What's Happening in Room 30.........

Important Announcements:

• The students will have their 1st spelling test on Thursday.  Their spelling words can be found in their Homework Planner and on a pink spelling sheet in their Homework Folder.
• Mid-Quarter Reports will be coming home on Wednesday.  Please review, sign and return the bottom portion as soon as possible.

• The students will have their 1st homework assignment on ALEKS this week.  They will be required to complete at least 3 topics at home.  If you child needs assistance, please  help explain the process, but let your child answer the questions on their own.  The program advances the students as they learn topics.  Thank you!!
• Leadership roles will be assigned this week in our classroom after the students complete an application through Google forms. We spent a couple weeks coming up with ways the students can help in our classroom, so we can all work together to keep our classroom running as smooth and productive as possible.  

Dates to Remember:  
Thursday:  Moms and Muffins at 8:00
Friday:  No School - Professional Development Day for Teachers

What's Happening in Our Room....

Reading Workshop: 

• We will begin reading The Tiger Rising this week as we talk and practice "reading intensely".  The students have been practicing thinking while reading by writing down questions and connections while reading and also visualizing the story in their head. 

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will continue to revise their personal narrative this week by adding inner thinking, dialogue, description and action to their story.

Math:

• The students will continue to practice subtraction and subtracting across zeros this week.  They are also working on reading word problems closely and underlining important information to help them solve them correctly.

Science:

• The students will do an investigation this week as they use the Scientific Method.  They will also write a conclusion using the results.

Social Studies:

• The students have a Social Studies test on Tuesday.  A review was given on Friday.