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

Important Announcements:

• We are beginning the Pizza Hut Reading Program this month!  The students who complete their weekly reading at home and return their reading log every week, will receive a coupon for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.
• We will have our first Writing Celebration this Friday from 9:00-9:45.  The invitation will be coming home on Monday.  We hope you can make it!  The students have worked hard on their personal narratives and would love to have you come and enjoy them!

Dates to Remember:  
Monday:  Room Parent Meeting at 6:30
Tuesday: Dad's Club Build Night at 6:30 

What's Happening in Our Room....

Reading Workshop: 

• We will continue reading Tiger Rising this week as the students learn to "put themselves in the character's shoes" to help them understand the character's motives and feelings throughout the story.
• The students will also practice retelling their independent reading book chronologically while including only the important events.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will finish editing their personal narratives, choose a title and create a cover for their stories to share on Friday.
• Every other week, the students will be given a mentor sentence to study.   They will look closely at the grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. The daily activity will be designed help the students learn about the parts of speech, grammar and punctuation rules. 

Math:

• The students have started chapter 3; multiplication and division.  They will study the properties of multiplication and work with factors and multiples. 
•  It is so important that your child is practicing and learning his/her multiplication facts.  This will make learning how to multiply much more enjoyable and meaningful.

Science:

• The students will be writing the conclusion to the investigation we conducted last week.  We will begin the Earth Science Unit later this week.
• The students will review the Scientific Method on Monday and will be tested over the terms and process on Wednesday.

Social Studies:

• The students are studying the geography of Missouri.