In case you don't have a countdown happening in YOUR household, Christmas break begins on Thursday, December 20th.
We are becoming better readers of nonfiction. Did you know the main difference between an interesting book & a boring one is our attitude? No curmudgeon readers in our class! We also practiced talking with a partner about our books in order to better understand them. This latest math unit was a short one, but also a bit challenging. We will be reviewing & taking a practice test today (Friday) then taking the topic 7 assessment on Monday. As usual, there will be an opportunity for a retake if your child scores below 80%. Ask your child what they discovered from playing with magnets this week. How could a magnet be used in creating hover boards? An important letter was given to your child this week regarding an upcoming lesson about body safety (January 10). If you did not see that letter, please look in your child's red homework folder. Here are some talking points from our week:
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It's beginning to look a lot more like Christmas! I know I can't speak for all, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the snow!!! At least until December 26th. Then it can be 80 degrees again.
Your children worked hard this week, as usual! They wrote a rough draft of a persuasive essay about where to go for dinner and took a really tough math test. Ask your child how they did. I bet you'll like the answer! Your kids also did some experimenting with friction. Finally, we ended our week with an hour of code. Just as an FYI, I have had some questions lately about spelling tests. This is a complicated issue to discuss. Suffice it to say, your children will have spelling tests, but not on a weekly basis. There also won't be any lists brought home to memorize either. I would be happy to discuss this with you further if you're interested. Some talking points from our week:
Did I really just type the word DECEMBER?!?!? Time truly flies when you're having fun and I am indeed having fun with your amazing children!
Report cards were emailed home on Monday. If you have had difficulty opening the document or for whatever reason have not seen your child's report card by now, please contact me. Our mystery unit ended has ended and we have started a new unit studying how to learn from non-fiction reading. An important skill to gain is how to determine the main idea and details from reading non-fiction. In math we have been learning how to use multiplication and addition to find the area of shapes. This has been a quick unit and we will take an assessment next week. Thank you to the parents that volunteered to organize our class holiday party. If you're interested in attending and helping, let me know. Some talking points from our week:
Some important dates for your calendars:
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