Dear Families,
Singer and songwriter, Jon Gailmor, met with our class this
week to write a song and put it to music.
It is incredible to see this in action.
I hope you are able to see and
hear all the students sing their class songs at the concert on Tuesday evening
at 6:30P.M. Due to a soccer conflict,
this is a change in the day of the concert.
Hope to see you there!
Writing: Students are working very hard on
their personal narratives. Sometimes
personal narratives require the writer to bare their soul to the reader, which
can be difficult. Writing about the
first time you lied or didn’t listen to your parents, when you climbed a
difficult mountain or when you moved to a new school can involve quite a bit of
emotion. Writers have to challenge
themselves to convey all that emotion to the reader. Writing about lessons learned, self
realizations or “aha” moments are important in a personal narrative. We are also working on adding metaphors and
similes to our work.
Math: The weekly math word problem was on vacation
this week due to the short week but will resume next week. We are practicing finding all the factors for
a number and prime factorization of a number.
Having a solid grasp of factors will prepare students in adding and
subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.
Reading: Students should continue to work on their 12
of 18 literacy project. These are due on
Friday October 24, which is next Friday.
Social Studies: We are studying about Ancient Egypt. Students read and discussed an article in
Kid’s Discover magazine about pyramids. The engineering and thought that went
into the building of the pyramids was incredible. We will continue to gather, read, and discuss
information for a scrap book of Ancient Civilizations that we are making in
class.
I am waiting for a few more parent teacher conference slips
to come in to finalize the schedule. If
you have not sent in your form, please send it in as soon as possible. Thanks so much.
The beech trees are giving the woods and the hillsides a
golden yellow glow. Enjoy your
weekend.
Ellen
Knoedler
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