I hope everyone made it through Hurricane Sandy safely! I wanted to send this out yesterday, but we lost Internet connection! This week, we will shift gears and being talking about the comprehension strategy of making predictions. Students use information from text, pictures, and their schema to make predictions before, during and after reading. This week, our text connection will be Zachary's Ball. Students will work on making predictions as well as identifying clues used to make the prediction. Guided reading groups have been working on fiction, non-fiction, and short comprehension passages and will incorporate the strategy of predictions into this area as well.
Our writing blocks will be combined with science this week. Our nocturnal animal project topics have been chosen and we are ready to begin our research. This week we will learn about taking notes from research sources. We will be using both Internet and literature sources to get information about our nocturnal animals. Students will use a graphic organizer as a format for note taking. The four main areas for research will be body features, habitat, predators and prey, and adaptations.
In math, we continue on with Unit Three. This week our lessons will focus on double frames and arrows and making change. Now that our Daily Five Math is in full swing, we have really shifted focus from daily whole group instruction to small group instruction math as well as reading!
Our science lessons will focus on bats this week. We will discuss the habitat and body features of bats this week. In regards to the nocturnal animal project, students will be coming home with a detailed description of this assignment. There is a home component to the project, which is to make a 3D model/diorama of the animal in its natural habitat. Please look for the detailed instructions in this week's Monday Folder.
Please remember that parent conference day is Tuesday, November 6. I will be sending home a friendly reminder of your scheduled time. Please also look for the pre-conference form in the Monday Folder as well. Conference day runs on a tight schedule and we only have 15 minutes to discuss your child's progress. I will use the pre-conference form to help set the agenda for our meeting and make the best use of our time together.
We will be having our Fall party this Wednesday October 31. A big thank you to our room mother, Laurie Canavan for organizing everything! Please be sure to send in a snack for the party for your child as we will not be serving food!
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