“Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Important Information
It was wonderful seeing most of you on Tuesday Night. Being involved in your child’s education is so important. If you ever have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me.
Madison and Jayden C.’s moms have volunteered to be our class parents this year. I am going to be collecting $15 from each family to cover the cost of parties and supplies for our crafts. This is a change from what I said at Back to School Night. A letter will be going home regarding this. Please respond as soon as possible.
Scholastic book orders forms were sent home last week. They are due on Tuesday, September 27th. You can always order books online by going to Scholastic.com/readingclub and using our classrooom code GZBYH.
Me Collage information went home last week. It is due on Friday, September 30th. This is supposed to be a fun project that ties in with our beginning of the year chapter book, Judy Moody was in a Mood. Please let me know if you have any question.
Academics
Math: We are continuing to work on understanding multiplication. We are now going to focus on area. The vocabulary for this module include unit square, square unit and area.
Religion: Our focus is on the Bible. All students need to have a Bible in class. If your child need to purchase one from the school, the cost is $20. Our prayer video this week is Love God, Love People by Danny Gokey
Social Studies: We are in our chapter on Our Environment. We will focus on land and water. We will be discussing the various regions of the United States. The children are also practicing their geography skill using Blooket.
Science: In this lesson, students will learn how we can infer what the outside of an animal looked like by using clues about their skeleton. In the visual activity, Guess What These Animals Eat, students examine photos of skulls of both familiar animals and dinosaurs to figure out what each animal eats.
ELA: For Unit 1, Weeks 1 and 2 our essential question is “How do people from different cultures contribute to a community?” Following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.
- Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
- Shared Reading: Room to Grow
- Anchor Text: Gary the Dreamer
- Paired Selection: Sharing Cultures
- Comprehension: Ask and Answer Questions; Headings and Maps
- Text Structure: Chronology
- Author’s Purpose
- Vocabulary Words
- admires
- classmate
- community
- contribute
- practicing
- pronounce
- scared
- tumbled
- Compound Words
- Synonyms
- Week 2 Spelling Words: Short Vowels e, o, and u; Structural Analysis: Inflectional Endings
- step
- mess
- head
- crops
- stop
- rock
- clock
- sock
- pond
- jumps
- shut
- luck
- slump
- bugs
- mug
- clap
- sick
- snack
- ready
- does
- Week 2 Grammar
- Command and Exclamation
Test and Quizzes
Friday – Spelling and Reading Comprehension Tests (Note: The reading comprehension test will be on “cold reads”. They are not on any of the stories we read in class. They will cover the skills we discussed.)
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]