Monday, November 6, 2017

Week of 11/6

A glace at our coming week...

  • Nov 7 Family Fun Night at Red Robin Santan Village
  • Nov 8   Parent Positive: The Minds of Boys and Girls
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    ELA:  
    -Cricket in Times Square chapters 10-12 - emphasis on vocabulary and colorful language/character development (hunt for virtue in the text)
    -Reading -Comprehension practice (Pulling out essential details)
    -Writing - The Writing Process Overview
    Focus - Topic sentences within a paragraph
    -Weekly leveled reading assessments
    -Continue fluency and comprehension practice at student differentiated levels
    Regarding Fluency Homework: Please note, your child should not be "speed" reading these passages. Their primary focus should be reading the text fluently. Please correct your scholar if they forget to pause at the period to begin the next new thought. There should be a natural pause at the commas as well. If there is a question mark - their tone should change slightly to read the question with a "questioning voice" *Fluent readers pay attention to the punctuation marks.

    History:
    Ancient China Assessment Wednesday (Tuesday is review)
    Ancient Greece unit begins Thursday

    Science: 
    Overview of the body systems

    Math: 
    -Solve division word problems using number bonds and pictures
    -Count by 2's: Solve problems in the form of 2 x = by counting by 2's
    -Relate ___ x 2 to the facts for doubles
    -Build the multiplication table for 2

    -Compute unknown facts from known facts-Review division: Breaking apart arrays
    -Review division: breaking apart a whole number and having some leftover or remaining
    -Division assessment next Tuesday 

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