Weekly Update 3.26.25
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On March 26, 2025
Be on the lookout:
- Student folders come home today. Students will also bring their landform and water feature clay map home. Ask them to share their design with you! Please review and send back the empty folder.
- ☠️We have an end of unit reading celebration on Thurs, March 27th. A Pirate Party! Thank you to all who donated to make this event a huge success. Student are welcome to wear anything Peter Pan or Pirate themed. I hear a rumor that Captain Hook may show up! word-Hook
- We had an awesome time at the Greensboro Science Center last week. Thank you chaperones! If you have any pics to add to our shared drive, or want to just see the photos we got, please click here!
- Spring break is next week. No school for students. We return MONDAY, APRIL 7th (previously a teacher workday). Please let me know if your child will be absent- I already know Kai and Evelyn will return a little later from their break 🙂
This week in Literacy:
️Reading passport- Students have until Friday, March 28th (day before spring break) 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:) This is meant to be FUN; please be sure your child isn’t stressing and staying up until midnight reading! Thank you for supporting your child as we push them to be voracious readers with improved reading stamina!
In Module 3 we will focus on reading classic chapter books. As a class will will dive deep into Peter Pan by JM Barrie and use this text to explore text dependent questions, character traits, point of view, theme, and more! Please check for any classics you can get your hands on to share at home. A list of some great classics can be found here.
This week in Math:
Students FINISH a lengthy, but exciting Fractions unit this week. 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
This week in Science:
ESS.3.2 Understand the structures of the Earth’s surface using models. ESS.3.2.1 Use models to compare Earth’s saltwater and freshwater features (including oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, and glaciers). ESS.3.2.2 Use models to compare Earth’s land features (including volcanoes, mountains, valleys, canyons, caverns, and islands).
