We had another great week and were
very busy. I can’t believe we are about to enter our 4th week of
school! The students have settled in and are in a routine. This week we
continued to work on place value to the 100’s place. Students are able to model
3 digit numbers using base ten blocks, expanded form, and written form. We will
work in small groups next week to practice comparing 3 digit numbers while also
rotating through place value centers.
We will wrap up our Matter study
next week by learning about the properties of matter and the changes in matter.
We will also visit the science lab next week to complete some hands on matter
activities. We will then move on to our Social Studies topic of Georgia.
Next week, I hope to finish up
our class mission statement. This statement will be written by the class and
will be something we follow all year long. We have already built a great
classroom environment and I know our mission statement will represent our
classroom well. I will post a copy of it when we complete it.
This week we were able to have
our first rotation with the I-pads. It happened to fall on a Wednesday, which is
our ALP day, so some students were not in the room. Our rotation is every six
days so next week we will have them on Thursday. For the students who were in
the room, we were able play on an App called Math Fight. They played in
partners and practiced their math facts. They students really loved it. This is
a free app and can be downloaded for your child to use. We also logged into
Raz-Kids for the first time. Students really enjoyed using their headphones to
listen to stories on their reading level. If you haven’t sent in headphones,
please do so. I will be sending your child’s login information home on Monday.
Please allow your child to login in from home. This can be used as their
reading time each night and their reading response question can be answered
from a story they have read on Raz-Kids.
Homework
Thank you for working with your
child on homework this week. Overall, I was impressed with how well they completed
it. Please remember to have your child ONLY complete 3 spelling activities. Those
activities need to be labeled with the activity name or number. Please
THOROUGHLY read the reading response activity. Most students did not complete this
correctly. It will usually ask for a picture or illustration which is expected to
be in color. The math sheet should also be completed.
Important Dates and Reminders
*September 1, Labor Day-No
School
*September 4, Chick-Fil-A Night
*September 9, Fall Picture Day and Jimmies Ice Cream and Yogurt Night
*September 15-19, Fall Break-No School
*September 4, Chick-Fil-A Night
*September 9, Fall Picture Day and Jimmies Ice Cream and Yogurt Night
*September 15-19, Fall Break-No School
