HI!

What a great week of learning!   We have earned 7 compliments as a class so to  celebrate when we reached 5, we had 5 minutes of free time! Please keep encouraging this great behavior!  We need 3 more to celebrate with a bigger reward!

October 10 is set aside for parent/ teacher conferences. I will send out a Sign Up Genius soon!  I look forward to meeting with you and discussing all the great things your child is learning!

Here is our week of learning at a glance:

Reading Workshop-This week we will look at nonfiction texts. We will look at features found in nonfiction texts to help us understand new information. 

Writing Workshop-   We will continue to work on how we use writing partners to help us become better writers.  We will also focus on staying on topic. 

Science/ Social Studies-     This week in science we will look at how matter changes when we apply heat or cold.  We will have a couple of demonstrations / experiments this week! 

Math-   We will continue our unit on addition.  We will begin to look at two digit addition this week.   We will focus on strategies that would help us such as using our tens and ones, a hundreds chart, a number line, and even using facts we know to help us solve our math problem. 

Important News:   We started our STAR STUDENT this week!  Every week we will highlight a different student. They will decorate a poster and share with the class on Monday.

This week in STEAM, we learned how we can physically change matter by making paper airplanes!  We took our airplanes outside and we tested to see which airplane "flew" the farthest while carrying "cargo" ( 2 quarters).  Ask your child how their plane flew AND what they would do differently next time. 

Class Celebrations:   We want to wish Natalie and Khloe a very Happy Birthday! We hope your day is special!  

Have a great week!