LANGUAGE ARTS: Writer’s notebooks will be checked for the first time this Monday. It is so exciting as a teacher to see kids writing without being told to do so AND being excited about writing. The expectation for writer’s notebooks is two entries per week, 20 minutes of writing per entry. This week is a short week but there will be a vocabulary assignment related to our reading of Island of the Blue Dolphins.
MATH: Look for a family letter to come home with your student today. Please read it and sign their planners so I know you received it. The letter gives important information about what material will be covered in Unit 2. We will be working on estimation skills, addition and subtraction of whole numbers and decimals and lattice multiplication. We will continue to reinforce traditional multiplication as well.
THEME: Our short week will have us continue our study of earthquakes and volcanoes. We will also continue our study of the Aztec culture. We will be watching a video about the Aztec culture done by the History Channel. It will give a very good overview of the time period and the culture of the Aztecs.