Weekly Update 9.17.19
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On September 17, 2019
Thank you for remembering to stop by and check in to our weekly updates. Don’t forget to locate the secret word below and write it in your child’s agenda for an extra class dojo point.
Be on the Lookout for…
- Tuesday folders are coming home today. It includes papers from the office or PTA. Work samples will make their way home next week along with 1st quarter interim reports.
- Scholastic Book Orders are due tomorrow Sept 18th by 4pm. Our class code is: GPPF6.
- Here’s how it works: 1) SIGN UP at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, click the “register” button in “First time here?” section. Register your own username and password. When prompted, enter the one-time class activation code shown above. This code ensures your order is sent to me. 2) SELECT the books you’d like to order- choose from thousands of titles; far more than seen in the paper flyers 3) SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child’s books will be delivered to my classroom and handed out to them. Usually within a week!
- Field trip details and payment information came home last week. Please take your time and read carefully. Make sure all necessary forms are completely filled out. The online school payment (OSP) system is HIGHLY encouraged so large amounts of money is not in the hands of children and I am not using instructional time to receipt money. This option will open on Sept 24th! All paperwork should be returned by Sept 30th. We are accepting unlimited chaperones for our 1st trip to the Science Museum on October 30th, however you must be a registered WCPSS volunteer which you can do in person at the Oakview office. If you are interested in chaperoning a student group, please dojo Mrs. Vaughan and let her know. You will need to pay the $10 entrance fee at the museum that day. Thanks!
This week in Literacy:
- Students are finishing literacy assessments this week in the areas of fluency, comprehension and context clues. These will help give us an idea of what students know and give us a baseline on how far students will grow this year.
- We are also learning about characters- their traits and motivation, and how their actions impact the story. Students will practice telling basic story elements and answering right there questions.
- In writing, we are having a great time writing a personal narrative about an injury we have had. The more details, the better the story! Our stories will be told in a Diary of a Wimpy Kid format using band-aids as the illustrations to show our story:) word- ouch
This week in Math:
This week students are wrapping up Unit 1 where we focused on when to use multiplication and division, and connected patterns to this skill. Those assessments will come home next week.
This quarter in social studies: In 1st quarter, students will learn about Economics and Financial Literacy
Objectives for this quarter are:
| 3.E.1 | Understand how the location of regions affects activity in a market economy. |
| 3.E.2 | Understand entrepreneurship in a market economy. |
This quarter in science: Our 1st science unit is Force and Motion
Objectives for this quarter are:
3.P.1.1 Infer changes in speed or direction resulting from forces acting on an object.
3.P.1.2 Compare the relative speeds (faster or slower) of objects that travel the same distance in different amounts of time.
3.P.1.3 Explain the effect of Earth’s gravity on the motion of any object on or near the Earth.
3.P.3.1 Recognize that energy can be transferred from one object to another by rubbing them against each other.
