Class Activities for the Week of Sept. 5th to Sept. 10th

Hello Parents and Students!

I hope everyone is looking forward to a great week and then a bit of time off for our Independence Day holiday.

This week in MATH we will be learning new strategies for adding and subtracting numbers in our heads, and getting lots of practice with our 'mental math'.  By the end of the week we will be moving into adding three or more numbers at a time using the classic algorhythm method.  

This week in READER'S WORKSHOP I will be conducting our A-Z reading assessments in order to have an idea of each student's personal reading level at this early stage in the school year.  We will also be working on creating the guidelines and expectations for our 'Reader's Letter'.  The 'Reader's Letter' is an activity that each student will be responsible for once a week where they will write me a letter that discusses anything and everything that they think about while reading their current book.  There is a full outline of this activity in a letter from me that can be found glued into the students' Reader's Notebook.  

This week in WRITER'S WORKSHOP we will be having a proofreading lesson using their first 'Reader's Letter'.  We will go over the things each student should do when it comes time to proofread and edit a piece of work, specifically their weekly letter.  Later in the week we will be continuing with the students' experiments with writing dialogue in the manner of our read-aloud book "Superfudge", by Judy Blume. 

This week's GRAMMAR lesson will focus on adverbs.  We will learn what an adverb is and how it is different from an adjective, how it is similar to an adjective, and how it can make storytelling a whole lot more exciting.  We will then practice in pairs creating an adverb laden piece of writing to share with the class.   

This week's SOCIAL STUDIES lessons will be used to prepare our Independence Day float.  We are still in need of a lot of assistance on this one from parent's and students.  Again the focus is on Honduran Native Culture, so if our families have any materials that could be used as decoration or costumes or a wagon of some kind, could you please send them in with your child in the next few days.  Any assistance would be much appreciated.  Thank you!

Also the school is asking for a 100 Lempira per family donation for our Independence Day celebration to be used for decorations and examples of local food for all the children.

And speaking of money:  if you have not yet sent in 500 Lempiras for your child's classroom yet, could you please do so soon.  This money goes towards purchasing school supplies and educational materials for our room and the art room throughout the year.  Thank you.

I hope we all have a great week.  All the best,   

Jordan Rose