Week of 9/8-9/11

Hi There.
I hope that everyone has had a restful and fun-filled Labor Day Holiday. Mine was very exciting but I was also ready to get back in the classroom and jump into our week of learning.
Here are a few things we will be working on this week:

• Reading: Frindle. We will continue to look at Main Idea and summary within the story. The students are getting into the novel and are asking great questions that stem outside the novel.
• AR is up and running so we are going to start working on our goals for the remainder of the quarter.
• Math: We are going to continue working on rounding numbers. Once I feel that this is under our belt, I hope to move on to ordering and comparing numbers. I think this will be a easier concept and be a better success for the students.

Here is a link to a website that might help you and your child understand rounding. http://www.aaamath.com/est27a-rounding.html

• Writing: The class is working on finishing their "Bad Case of Stripes" stories. We are working together and using a template that I am showing the students. This way we are all working with the same pace and mindset. The cool thing is that this allows them to change some wording to make it their own and develop their vocabulary.
• Social Studies: We are going to wrap up our unit on NC and its location, the cultures, regions and history in our state. The students will be tested on their knowledge on Friday.

The Spelling words for this week are: attach, where, sandwich, change, watch, singer, slippery, spring, gather, these, thread, athlete, worth, thirsty, whisper, whistle, awhile, nowhere.
The words this week all have either a "ch", "tch", "wh" or "th" sound. We will be having our spelling test on Friday, so make sure you are studying your words.

Here is a Video Clip on rounding numbers. Enjoy!