Parents, if you haven't already done so, please read and return your child's published informational writing piece ASAP.
We have a busy week ahead of us with our LS Talent Show on Wednesday, the Chinese New Year Parade on Thursday morning, and US Paralympic athlete, Blake Leeper, speaking to our school on Thursday afternoon. All of these wonderful events, and our unexpected two-hour delay is going to make our week a bit topsy-turvy, so please bear with us!
Here is the news for our class this week.
Math - On Tuesday, we will review the multiplication and division concepts we learned over the course of Unit 7. We will have our written assessment on Wednesday, and our open response on Friday. We will have our times 2 multiplication timed test on Wednesday.
Homework
- 7.9 due Tuesday, Feb. 17
Students should continue to review the multiplication facts that they need further practice with. Next week, we will have an assessment on the times 4 multiplication facts. In addition to completing the review packet as part of their 90 minutes of required math activity, the kiddos can practice with flash cards, fact triangles, and play multiplication math games. Don't forget to log your 90 minutes of math activity in your log!
Reading - This week we will have our first book club meetings and revisit what makes a level 3 jot for our mystery reading. We will also review strategies for summarizing what we read.
For homework, students should read about 4 nights a week, for a total of 2 hours per week. The children should log their "just right" reading each day in their reading logs and calculate and log the total number of pages and minutes read at the end of the week. The children may log any reading they do in their mystery books in preparation for their book club meetings. Students are also encouraged to log any additional "free reading" they do at home, as well.
Parents, as we continue to grow as readers, we are all working on reading more fluently. The children are encouraged to read aloud to someone at home to practice reading in large, meaningful phrases.
Writing - We will continue to choose from our lists of "likes" and "dislikes", and write persuasive reviews by generating strong opinion statements supported by reasons and examples, using the OREO structure. (See chart below.) We will also work on considering our audience when drafting our persuasive reviews, keeping in mind questions they might have, and considering what they may want to know about our topic.
For homework, Use the OREO structure to organize and write another persuasive review in your writing notebook.
We will have our next word wall quiz next Monday, Feb. 23.