Hello Families, Wow! Your children are developing as readers, writers, mathematicians, and scientists! I am very proud of their efforts! Last week was a week of WOW writing moments. Your children are understanding a writing idea and how to stay on that topic and develop it with key details. This week, we will be publishing our In November books! These will come home the week of Thanksgiving. In math we are learning to show our work and to explain our thinking. Your children are often asked to verbalize how they got their answer, or to explain how they might know what number will come next in a pattern, etc. Showing hops on the number line is one of these expectations. I have shown them the DOT, HOP, ARROW strategy. This means, they put a big dot on the spot that they are starting, they show their hops, and the arrow points to the number that they have landed on. The arrow is significant because it will show the direction that they are moving and indicates addition or subtraction. We do this on our simplified problems, so that we know how to use the strategy on more difficult problems. This week, that strategy will be applied with some tricky new learning. Your child will be introduced to Frames and Arrow Diagrams. Here is some information for you: These diagrams are used throughout the year, and children will begin by having a rule to follow, then they will have to determine the rule. Later in the year, they will have to reverse the rule to find missing pieces in the frame! This week is a Literacy Assessment week. We will be re-reading stories from the past unit, and we will be completing the Unit 1 Literacy Assessment. This Friday another cooking activity will be posted. This is an optional activity. Here is a message from Mrs. Lamontagne... Hello Everyone! Are you ready for another cooking activity? The items you will need for this week's cooking activity are: toothpicks fruit loops mini round donuts ex. hostess candy eyes or anything else you can use for eyes ex. chocolate chips, M&M's, raisins Happy Thanksgiving, Mrs. Lamontagne I wanted to take a moment to talk about IXL. The SUGGESTIONS FROM the TEACHER section is the most important component to complete. These assignments reflect the learning that we are doing in school, but are different for each child based on their needs.
IXL then has recommendations for your child based on the work done on the Diagnostic Assessment. This area may include activities for remediation and activities for enrichment. Please encourage your child to complete some of these after the suggestions from me have been completed. Families, thank you for your continued efforts with the at-home learning piece. I know that this is not an ideal situation, and I appreciate all of your efforts in making this work. YOU are appreciated. If you have not yet had a conference with me, and you would like to, please reach out, and we can find a time to meet. Comments are closed.
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