Hello families!
I hope you had a wonderful mid-winter break with your family! I enjoyed spending time with my sons and had fun taking Ben to a few special places (his older brothers were in school!). Brad and I got some projects done at home and even had a night out! Overall, a successful break!
In reading workshop this week we will be continuing to amp up our reading power! This week we will learn how to pick a goal based on the fluency, comprehension or literary language. Students will decide a goal on which they feel they need to work. Then I will form "Goal Groups." The groups will decide on a club plan together. They will determine tools they need for the group and steps to work toward their goal. I am excited to see how this comes together!
In writing, we have been working hard on our opinion writing letters. We have selected books that we feel are so good they deserve an award. We will work this week on creating an outline for an opinion writing paper. We will begin writing our papers and preparing a poster to go with the paper. Our final opinion writing unit will wrap up in the next two weeks!
In phonics, this week we will work on letter combinations in which the first letter is silent - kn, gn, wr and mb (climb). We will practicing sort words with those letter combinations and reading the words with a partner.
In math, we are working on partial sums addition and how to add two digit numbers. We will spend a lesson doing "explorations" to prepare for the next unit. At the end of the week I will send home the Unit 6 study guide. Students will take unit 6 math test next week on Tuesday, March 3rd.
Soon we will begin our next unit of Social Studies. We will be learning about the history of Walled Lake. We will take a look at the past and create a time line of events for the area. We will begin learning about the amusement park that was once in downtown Walled Lake.
Continue to send the necessary snow clothes this week... I see some snow in the forecast (boo!!).
Have a great week!
Mrs. Scheck
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
February 3-7
Dear families,
We began reading workshop this week working on learning to read longer, more complex stories and to use strategies to hold on to the meaning of the story. Students each have a same book partner. Partners are reading the same books and helping each other by asking these questions:
What is happening so far?
What is it mostly about?
How is the character changing or not?
What is the character learning? What's the lesson?
This will prepare the class to begin book clubs next.
We worked today on determining the most important part of a chapter. Instead of focusing on small details we discussed and practiced writing down the most important part at the end of a chapter. This will also help students when they have to do a written retelling of a story!
In writing, we are working on making our opinion letters longer and stronger. We are using direct quotes from the book to back up our evidence. We are writing more than on section of a letter and trying to find at least three examples or reasons why someone should read that book!
Our phonics focus this week is on breaking words with -le at the end (cable, title, scramble). We learned to break them before the consonant le. We worked on writing words and we played red light, green light. Students enjoyed this fun game!
In math, we had our unit 5 math test on Tuesday. Wednesday we started Unit 6. We began today with making a picture graph and a bar graph. We will continue to work on two digit addition. We practice measuring in centimeters
In social studies this week we read The Wartville Wizard. This story teaches students about caring for the environment. We worked on learning these 4 types: desert, forest. plains and ocean. We discussed the word ecology. We will read the book Letting Swift River Go this week and learn how mankind can have a positive or negative effect on the ecology of an area.
Wixom Elementary participated in Global Play Day! Today from 3:00-3:30 we got out board games, puzzles, stuffed animals, legos, lincoln logs and operation! We played with classmates and enjoyed some free time!
I hope you are having an awesome week!
Mrs. Scheck
We began reading workshop this week working on learning to read longer, more complex stories and to use strategies to hold on to the meaning of the story. Students each have a same book partner. Partners are reading the same books and helping each other by asking these questions:
What is happening so far?
What is it mostly about?
How is the character changing or not?
What is the character learning? What's the lesson?
This will prepare the class to begin book clubs next.
We worked today on determining the most important part of a chapter. Instead of focusing on small details we discussed and practiced writing down the most important part at the end of a chapter. This will also help students when they have to do a written retelling of a story!
In writing, we are working on making our opinion letters longer and stronger. We are using direct quotes from the book to back up our evidence. We are writing more than on section of a letter and trying to find at least three examples or reasons why someone should read that book!
Our phonics focus this week is on breaking words with -le at the end (cable, title, scramble). We learned to break them before the consonant le. We worked on writing words and we played red light, green light. Students enjoyed this fun game!
In math, we had our unit 5 math test on Tuesday. Wednesday we started Unit 6. We began today with making a picture graph and a bar graph. We will continue to work on two digit addition. We practice measuring in centimeters
In social studies this week we read The Wartville Wizard. This story teaches students about caring for the environment. We worked on learning these 4 types: desert, forest. plains and ocean. We discussed the word ecology. We will read the book Letting Swift River Go this week and learn how mankind can have a positive or negative effect on the ecology of an area.
Wixom Elementary participated in Global Play Day! Today from 3:00-3:30 we got out board games, puzzles, stuffed animals, legos, lincoln logs and operation! We played with classmates and enjoyed some free time!
I hope you are having an awesome week!
Mrs. Scheck
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