Wow! This month is flying by! Here is what's on the agenda:
Reading: We didn't finish our biography posters yet, so that will be our first priority. The kids are doing a super job on them! We will also get to start our tall tale unit this week. We were just too busy last week to get to it.
Math: We will start division beginning with division facts and moving to 2 digit dividends with 1 digit divisors with remainders. I tested the children last week on 2 and 3 digit multiplication and problem solving and the majority of the class did super making A's, B's, and C's. They have been working hard! The few children that didn't pass are the ones that do not know their multiplication facts. Parents please make sure your children know their facts. Please keep working on them daily. Don't give up! They will learn them through repetition. I know it's tough.......hang in there!
Every morning, we either do a math review page out of the text or contest math. Contest math is when I write review math problems on the smart board and the children are divided into 2 teams. They do the problems on paper, write their name and team letter on it and turn it in. Every problem they get correct, is a point earned for their team. We have done 3 contest math days and the 2 teams were within 1 point of each other until the last contest day and Team A pulled 13 points ahead. Wow! Anything can happen!
English: We will have fun with idioms this week!
Social Studies: Tuesday will be the last day for working on SE region projects. Wednesday and Thursday, we will watch videos and do related work on Harriet Tubman and Abraham Lincoln. On Friday, the games are due and we will have our game day. Look at the previous post to make sure you know what is expected for the game. It might not hurt for the kids to start studying the SE state's locations and capitals. Those 2 tests will be next week. I will send home another study guide this week.
Spelling: er/est words
cleaner and cleanest
bigger and biggest
earlier and earliest
quicker and quickest
busier and busiest
rougher and roughest
heavier and heaviest
happier and happiest
lazier and laziest
special words: inauguration and president
We had very close to 100% of the class bring in their reading/math homework on Friday! Woohoo! I am so proud of them. I also want to thank you parents for making it a priority. I did realize that 2 of the math problems were things we have not covered. I am so sorry about that. My intention is for the math to be a review only. This week and here after, that will be the case! Thanks though for helping them through those tough problems.
Have a great week and I will post more if new news happens!
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