Week at a Glance-September 21st-24th

Ride the Weekly Wave:

Math-We will introduce strategies for addition and subtraction of larger numbers as we begin math stations!

Reading-We will continue reading Wonder as our mentor text for our Choose Kind PBL as we focus on character traits, vocabulary, and comprehension. We will introduce and test in-context vocabulary words from Wonder.

ELA/Writing-In Writer’s Workshop, we will be having mini-lessons and writing activities on how to use conjunctions correctly. We will also revise, edit, and publish our friendly letters to our book buddies!  

Social Studies- We will introduce our new unit on the explorers using hands-on activities and technology!

Science- What’s with the weather?? We will introduce weather this week through hands-on activities making clouds and science stations!

 Anchor Down for…Upcoming Tests/Projects:

·       Thursday Math Test on Addition of Larger Numbers *Study notes on addition in math NB

·       Friday- Wonder Vocabulary #2 Test *Study TIPS chart for Wonder Vocab #2 and flashcards that your child makes for HW *Be able to use vocabulary words in a sentence!

·       Friday- Math 4 Today Test #13 *Study M4T Practice Sheet #13 that we check in class

Homework for the Week:

(please refer to your child's agenda daily for more details-this is only an OUTLINE of what to expect):

·       **Graded papers signed/returned by Tuesday!!**

·       Monday HW- Make flashcards on Wonder Vocab #2

·       Read 2 steps (30 minutes) for 100 BC and sign Reading Log *every* night

·       Study Multiplication flashcards (9’s facts) 10 minutes *every night* & sign log

·       Math workbook HW on addition throughout the week

 AHOY…Announcements Ahead!

Upcoming Events:  

·       THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your generosity, and our DonorsChoose project was fully funded in less than a week!!! The girls are so excited, and I can’t wait to share pictures when our new materials arrive!! –Love, Mrs. Burns 

·       Monday, September 21^st- Dress Like a Pirate Day

·       Friday, September 24^th- Ice cream at Lunch for $1 and School Spirit Day

Crew Member of the Week Check out Hannah’s tweets! @mrsburns19girls

Hannah Snyder is our star student this week for showing the character traits of PERSEVERANCE, FRIENDSHIP and COOPERATION in the classroom this week!! Hannah is kind to everyone around her, and she always, always does her very best on her schoolwork! She is a great role model!!

100 BC Goals

*Let’s make our goal to be the first class in the whole school to all reach 100 steps!!

Good-80

Better-110