Thanksgiving

This year is sure flying by quickly.  We are well into October and have a couple of units completed.  This past week you will have seen the work from our Prayer unit come home, as well as the first Social Studies unit.  This week you will see the first completed math units come home as well.

Completed units mean new units!  In Grade 2 math students will be working with numbers up to 100.  This involves some new concepts and new ways to build and understand numbers.  Grade 3s are working with numbers up to 1000.  An understanding of our base ten system is crucial at this point.

We will toggle between Social Studies and Science throughout the year.  We are going to jump into a Science unit this week.

Now that I have had a chance to spend time working one on one with each student I have a better idea of the reading and writing abilities and needs in the classroom.  We have been working hard to learn the various rotation parts of the Daily 5.  This week I will begin focused work groups for both reading and spelling.  You may see new items coming home as homework.

Last week a letter from Pastor went home about the CLWR school wide project we are working on.  Our class has been selected to put together We Care kits during the month of January.  Please refer to the list from pastor of items to keep an eye out for until then.  I will send further information in the new year.

Reminders:
Monday, October 14 - Thanksgiving, no school