Week 3 has been a great success; Mr. Edmondson and I see your scholars getting used to being back in the classroom and accustomed to procedures. The learning is starting to flow so beautifully!
Graded work/Black folders went home today (Friday 8/24)
Please sign the paper in the protective sheet and send the empty folder back on Monday.
As you look through your child's assignments/work within the black folder please speak with your scholar. Encourage them to see mistakes as an opportunity for learning. "It is okay to make mistakes, that is the way we learn"
A large focus this week for our classroom culture was how we think about challenges and the difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset.
Please encourage your child never to say "I don't know" - but instead to say "I don't know yet."
If something does not come naturally for your child, please encourage them to say, "This just needs more time and effort." We are wanting to instill in our scholars a growth mindset.
Students chose from the following phrases and reflected/applied them to their own lives, copying the phrase and drawing a picture:
"I can learn how they do it."
"I can't do it yet."
"What other strategies can I try?"
"I can always give my best effort and improve."
"I can learn how to do this."
"I'm on the right track."
"This just needs more time and effort."
"What can I learn from my mistake?"
Important Dates
1. August 30th: Volunteer Training Night 6-7:30 pm
2. September 4th: Singapore and Spalding Night 5:30-6:30 pm (K-2)
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A glance at the coming week...
1. Spalding: We will continue our review of the 70 phonograms and enter our spelling words into our pink notebooks. We will continue to focus on letter formation, baseline and midpoint, and letter sizing.
2. Language Arts: We will be building on the skills we have been acquiring this year. We will take our knowledge of grammar and begin parsing subject noun/ verb sentences. We will complete our study of the 4 types of sentences by examining interrogative and exclamatory sentences. Our study of story elements will be solidified by reading How the Camel Got It's Hump and by learning to visualize what we read.
3. Science: We will begin our Simple Machines unit. Scholars will observe, experiment, and discuss how machines help us do work. Scholars will understand that work is when force is applied to an object and it moves in the direction of the force.
4. History: Our Geography unit continues with a trip through central and South America. The students will be creating postcards from Puerto Rico, telling their loved ones about the wonders they saw on our imaginary field trip.
5. Math: This week's objectives are as follows:
-Word problems
Key terms:
Compare
Difference
Less Than
More Than
-Add a 2-digit number to a number within 1,000 without renaming, using the standard algorithm.
-Add a 3-digit number to a number within 1,000 without renaming, using the standard algorithm.
-Add numbers within 1,000, no renaming
-Solve word problems
-Subtract a 2-digit number from a number within 1,000 without renaming, using the standard algorithm
*Please be sure to have your child practice their Rocket Math (the perimeter of the box once orally) nightly
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| Students practicing rocket math with their partners orally then with written form |
Assessments
1. Friday: Spelling Test
Please do reach out if there is anything I can help with.
Partnering with you,
Miss Hadley
