Weekly Update: April 8th-12th

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Hi Parents,

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. We had a great week at school, the students especially enjoyed Wednesday with their "Read and Feed" and a visit to Mrs. Wilson's classroom to play math games with the

Kindergarteners. I enjoyed watching their interactions, being helpful and setting a positive example for them. We even got to be a little silly as we danced with them before we went back to our classroom.

Reading:I have begun my reading assessments with the students and will continue these into the next week or so. This week students read about the many uses of magnets. Students read The Power of Magnets and focused on finding examples of cause and effect relationships. During small groups, students got a chance to explore magnets that their classmates had brought in to share.



Spelling: Our spelling pattern this week focused on two syllable words with double consonants. We noticed that the words could be split between the double consonants. Students also sorted the words into the following categories: words with double l, words with double t, words with double r, and words with other double consonants.

Math: This week in math we reviewed the partial products method, practiced multiplying decimals, and identified factors of given numbers. We noticed that some whole numbers only have two factors (one and itself), while others have many. Students should be practicing their fact triangles daily at home.

Social Studies: Students have been working in small groups to learn about the following individuals: Cesar Chavez, Ruby Bridges, Judy Huemann, Lois Marie. Students are creating their own human monuments to display the positive impact they had on our community. Students will present their human monuments on Monday. I will post pics next week.

 

Donations:

Thanks so much for the boxes of Kleenex and pencil sharpeners, they were greatly appreciated. We are still in need of some pencils to get us through the rest of the year if you could spare some. Thanks so much for your continued support, I appreciate it!