Happy Monday!
I wanted to give you a quick update about the last week before
Winter Break:
Reading à While the kids have daily lessons on fluency
and vocabulary, this week they will practice fluency in a new way: Idiom Plays!
If idioms don’t “ring a bell”, you may have “missed the mark”, and you’ll
have to see what your child says about them (oh, wonderful wordplay). We are also focusing on summarizing and
sequencing…ask your child about the gesture we use for “sequencing”!
Math à After tacking some multiplication, the kids
will be exploring division over the next few weeks. I’m going to be showing them a mental math
strategy called “Partial Quotients” which is a precursor for “Looooooooooooooooooooong
Division”. This will take practice, but
the kids have worked hard at learning their facts, so division will be a lot
easier. *Note: if your child is struggling with the homework
tonight, simply have him/her finish the 10 [6s], 20 [6s], 30 [6s], etc. section.
We will cover this again tomorrow – the kids
only experienced the beginning stages of division today.*
Social Studies à This week we are going to focus on the
Appalachian Mountains region in the Southeast.
They will be learning about ways of life, watermills, the Cumberland
Gap, Daniel Boone, and lots of other concepts.
Also, see if your child can draw a map of the Southeast without any
other map. They might also start singing,
“I know the southeastern states: Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Florida…”
Science à Our Magnetism
and Electricity kits are on the way!
We will begin this unit starting the Monday after break. Don’t worry…we won’t be working electric
power stronger than a D-cell battery.
Behavior à I will continue working with students on
staying organized at school. The kids
are expected to have their homework, red folder, and agenda each day. I also expect their desks to stay tidy during
the day. Looking for ideas at home? Take a picture of an often messy area after
it has been cleaned. Post the picture,
and when a mess arises, simply say “Match the picture.”
Happy holidays from my family to yours. Hopefully the kids will have some snow to
play in during break!
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