Our Fall
Party: Thank you so much to our room volunteers who gave our class an excellent
party! Thank you to everyone that donated money or supplies. A special thank
you goes to Mr. Angeles, Mrs. Ingersoll, Mrs. Mangano, Mrs. Nichols, and Mrs.
Larkey for coming in for the party!
Reading: I am so excited that we
were able to finish reading Three Cups of Tea last week. I have been so
impressed by how each student has been engaged in such a difficult text and has
completed all of the work that has accompanied the book. This week, we will be
working on some difficult culminating activities, but I am confident that the
students will enjoy the challenge and the chance to work in groups. We will be
making posters for the themes of the stories, studying articles to compare
schools in Pakistan versus schools in the United States, role playing
interviews with characters from the book, and reviewing the plot of the book.
Students will also take the test over the book and have the opportunity to earn
10 Reading Counts points!
Math:
This unit focuses on data collection and fractions. Students will wrap up the
data collection part this week and will begin to work on adding and subtracting
fractions with unlike denominators next week!
Writing:
You will soon see grades for our Organization Week prompts. Students had a chance to
practice the skills learned that week with the various teachers (impactful
beginnings and endings, transitions, sequence, etc.) in a prompt. Students will
not look at their writing and improve it. I will average the grades together
for a new grade.
Spelling: We will not have a spelling test this week since we do
not have a basal reading story. After break, we will resume spelling with the
list for Leonardo’s Horse.
Social Studies: Please contact
your child’s Social Studies teacher for an update in this subject.
Science: Please contact Mrs.
Pfister for an update in this subject!
Reading Counts: As a reminder,
all students need to earn at least 30 Reading Counts points this 9 weeks.
Several students have reached this goal and most students have earned more than
half of the points. They can take quizzes at the beginning or end of the school
day, during reading stations, and at recess when I do not have recess duty.
Thanksgiving break would be an excellent time for students to do some extra
reading!
Changes
to Schedule this week
·
MATH
Acuity B testing: Monday morning. They did an amazing job!!!
·
Thursday,
November 28- Thanksgiving. No school. Enjoy the time with your family!
·
Friday,
November 29- No School
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!Mrs. Pfahler
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