Update from Ms. Luria

This week's homework link: October 3rd

Spelling list for this week: Spelling

Dear Families,

On Thursday of this coming week your child should wear light colored clothes that are easy to wash. They will be working with clay in art class! 

Weekly Volunteer times still available: 

• Tuesday between 10:45 - 11 to do writing conferences with students (I'll show you how to do that). 
• Tuesdays between 1:45 and 3 to do science experiments with students - help set up the experiment, help clean up and general help with the experiments
• Wednesday between 10 - 11 to either help with a reading group or do writing/reading conferences with students
• Fridays between 10 - 11 to either help with a reading group or do writing/reading conferences with students

This week's focus:

Reading-

*Three different book clubs finished their first book that we read together. Ask your child what book they are reading during book club time! 

*We practiced slowing down when we don't understand what we are reading.
*We read non-fiction pieces about businesses and practiced asking questions as we read text.

Writing-

*Students published their first paragraph. They learned to use a topic sentence, three details and a feel or focus sentence. You can see a few examples from students on the blog. 

    

Math-

*We learned all about graphing this week! 

*Students created bar graphs, pictographs and line graphs.

*We are going to start learning to count by 4's. Please help your child practice this skill at home. By now, your child should be able to count by 3's without pausing. 
*If you child cannot do 100 subtraction facts in 5 minutes, please make sure they are practicing every night on a worksheet or online at runmoby.com. The online site is better because it targets math facts your child has yet to memorize. 

Social Studies and Science-

*We observed money from all over the world.

*We practiced writing 5 sentence paragraphs with a clear topic sentence and a clear conclusion about money. 

*We will be creating our own coins in the next two weeks. 

Important note: Please wear gym clothes on Fridays.

Have a wonderful weekend!