November 17 - 21

Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:

• math: greater than, less than
• math: hundreds place value quiz
• math: using place value to add/subtract tens and hundreds
• content: the importance of balance in a diet
• comprehension strategy: using pictures, illustrations, and diagrams
• comprehension strategy: using text features
• comprehension strategy: author's purpose (PIE - persuade, inform, educate)
• narrative writing about the best day you ever had - circle map, flow map, adding transition words and details
• Daily 5: continuing to work on becoming fluent readers who can effectively comprehend fiction and non-fiction text (ie: read grade-level text with purpose and understanding)
• word work: distinguish long and short vowels in regularly spelled one-syllable words

Here is what we will be working on in Spanish class this week:

• sight words: algo, caer, fuego, manera, nido, nubes
• discussing the characteristics of fiction versus non-fiction
• spelling words: gota, llego, apaga, ganso, persigue, regalo, guiso, gato, gol, alguna, guinda, fuego
• content: food words (vegetables, fruit, dessert, beverage) 
• content - making good food choices to maintain a balanced diet
• math: review skip-counting, place value (centenas, decenas, and unidades), number words (0-1,000)
• math: different ways to write numbers (standard form, word form, expanded form, and picture form)
• math: greater than and less than 

November 10 - 14

Here is what we will be working on in English this week:

• narrative writing - with details and transition words
• writing from a flow map
• writing a topic sentence
• writing a concluding sentence
• comprehension strategy: using pictures, illustrations, and diagrams
• fluency strategy: adjust rate
• comprehension strategy: using text features
• Daily 5: continuing to work on becoming fluent readers that comprehend text
• math: place value - multiple tens (ie: 14 tens = 140)
• math: using place value to add/subtract - subtracting hundreds and tens
• math: skip-counting by tens and hundreds when the beginning number is not a ten or hundred (ie: 237, 337, 437, etc)
• Tuesday: Veteran's Day assembly @ 1:00

November 3 - 7

Wow, October flew by!  Welcome to November. Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:

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• final assessment for writing a letter (ie: can they do it without my help)
• math test on Tuesday: chapter 1 - place value, odds and evens, skip-counting by fives and tens
• continued narrative writing practice
• reading comprehension strategy: summarize
• expanding vocabulary strategy: tune in to interesting words
• math: adding two digit numbers (no regrouping yet)
• sight words: many, these, time, no/know
• how to use a dictionary
• Daily 5: we've shuffled a few kids this week that met goals, or who needed different instruction - so, if your child says they have a new teacher for reading, you know why.  There will be big changes to Daily 5 for the red class next week.