Blog update for the week of October 27th – 31st

Blog update for the week of October 27^th – 31^st

Writer’s Workshop:

As this unit on Expository/Informational writing continues, we have already completed organizing our facts into three different subtopics on our graphic organizer, and have written our first drafts. This week, we will continue to revise and edit our factual writing, and then continue writing our final drafts. This style of writing is very different from our personal narratives because we are not telling a story about ourselves; rather we are sharing information about something else. So far, our main focus has been in keeping our opinions separated from the facts while sharing information, and not telling “how to” do something. The children have been working hard on these concepts and are embracing the new challenge! We will have some great papers coming soon! 

Our vocabulary words are: ability, loyal, lying, partners, patrol, quiver, shift, and snap.  Your child is responsible for knowing how to spell the words, along with knowing how to use the words correctly in complete sentences.

Reading Workshop:

We will continue learning more about reading nonfiction texts. For this week's focus, we will discuss how good readers ask questions before, during, and after reading as well as discussing author’s purpose. Students will be assessed on their understanding of author’s purpose at the end of the week.

Again this week, students will be assigned an additional comprehension activity that needs to be completed at home and will be due on Friday. In addition to answering each question, students are expected to find the page number in which the answer can be found in the text. This week’s questions will be sent home, as they are not in the weekly yellow comprehension packet. Students will also be expected to read the story independently, as we will not be reading the story together in class. 

MATH 

We have almost completed our time unit and will be taking the assessment in the next couple of days!  Elapsed time is a hard skill, so we will continue practicing this. This week we will start our unit on money.  Students will begin practicing how to determine the value of a collection of bills and coins.  In addition, students will also be learning how to add and subtract money and determine the correct amount of change.  Please practice these skills at home. Students will be assessed on their understanding of money at the end of the week.

SCIENCE

We are finishing our unit on matter and will focus on how states of matter can change with heat and cold.  An assessment will be given at the end of the week.

Upcoming Events and Reminders:

Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday are PE days, please wear tennis shoes

Red Ribbon Week- October 27^th – 31st   KCE is focused on healthy and safe choices! 

Schedule for each day:

Monday: Red Ribbon Day (Students and staff will receive red ribbons today and are encouraged to wear red ribbons all week long.)

Tuesday: Pair Up and Make Good Choices (Find a friend and dress up as twins.)

Wednesday: Sock It to Drugs Day! (Wear silly/crazy socks to school.)

Thursday: Good Character is Our Super Power (Students and teachers will wear superhero clothing.)

Friday: Rally in Red Day: (Students and teachers will communicate support for Red Ribbon Week by wearing as many red items as they can. The class with the most red items will win a prize.)
Please check the Kathy Caraway website for other events