Dear Parents,
The new year, 2020, is off to a roaring start! We’re working hard in our classroom and learning lots of new things!
Mrs. Le’s Academic Notes: It is very important to make sure your child reads for their 20 minutes of reading homework each night. In addition, it is crucial that your child learn their multiplication facts with automaticity. Please have them practice their facts at home with flashcards, multiplication games, and practice quizzes.
Important Dates:
January 31st – Cougar Kiosk
February 4th – Box tops due
February 10th – No school (president’s day)
February 17th – No school (president’s day)
Math – We have just begun chapter 8. In this chapter, students have begun learning about fractions. It is imperative that students continue to practice their multiplication. They will continue to use their facts with fractions. Students will need to know their multiplication facts more automatically as the year continues. This week, students are specifically learning about equal groups, unit fractions, numerators, denominators and fractions on a number line. There will be a mid chapter quiz the beginning of next week.
Reading – We are reading a class novel together called Charlotte’s Web. We are learning new vocabulary and answering questions using the text for evidence. We are also reading a story in our Wonders anthology this week. Students will be learning characteristics of the historical fiction genre as well as cause and effect and the figurative language of using idioms.
Writing – Students will have a mini lesson each day about informative writing. They will begin to write their own informational report slowly as we progress through the mini lessons.
Social Studies – Students are working on a research project about a famous African American person.
Spelling – We are practicing with words that have digraphs this week. Digraphs are a combination of two or more letters that work together to make the same sound such as sh, ch, tch and mb.
PE – Tuesdays and Thursdays
Library – Tuesdays
Computer Lab – Thursdays