Weekly Update

 Conferences: 

 Conference letters will be going home Tuesday.   Please choose three times that work for you and we will schedule a time for you.  Sheets are due Jan. 14th.   If for some reason, none of the times work for you, please let us know and we will try to make alternate arrangemetns for you.  At conferences we will be discussing your child's report card.

Writing:

 We are working on planning out our writing, creating great introductions, and strong concluding sentences.   Here is an example of a plan we did today for our letter to Mrs. Frazier about 2nd grade.    

Science: 

We finished our Geology Science unit. The District Science test scores will be shared during conferences. We will begin a unit on Balance and Motion in a few weeks. 

Reading:

We are also in the midst of giving the winter DIBELS assessment. Results from this reading test will also be shared during conferences. This quarter the children are tested on fluency and comprehension. They are given three passages to read. After a minute they are to retell the story. 

Read Aloud:

We just finished our 3rd Read Aloud chapter book. So far we have read Matilda by Roald Dahl, Bunnicula by James Howe, and SuperFudge by Judy Blume. Tomorrow we will vote on our next chapter book. In addition to chapter books, we read wonderful picture books every day during snack time. We are learning so much from the authors we read.

Thank you to Caroline Adam for coming in to read aloud  to the class on Friday.  

 Math: 

Please remind your child to study their math facts for the Friday timed test. Their test comes home on Friday if they did not pass the test in one minute. We encourage the kids to erase the answers and practice taking it at home with a timer. 

We are in the middle of a math unit on Money. Students will have a math test on Friday. They need to know the name and value of each coin, as well as different ways to make .35 or a given amount. They also need I practice adding coins. A practice test will come home on Thursday. 

Mrs. Chin came in today and did a lesson on group work.  Students worked in teams to build the tallest tower they could with the blocks they had.   I was impressed by everyone's great team-work.

Lunch Helpers:  Our class has lunch helpers this week.  Students who would like to help serve lunch go to the lunchroom early and then help serve all the food.  Students who are lunch helpers receive a free lunch on the day they work.