It was great to meet with all of you at conferences earlier this month. It's hard to believe that in just a few short weeks we will be on winter break already!
During conferences, I shared your child's guided reading level with you. I also showed many of you the website to look up the guided reading levels for books your child is reading. Unfortunately, I have found that the website is only available to teachers. Here is a different website for parents to find book levels and recommendations for their children.
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/
In reading this week, we are working on growing ideas about characters and having constructive debates about the text.
In writing, the students are deciding on their opinion essay topics. They will be developing reasons and examples to support their thesis.
We are focusing on division word problems and division review in math this week. The students will need to understand the meaning of remainders in different scenarios.
The students will conduct an erosion experiment this week called "The Case of the Disappearing Soccer Field". There will be an erosion, weathering and deposition quiz on Thursday.
We are attending a band and orchestra concert on Tuesday morning in the commons. There is also early release on Wednesday at 1:50 for students.
Have a great week!
