Here comes 3rd quarter!

Happy 2015! We tried to get back into our routine this week, but Old Man Winter had another idea. We are looking forward to a full week of learning next week!

     
The world of reading will take us deeper into comparing and contrasting, determining the main idea of a text, and finding key details and then explaining how they support the main idea. Students will also be expected to describe relationships between events, sequence events, and identify cause and effect relationships.

In math we will be upping our adding and subtracting game by using more digits in problems. Students will also work to solve 2-step word problems using all four operations. Reading comprehension will play a big role in math this quarter. Students will also have to identify arithmetic patterns and explain the patterns using the properties of all operations. 

Students will continue to use text evidence and schema to form an opinion and defend it. They will learn the correct format for writing letters and will be expected to use it correctly.

Wow! 3^rd quarter is a heavy hitting quarter! Be sure to go over graded assignments with your child to reinforce each skill. Continue to read with your child each evening and talk about the characters, events, setting, problem, and solution.

Students have been reminded many times to write down the title and the author of all books they read and finish at home. They may then complete a book report at school. Students should have a book report each week. 

Our Valentine’s day party will be Thursday, February 12. We do not have school on Friday, February 13. If you are interested in planning and facilitating the party, just let me know with a note or email.

        
Please continue to be sure the kids are bundled up! We will go to recess if the temperature ever gets above 32 degrees again! Also, on Wednesdays, bus riders spend a little extra time outside while I have bus duty. 

Thanks for all that you do!