Week of Sept 10th

Important Dates:

- September 10- ESOL Ambassador meeting

Wear Yellow for World Suicide Prevention Day & Mental Health Awareness Day

- September 11- School Governance Meeting

- September 14 Runapalooza Kick-Off

Things to Do:

-Please make sure to check your child's folder nightly!

-If you have not done so already, please be sure to download the Seesaw Parent App to see all of the amazing things your kiddos are learning!

What We're Learning:

Reading:

As readers this week we are looking at what we can learn from our strong characters. Our theme this week will be "Appreciate what you have." As good readers, we will think about the moral and central message of our stories. Good readers describe how characters overcome challenges.

ELA:

Mentor Sentences: We will study plural nouns. We will deepen our understanding using our mentor text Chrysanthemum

Phonics: Inital blends

Writing: We will work to create our own Best of me writing.

Math 2.1:

We are getting closer to our first unit test. This week we will begin reviewing by looking at mixed addition and subtraction word problems adding and subtracting units of tens. We will continue to use CUBES to help identify the words to help us determine which to use! We will also look back at bar graphs and picture graphs with a deeper look at analyzing the data within. We will also connect our studies in science by reading and analyzing table charts.

Math 2.2:

We are continuing to strengthen our skills in adding fluently with numbers through 1,000. We will be looking at a variety of strategies including number bonds (or part/part/wholes), base ten blocks, totals below, and the traditional algorithm. Which method works best for you?

Math 3.1:

We are working on rounding our numbers in the tens and hundreds. We will use this to help estimate our answers as we continue to practice our addition and subtraction.

Science:

We are so excited to start our first science unit! We will begin by taking a look at what a scientist is. Who are some famous scientists? How can we practice safe science? And what exactly is the scientific method?