Weekly Newsletter volume 12

In Reading, we focused on the reading “non-fiction or informational” text. This type of text is real information and the purpose of the book is so we can learn more information about that topic. We read a lot of informational text about Christopher Columbus. We worked on filling out KWL charts. The K stands for what we already know or our “schema”. The W stands for what do we want to know. And the L gets filled in after we have completed our research and stands for things that we learned. In math, we started a new unit working the counting by 10’s and adding on the extra ones. We have been working on making 10 sticks, which is doing a straight line for each ten and then drawing circles for the ones place. For example if we had the number 37, we would do 3 ten sticks (straight lines) and then do 5 circles on top and 2 underneath it. We do 5 and 2, so we can quickly add 5+2 to give us 7. Doing the ten stick saves a lot of time, so we don’t have to count up 10 each time, but instead can count by ten. In writing, we started working on persuasive letter writing. We first shared our schema, which is what we already know. Which we found out, wasn’t a whole lot. Then we read the book “I Wanna New Room” by Karen Kaufman Orloff. In the book, Alex, the little boy, was trying to convince his parents that he needed a new room by writing persuasive letters to them. Have your child tell you what Alex finally got and how he felt. Then we started brainstorming ideas that we could change for the school, community, and your family. In Letterland, we learned about the “Vowel Men.” These men say their name, which is the long vowel sound. We learned about Mr. A, Mr. E, Mr. I, Mr. O, and Mr. U. We also learned that Mr. I often times gets dizzy at the end of words, except for hi and I, so Mr. Y, comes and helps him and he makes the long I sound, even though he is the letter y. Important Information: - JDRF Walk- We will walk tomorrow, the 15th, from 9:30 to 10:15, during specials. All money collected will be due tomorrow. Thanks! - Scholastic Book Order- If you are interested, check and order form will be due to me by Friday, October 18th. If you would like to order online, our class activation code is: G229M. You can access that at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. - Team Time- Last week was our first official week of Team Time. We use this time to meet students’ individual needs. We have remediation, enrichment, and review to help students succeed in math. We rotate for Team Time Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday’s from 12:40 to 1:00. Ask your child who their Team Time teacher is and what they worked on last week during this time.