We are continuing to be very busy in our classroom! The students are finishing up an "I Have a Dream" project from the work they did learning about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hopefully they were able to set some goals and think about what they want to do to make our world a better place just as Dr. King did.
They are busy in math continuing to work on geometry concepts. Last week they talked about lines, line segments, and rays. They also worked on understanding parallel lines and intersecting lines. On Friday, they began to talk about angles. This week, we'll continue to build on these geometry concepts. Please be sure to go over the math homework with your child each night.
We finished our Unit 3 test last week, and I'm happy to report that our class had a CLASS average of 84%, which is FANTASTIC! I was very proud of the kids for working so hard on this assessment. We will begin on Unit 4 today. This unit is called "One of a Kind", and the stories will focus on people or things who are unique and one of a kind. This week, the kids will read and discuss a story called Wings. The main character in the story is very different from his friends. Ask your child about the story later on in the week!
Mr Elbert will begin teaching a social studies unit called "Caring for Our Land". The kids will be learing about some of the national parks in the United States, and they will be doing a group project on one of these places over the next couple of weeks.
Addition/Subtraction Facts
I did a quick check on how the kids are progressing on addition/subtraction facts. Many of them are doing very well, but some need to continue practicing. Please take the time to practice these facts at home in some way (flashcards, games, computer). Remember, the goal to be secure is for them to get 40 or more facts correct on the timed test. If you would like copies of the assessment to use for practice at home, please let me know and I will get you some more. Conference time is just around the corner, so I will be formally asssessing them on this probably the second week of February for report cards.
Book Logs
Just a reminder that your child has a goal to read 20 books by the end of this school year. You should be recording these books in your child's planner. By this point in the year, your child should have read and recorded at least 14 books to be on track to meet the goal. Again, I will check the record sheet at the front of your child's planner around the 2nd or 3rd week of February for report cards.
Conferences
You will have the same day/time for conferences in February as you did in November unless you call the office to make changes. You will receive a reminder about this time in your child's planner a week or two before conferences. If you'd like to check the day/time before that, please call the Lakewood office at 981-1850, and one of our secretaries can help you.
Homework: January 24th
- Read
- Study Spelling Words
- Home Links 6.3 & 6.4
- Read
- Study Spelling Words
- Cursive Sheet
- Practice Book page 6
- Read
- Study Spelling Words
- Home Links 6.5 & 6.6
Have a great week!
Mrs. Vroegh
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