Weekly Update 3.23.21
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On March 23, 2021
Be on the Lookout for…
- Wednesday, March 24 is an asynchronous day. Students will have assignments posted to Google Classroom. One of them will be the required NCCheckIn (see below)
- Tomorrow March 24th students will take the NCCheckIns for math. Make sure your child’s device has the appropriate program downloaded on it.
- Be on the lookout for NC Check-ins parent letter information in your student’s folder/backpack TODAY. The letter will provide important directions and your student’s access code needed to take the NC Check-ins on March 24th, at 9:30. If you have questions on March 24th between 9:00-11:00, use this link https://meet.google.com/mby-nuni-dny to access to Ms. Hendrickson, Ms. Ramsey and/or Ms. Miller. Be sure to type your name in the chat when you arrive in the meet, so we know who is next in line. If you have any questions prior to March 24th, feel free to email your classroom teacher or Amy Hendrickson at ahendrickson@wcpss.net. word-checkins
- Work samples are included in your child’s folder this week. Please take time to review things your child is proud of (noted with a sticker) or needs to improve on. These do NOT need to be returned.
- Spring Break is next week. Students will be off March 27- April 7th. Enjoy a safe and relaxing break!
This week in Literacy:
Students have 2 reading incentives this month. Please be on the lookout for these items:
1) Reading passport- Students have until March 26th to “Read Across America”. Each 20 minutes of reading equals a new state stamped by me in class on their passport. If they reach the goal of 1000 minutes by the deadline, they will be invited to an afterschool Luau to celebrate their reading stamina! All YOU have to do parents is acknowledge the reading titles and minutes each night at the bottom of agendas. Students are of course encouraged to read over weekends too:)
2) Dr Seuss Reading Bingo- students can earn a prize sheet as a reward for completing 15 of these activities over the course of the month. These can be used simultaneously as they earn reading minutes!
Thank you for supporting your child as we push them to be voracious readers with improved reading stamina!
This week in Math:
Students are finishing a lengthy, but exciting Fractions unit. Lots of vocab is important in understanding this concept. Here is a parent guide for helping you and your student understand our main learning outcomes
Current vocab: numerator, denominator, unit fraction, partition, number line, visual model
TIMED MULTIPLICATION QUIZZES: will continue this week with 7’s. We have previously done 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, and 6’s. The expectation now is that student complete a 16 question quiz with 15/16 or better accuracy within 90 seconds. This will be done paper and pencil version Friday morning. Students will prepare for this by practicing throughout the week using activities from their math board. MAKEUP QUIZZES WILL BE TUESDAYS!!
This week in Science/Social Studies:
3.E.1 Recognize the major components and patterns observed in the Earth/Moon/Sun system.
3.E.1.1 Recognize that the Earth is part of a system called the solar system that includes the sun (a star), planets, and many moons and the Earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system.
3.E.1.2 Recognize that changes in the length and direction of an object’s shadow indicate the apparent changing position of the Sun during the day although the patterns of the stars in the sky, to include the Sun, stay the same.
