Weekly Update 10.25.16
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On October 24, 2016
Be on the Lookout for…
- This week is Spirit Week here at Oakview. We have already enjoyed Sports Day and Dress Like A Pirate/Book Character Day. Wednesday will be pajama day, Thursday is Mix/match day and Friday is School Spirit day.
- The Scholastic Book Fair is going on this week. Our class previewed books today and will bring home their wishlists. Students may purchase Wednesday during the school day if they would like, or can come to Family Fun Night- Tuesday, October 24 starting at 4:30pm. word- scholastic
- Field trip forms and payments are due asap. The read through all the info, and return ALL permission, lunch, etc forms ASAP. Please use the OSP system to pay for these field trips all at once.
- October 31st will now be a regular school day, NOT a teacher workday. Please let me know if you will not be here so I can plan my day the most effectively.
This week in Literacy:
We will spend the rest of 1st quarter reading and comprehending Fables and Folk Tales. There are major differences between these 2 types of Traditional Literature and your child will be an expert in them. This week our focus on on tall tales and legends, so share your favorite Pecos Bill/John Henry/Paul Bunyan story with your child.
This week, we are continuing our “100 Words You Need to Know” spelling activities. Directions are laid out in the plastic sheet inside agendas, but basically students study 1 group/list per week with a quiz on Friday. They are expected to complete 2 practice activities per week in preparation for this quiz. If they pass all the words, they are finished with spelling tests for the year! If they miss words, they will go into a bank of words to be retested on in makeup weeks in December, January, etc. In short- it pays to study and pass the 1st time!
In writing, we are learning about abstract nouns. Learn more here!
Students are also reviewing prefixes, suffixes and root words to see how meaning can change when adding things before or after the base word.
This week in Math:
It’s here, it’s here! We are officially connecting repeated addition and patterns to open our minds to multiplication and division concepts. The will be the MAJOR focus on 2nd quarter. Memorization of facts is not the goal (YET…) rather, I want to ensure students know when and WHY multiplication should be used. There are tons of great resources for this skill- please check some out here in this amazing math review resource organized by skill.
Concepts to review: place value, addition with regrouping, subtraction with borrowing, rounding to the nearest 10 and 100, quadrilateral, parallelogram, trapezoid, rectangle, square, rhombus
A year long “Scope and Sequence” which lays out our math curriculum pacing for the year can be found here
This quarter in social studies: In 1st quarter, students will learn about Civics and Government.
Objectives for this quarter are:
| 3.C&G.1 | Understand the development, structure and function of local government. |
| 3.C&G.2 | Understand how citizens participate in their communities. |
This quarter in science: In 1st quarter students will focus on the Human Body.
Objectives for this quarter are:
| 3.L.1 | Understand the human body systems and how they are essential for life: protection, movement, and support. |
| 3.L.1.1 | Compare the different functions of the skeletal and muscular systems. |
| 3.L.1.2 | Explain why skin is necessary for protection and for the body to remain healthy. |
