What's Happening in Room 34....

Things You Should Know...

• Parent-teacher conferences are coming up!  Please take a minute to sign-up for our upcoming conferences.

• To help prepare for the parent-teacher conference, please take a few minutes to complete this questionnaire.

• We have a field trip scheduled for January 23rd!  We will be attending a women's SLU basketball game.  The students participated in this field trip last year and it was a GREAT time!  We are looking forward to it! Permission slips went home last Monday, so please review and return as soon as possible!

Dates to Remember... 
   

            Wednesday: 1st Grade Buddy Time!
                                Early Release
           
What's Going on in Our Classroom...

ALEKS Shout-Outs! 

Isaac completed his 4th-grade ALEKS pie and has moved on to 5th grade!  WooHoo, Isaac!

• Makenna completed 19 topics!
• Lola completed 16 topics!
• Esmat completed 12 topics! 

The following students are SO close to finishing their 4th-grade ALEKS pie!  

• Mia at 95% 
• Chan at 94%
• Ollie & Makenna at 92%

WAY TO GO! Keep up for hard work and determination! 

Reader's Workshop:

• The students will learn how to identify the type of structure an author used in writing nonfiction. We will look for keywords as they study the different types of structures (description, cause & effect, problem & solution, order & sequence, and compare & contrast).  This will prepare the students as they begin planning and writing a nonfiction piece in writing.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students are studying a specific mentor sentence each week as they learn grammar rules and parts of speech.  This week, the mentor sentence will include an idiom.  They will also do a fun activity with the use of idioms.
• We will begin planning for our next writing unit, informational writing.  The students will decide on a topic to begin researching next week.

Math:

• We are beginning our next unit, fractions!  The students will be taking time this week to work with fraction tiles to help develop a better understanding of equivalent fractions. 

Social Studies:

• The students will continue to work on a project with their partner as they learn how the American Indians adapted to their environment.  They were assigned a specific region of the United States to research and learn how the American Indians of the region lived and survived.