Weekly Update 9.6.22
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On September 6, 2022
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 not coming home today. School papers and work samples will make their way home every 2 weeks. You will still record the secret word from updates EVERY Tuesday though 🙂
- Thank you Mrs. Green and Mrs. Kromenhoek for volunteering to be our co-room moms.
- Students will take the Beginning of Grade State reading test (aka BOG) in class TOMORROW Wednesday, September 7th at 9:30. STUDENTS NEED THEIR CHARGED CHROMEBOOK to take this assessment, so please help ensure this occurs. This test is not a grade and just gives us baseline data to better serve your child. Results will be sent to you a few weeks after. Please let me know ASAP if your child will not be here that day. word- BOG
- Help needed! Ms. Spencer and I have teamed up to provide Scholastic Storyworks magazine to our classes this year. This is a great way to expose students to grade level content across all genres of reading. We are HALFWAY funded and would love your support of $5-$10 to reach our goal. If you would like to donate, please visit our Donors Choose page for Creating Lifelong Readers.
- Mark your calendar- a parent OPEN HOUSE will be Thursday, September 29th at 5:30pm. There will be two 25 minute sessions for parents with more than 1 classroom to visit.
This week in Literacy:
Students are beginning 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 theme and the “gist” of a stories from all over the world. Our goal is to see and connect learning challenges all people face. So far we have been to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Columbia.
This week in Math:
We are continuing to connect repeated addition and patterns to open our minds to multiplication and division concepts. 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.
A year long “Scope and Sequence” which lays out our math curriculum pacing for the year can be found here
This quarter in science: In 1st quarter students will focus on Body Systems; specifically The skeletal, muscular and skin systems.
Objectives for this unit are:
3.L.1 Understand 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 system.
3.L.1.2 Explain why skin is necessary for protection and for the body to remain healthy.
