I hope your unexpected day off was enjoyable. Your child will bring home their report cards today. Please be sure to sign the envelope and return the empty envelope on Wednesday. We are beginning our 3rd quarter which will only be 8 weeks long. Here is a list of goals that will be accomplished this quarter:
Science: Study of Plants which will include the needs of plants, the life cycle and the characteristics of plants that are passed on from the parent plant. I will post a study power point on the website prior to our test. We will be growing a bean seed in class and your child will bring this seed home daily. We put the seed in a small plastic bag to be able to observe the growth and students wear it as a necklace.
Social Studies: Economics is the topic of study this quarter. We will accomplish this through our hands-on unit called Market Day. A very detailed letter will come home today explaining what students will need to do. A short oral presentation will be part of this unit. There are details also on the class website.
Math: We will continue with our study of multiplication and division. Students should be working to memorize their facts 0, 1, 2, 5, 10. Helping your child to skip count by these numbers will be very helpful to them. We will also continue our 5 minute weekly timed tests on addition. Students need to complete 100 problems in 5 minutes with 90% or better in order to move on to the next level. Using the Xtra Math website will help them with this or good old-fashioned flash cards. We will then move into metric measurement of length. Students will need to measure, read measurement and compare lengths. Each chapter in our math book has story problems as well. After length, students will learn about measuring mass and volume in metric measurements. This will conclude our first math book for the year.
Reading: Students will continue to learn and practice reading strategies to help them figure out words and comprehend their reading. The goal is to pass a level 24 test during this quarter. I will begin testing the first week of March. Students will need to read part of the story with good pacing, be able to predict what will happen (3 things), complete reading the story then tell a detailed retelling. Students should also be able to tell what the lesson or main idea of the story was and any connections they have to the story. You can help your child by making sure they are reading daily and talking with them about their reading.
Writing: Students will continue to work on using correct capitalization, punctuation and grammar. In March, students will need to write to a prompt that will be graded on Ideas, Organization, Sentence Fluency, Word Choice, Voice, Conventions. I have put some writing in this week's homework packet to help students practice. There are prompts for students to write to. Read your child's work to check the following things:
Ideas: Stays on topic and uses some details to tell their story
Organization: There is a clear beginning, middle and end to the piece. It makes sense and reads easily.
Sentence Fluency: The sentences do not all begin the same way. The length of the sentence varies and transitions are used (first, next, then, last, finally, etc).
Word Choice: The student uses great adjectives and verbs to describe nouns. Good, fun, and said are not great word choices.
Voice: A sense of the writer's personality is shown. Emotion is created due to the choice of words.
Conventions: Periods & capitals are used. Word wall words are spelled correctly, correct verb tense is used.
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