August 28, 2015
Dear Families,
Thank you for having
such wonderful children. The school year is off to a fabulous start. Everyone
is working hard.
There are always many
things to get the year off on the right foot. We are talking about safe, responsible and respectful
behavior and reviewing PBIS behavior expectations for the classroom, the entire
school (cafeteria, hallways, playground and the bus). Thank you for supporting
your child’s effort to be safe, respectful and responsible. The Family Handbook
was also sent home. This explains,
in detail, all school policies.
Our first quote writing
response, related to beginnings, was due today, Friday. On Monday we will set up our reading
journals for the 40 Book Challenge.
I cannot stress enough the importance of reading. Reading is the single most important thing
that a person can do to help themselves be a complete learner. Students also completed an assignment
book scavenger hunt to familiarize themselves with their assignment book.
In science, we
discussed the scientific method and conducted and experiment to see what
cleaned cooking off of a human beings hands better: soapy water or plain water.
In math, students took
timed tests in all the 4 operations and a place value assessment. Students were also assigned two math word problems, or POW”S (Problem of
the Week). We also discussed the
proper way to write up the math word problems. Students have a rubric to follow and a sample write up to
follow. The “How Fast” word
problem is due Tuesday September 1 and the Train Problem is due Wednesday
September 2. While the train problem might not seem like a
typical math problem, it does involve logic and quite a bit of thinking! Ask your child about both of the math
word problems. It is fine to
“help” your child, but students should be figuring out the problem
themselves.
Please remember to
return the information forms and the classroom blog permission form to school
as soon as you can.
Picture
is Tuesday September 1.
Have a great weekend. Ellen
