We Are Off And Running!

We are looking forward to our annual Jog-a-Thon scheduled for September 17.  It's time for training, running, increasing stamina and collecting pledges over the next two weeks.  Thanks for supporting our one and only fund raiser this year.  All pledges go directly to crucial programs for our school.

This week we are beginning our Social Studies focus on communities and the change that occurs over time.  Today we talked about artifacts and how the things left behind help us understand others.

We are continuing on with our topic on numeracy in math.  We are working with ordering greater numbers, focusing on place (which place is the number in?) and value (how much is it worth?). We are describing numbers in 4 different ways including standard form, expanded form, word form, and place value blocks representations.  Last but not least, we are making sentences true by using greater than, less than or equal to symbols while working with numbers in the hundred thousands. We'll be showing our thinking with an assessment on Thursday :)

This week in Reading Street we are reading the exaggerated story, Kumak's Fish.  Kumak and his family set out one morning to ice fish.  Kumak is using his Uncle Aglu's amazing hooking stick.  All Kumak's family catch fish except him.  Finally he hooks something, and it takes the entire village holding on to Kumak to reel in his catch-- a long line of fish holding on to each other--enough fish for the entire village.
The comprehension strategies we are focusing on this week are sequencing, or the order in which things happen in a story, and visualization.

We are becoming writers inside our classroom.  We are using technology and creativity to publish a narrative all about us.  We can't wait for you to see it! We are also focusing on writing great 5 sentence paragraphs that contain a topic sentence, 3 detail sentences, and a closing, cover it all sentence.




Don't forget...our first adventure book report is due soon.  Find that adventure and get lost in the book! All information and rubrics are found in your homework folder.