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Announcements and Friendly Reminders:
Announcements and Friendly Reminders:
- Think Sheet - Our class has been struggling these last 2 weeks with following our Social Contract and our school's PAWS expectations. We've had multiple reminders, points deducted from Class Dojo, and plenty of mini-lessons on classroom behavior. The last straw was our Art teacher and Music teacher have complained about our inability to actively listen to directions and follow directions. With all of this being said, it is time to implement our grade level's Think Sheet. If a student continues to break or not follow our class's Social Contract or PAWS expectations, then the student will need to complete a Think Sheet during recess time. This Think Sheet will go home for parents to discuss with their child, sign the sheet and return it the next day. An example of what the Think Sheet looks like is below.
- STAAR Interim Test Scores - Your child's score from last week's assessments went home today in your child's Thursday folder. I've listed the skills your child needs to continue to practice on the sheet. Reading practice: use my website's "reading and writing links", read with your child and ask questions about the content, go over reading assignments from Thursday folders. Math practice: use my website's "math links", Dreambox, Splash Learn, and go over math assignments from Thursday folders.
- Spelling Quiz - March 2. Words are in Schoology "Writing Course" in the Spelling folder.
- Grades (Home Access - HAC) - Please check Home Access Center (HAC) to see your child's current grades on assignments, quizzes and test. If you see a "M" in Home Access, it means you child has not completed and turned in that particular assignment. Remember, students can make corrections or redo any assignment, quiz or test that is below 70% for a possible 70% per school district policy.
- Reading Unit - Our current unit: Informational Reading and Research. We are focusing on our PBL (Project Based Learning) topic which is "How can we educate others about conserving our natural resources and protecting our planet?" Students will choose a topic and research. We'll also go back and focus on some reading comprehension strategies (nonfiction text features, main/central idea, context clues, problem/solution, inferencing, summarizing, fact vs opinion, cause/effect, author's purpose).
- Writing Unit - Our current unit: Opinion or Argumentative Writing. We are discussing the difference between facts and opinions, what makes a good argument, how to make a strong claim, reasons for opinion, connecting with the audience/reader, providing facts and examples, strong conclusion. We'll be writing a few opinion/speech pieces in this unit.
- Science Unit - Our current unit is Soils and Natural Resources. We'll investigate what makes up soil and why its so important. We'll identify and describe erosion, weathering and deposition. Then, we'll talk about our natural resources and what are "renewable resources/energy". This unit test will be on March 9th.
- Math Unit - Our current unit is Multiplication and Division. We'll revisit our multiplication and division strategies that help us to solve these types of problems. These strategies are: number line, repeated addition (multiplication), repeated subtraction (division), array, equal groups, and skip counting. We will work with numbers, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 2 digit numbers. Students need to become comfortable with reading a word problem and knowing what the problem is asking (Am I going to multiply or divide to solve?). The unit test will be on March 10th.
- Stay informed - Make sure you have the FREE Class Dojo app on your phone so you can see messages from me. Friendly Reminder messages are sent out a couple times a week! Plus, I usually post 1 - 2 pictures a week in our Class Story on Class Dojo showing some of the activities we do during our school day!
- Scholastic Book Order - If you are interested in getting new books for your child, consider ordering books from our Scholastic Book Club. Order online at: clubs.scholastic.com/ Our class code is: NP79X
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