The first month of school has come and gone, and we've settled into our routines. New classroom job responsibilities are assigned each Monday, and I'm glad to say that our geraniums are thriving thanks to our "Gardeners"; lunches make it to the cafeteria without fail due to our "Lunch Luggers"; and I have come to rely on my "Teacher's Assistant" each week to help with distributing materials.
We continue to work on reading comprehension strategies, and have fine tuned the difference between predicting and inferring while reading. Since students understand what kinds of questions might be asked for comprehension, they can organize a strategy for answering it. Please remind your child to read every night. They are required to read for at least 20 minutes on four different nights over the course of a week. They should be planning accordingly if they know they may be out one night. Also, encourage them to read aloud to you (or a younger sibling or even the family pet). This promotes fluency which contributes to overall comprehension.
In science, we performed an activity last week that had us thinking like scientists. Ask your student about "saving Fred". I was impressed by how students really thought outside the box to solve the problem and worked together with a teammate.
In math, we have been learning how to multiply by two digit numbers. Today we expanded that to multiplying 3-digit numbers and 4-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers. Students were seeing the patterns that develop when we practice these algorithms.
October will bring more writing, reading, plenty more math, and content material. I look forward to it all.
We continue to work on reading comprehension strategies, and have fine tuned the difference between predicting and inferring while reading. Since students understand what kinds of questions might be asked for comprehension, they can organize a strategy for answering it. Please remind your child to read every night. They are required to read for at least 20 minutes on four different nights over the course of a week. They should be planning accordingly if they know they may be out one night. Also, encourage them to read aloud to you (or a younger sibling or even the family pet). This promotes fluency which contributes to overall comprehension.
In science, we performed an activity last week that had us thinking like scientists. Ask your student about "saving Fred". I was impressed by how students really thought outside the box to solve the problem and worked together with a teammate.
In math, we have been learning how to multiply by two digit numbers. Today we expanded that to multiplying 3-digit numbers and 4-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers. Students were seeing the patterns that develop when we practice these algorithms.
October will bring more writing, reading, plenty more math, and content material. I look forward to it all.
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