarize the story, look at tricky words in context and discuss meanings, how did characters change throughout book, how would you describe characters, what imagery or figurative language did the author use) Reading logs are due on Monday.
As you know, next week is our STAAR testing. Your child will take the Math STAAR on Tuesday and the Reading STAAR on Wednesday. Be sure to get to bed early, eat breakfast, and send water and healthy snacks. Breakfast is free at school all week! Effort is very important as well as focus and taking time. The test is timed but the children will have plenty of time to finish. Taking breaks as needed is a good way to refocus and be ready to continue working. I am excited for the class to get a chance to show off all the great things that they’ve learned this year and throughout their lives. I am very proud of this class and know that they will try their best.
The Forest Creek Service Club is continuing to collect food and books for the Round Rock Serving Center. Please send in items and put them in the box by the office. We will be going to volunteer at the Serving Center on Saturday, May 4 from 9-10am. Anyone is welcome to join us!
Reading –In reading this week we read about Antarctica. We read an article about the people striving to reach the South Pole and were surprised by the ending! We also read a journal about the author’s time in Antarctica and a small book about birds, heroes, and the land of Antarctica. We wrote summaries, discussed cause and effect and met in small groups to talk about our thinking.
Writing-We wrote and published pieces for our school’s Rising Star book. We will be submitting poems, narratives, and essays and the teachers will choose about three or four from each category to be published in our campus book. Results will be in by next Friday.
Math-Measurement, geometry, problem solving, operations, etc….. We have done some of everything this week! We will continue reviewing on Monday and will have our geometry vocabulary test. Be sure to play games to practice our words over the weekend. Think Through Math is another great way to practice at home.
Science-We started learning about the water cycle and the sun and will continue with these concepts next week.
Social Studies-We will be learning about Statehood next week. We will have a Sam Houston presentation on May 1.
Thank you for all your support. Look for another email regarding conference dates and times.
Sincerely,
Pam
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