The Jungle Journal for the Week of 9/30/13

Reminders

Fall picture day is this Friday.

Field trip forms and $ are due October 11^th.

Readers’ Workshop

This week we will continue to work with our reading partner, exploring different ways of retelling a story.  Readers might start at the beginning and move forward through the story, or they might start at the current moment in their storyline and then back up.  Reading partners will use these retellings as a way to share and recommend texts with one another.  Ask your child how their partnership is working out!  What have they learned about their partner as a reader?

Writers’ Workshop

Student rough drafts should be completed at this point, as we move towards revising our memoirs.  We will work to construct engaging beginnings and satisfying closings.  Your child is welcome to bring their writing home to show you their progress.  Look for their use of sensory details, as this has been the main focus of this writing project!

Skills

Students should study and complete one of the homework options for list 4.  Our quiz will be Friday. The quiz will also cover our skills topic of the week, action verbs.  Our daily skills sheet (in their ROAR folder) will serve as their study guide.

Math

Students are solving distance riddles in which they find pairs of 2- and 3-digit numbers at given distances from a landmark (such as 100, 200 or 300) and determine the difference between the numbers in each pair.  We are focusing on jumping to landmarks on the number line.  Ask your child the following distance riddle question:  I am 36 more than 200.  What number am I?  I am 36 less than 200.  What number am I?  What is the difference between those two numbers?  There will be a Distance Riddle Quiz on Wednesday, October 2nd.  You can review Math workbook Unit 3, pages 49, 50, 51, and 57 to prepare.

Science

We are learning about some of the properties of matter.  We have discussed that matter is anything that takes up space and has mass.  Properties of matter include size, shape, color, texture, and hardness.  We are also participating in hands-on explorations to learn how matter is measured.  Properties of matter, such as mass , volume, length, and temperature, can be measured and compared using tools.                                                                      

Social Studies

We are studying Chapter 2, Lesson 3:  Communities and Resources.  Please study the blue sheet to be prepared for the quiz on Friday, October 4^th.