Readers’ Workshop
This week we will continue exploring clues in the
context of the stories we read. We will
recognize how these clues can help us determine the meanings of unknown
words. We will be examining homographs
(words with similar spellings but different meanings depending on the context)
and will end the week by introducing common prefixes and suffixes. Be sure to check out the blog later this week
for more information about the prefixes and suffixes we are exploring!
Scholastic orders are due this Thursday. Look for a reminder in the Tuesday Folder!
Writers’ Workshop
We will continue
drafting our memoirs this week. Our
focus will be to include oodles of exact, true details in our pieces. Students will be reviewing and ultimately
adding sensory details (details that appeal to the five senses) to their
drafts. These details will help bring
their stories to life and let readers feel as though they were in that moment
with the author. We will then move
toward noticing our strengths and weaknesses as writers, as we move toward the
editing phase.
Skills
Students should study and
complete one of the homework options for list 2. Our quiz will be Friday. The quiz will also
cover our skills topic of the week, regular and irregular, plural nouns. Our daily skills sheet (in their ROAR folder)
will serve as their study guide.
Math
Students are practicing solving addition problems
with 3- and 4-digit numbers. We are
discussing different ways to start addition strategies. We are also choosing from among several first
steps (called starter problems) for solving addition problems to find the
solution.
Addition Starter Problems
100 + 200 = _____ 136 + 200 = _____
136+ 4 = _____
Ask your child: Which of these
problems was easiest for you to solve?
Could you solve some of them in your head? The three above problems can be used as
starter problems, or a first step, for solving the below problem?
136 + 127 = _____
The students have an addition strategy quiz on Wednesday, September 18th.
Science
We are concluding our study on how scientists
investigate. The students should
know: They use tools to observe. They keep records and communicate their
results. They observe and infer. They ask questions and perform
experiments. The end of unit assessment
is on Wednesday, September 18th.
Social Studies
Our lesson is Earth’s Land and Water. The quiz will be on Friday, September 20th. Please be sure your child reviews their blue
sheet nightly to be successful.
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