Thank you for taking the time to come to Back to School Night last night!  For those of you that couldn’t make it, I will be sending home a “quick” summary sheet and the forms next week.  And, always feel free to e-mail me at:  twetzel@egusd.net for any questions big or small.

Monday, July 22, will be our first day writing our homework in the Homework Planner.  The homework is tentatively scheduled to be:

• Rdg (reading): 20 minutes  Please read with your child and stop and make comments/discuss during the reading about things that surprised you, that you wonder about, etc.  Have the students use the Comprehension Strategies!
• Math: S&P L1.1 pgs P3-P4 odds   S&P represents the Standards and Practice book.  1 represents Chapter 1, Lesson 1.

Reading will consistently remain the same throughout the year.  Some weeks may have a summary picture, write-up, etc. to share with the class what books they have been reading.

Math homework on Tuesday, July 23, will be a process in learning rounding (see below)

Next Week in the Classroom…

Spelling – Week 1 (your child will have a list in their backpack) The spelling pattern is short vowels a and short i.

Math – We will begin GoMath! Chapter 1 (Addition and Subtraction Within 1,000):  The most difficult concept of the chapter is rounding, which is introduced in Lesson 1.2.  We will work through this chapter slowly, as it is difficult for students and it builds a foundation for many of the chapters to come.  The GoMath! Texts are available on-line at ThinkCentral.

Reading – Wonders Unit 1, Week 1 (Story time): This week we will work on citing evidence from text, describing characters, setting, and plot, and visualizing while we read.

Grammar – We will learn to distinguish sentences from sentence fragments.

Writing – Writing a Friendly Letter