Happy Fall!
We are really getting into the swing of things as we progress through the year.
As a class, we are working on becoming active listeners. This is an important life skill, and we need to put a focus on hearing what others say and how to respond when we agree or disagree. To practice this skill, we are participating in listening activities during morning meeting and working in pairs and small groups.
In math, we are continuing to work on fractions. This week's lessons are adding and subtracting unlike fractions. I am looking at our first math test to be late next week.
For reading, we have started our first Book Club. For our first book, we are reading "The Homework Machine." We will be learning how to have a book talk with a small group as well as reading skills. Our skill focus this week will be Compare and Contrast.
For Social Studies, I am hoping to finish up our 3 Branches of Government this week and move into the election process. Our class will be in charge of holding a mock election for our school in November.
I have posted some helpful websites on the class website. These links will allow students to practice their spelling words, have extra math practice as well as math videos to help with those tricky concepts. I will be adding websites as I come across useful ones.
Friday is a busy day as students are able to wear their favorite hat on Friday to help fundraise for our Inclusive Playground, the PTO movie night showing "Zootopia" is at 6pm and the fundraiser kickoff will be this Friday, September 30th. Fundraiser packets will be sent home that day.
Also, book orders are due this Friday, September 30th. You can either send the paper form into me or order online. Our class code is P7Q33.
As always, please contact me with questions or comments you may have.
Have a great week!
Carley Luggar