Dear Parents,
Thank you for another amazing week. We made it through a lot this week, even though we only had four days.
In reading, we closed up text to text, text to self, and text to world ideas, and worked on reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension; a skill we will work on all year. We also finished our first round of strategies for learning multiplication facts through 12. In writing, we worked on adding sensory details to our writing to become better authors. We also created our own bridges out of paper. After creating our bridges, we added weight and revised our designs to make them stronger. The kids had a great time!
We completed our MAPs testing! I know that some of the students were really brain tired after completing their assessments. I let them know that it meant they worked really hard and that I was proud of them.
This week, we will take our first assessment in reading. It will cover asking and answering questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. We will also start moving through our reading centers.
In math, we will build on prior knowledge and start working with arrays as a strategy for solving multiplication facts. We will also work on multiplication fluency throughout the week.
In writing, we will choose one of the drafts we’ve done thus far and start revising and editing our work.
Please continue to practice math facts at home and listen to our skip counting songs. Thanks for making Academic Night amazing!
Here are some important dates for the upcoming weeks:
- 9/27 – Free Dress Day/Tutus and Tiaras Day
- 9/24-9/28- Week of Respect
Thanks again for all you do!
Ms. B. in Class 