It's a short, but busy week. Wednesday afternoon is the dress rehearsal for the Christmas concert and Thursday and Friday afternoons are the performances. Don't forget to continue looking for or making creative gifts for our Secret Santa gift exchange, which will occur December 16th.
READING and WRITING
The students have been reading fairytales, and they began creating their own original fairytales. We brainstormed the elements of a fairytale and they were all given the assessment rubric. They need to have a rough copy finished and be ready to start typing by next Tuesday (December 13th). The goal is to have the fairytale completely written and typed into the word processor by the middle of January, so they can then begin illustrating (which will take several weeks). This week we will also learn about words that are often confused in writing, such as all ready and already, breath and breathe, cloths and clothes, desert and dessert, lose and loose, etc.
MATH
We will continue to work on multiplication of 2-digit by 1-digit, 2-digit by 2-digit, and with decimals. We did a quiz last week, but it was obvious by the results that the students needed more time with this concept. Many of the students still do not have their times tables mastered, which is making it very difficult for them to have success. Please continue to work on mastery at home.
READING and WRITING
The students have been reading fairytales, and they began creating their own original fairytales. We brainstormed the elements of a fairytale and they were all given the assessment rubric. They need to have a rough copy finished and be ready to start typing by next Tuesday (December 13th). The goal is to have the fairytale completely written and typed into the word processor by the middle of January, so they can then begin illustrating (which will take several weeks). This week we will also learn about words that are often confused in writing, such as all ready and already, breath and breathe, cloths and clothes, desert and dessert, lose and loose, etc.
MATH
We will continue to work on multiplication of 2-digit by 1-digit, 2-digit by 2-digit, and with decimals. We did a quiz last week, but it was obvious by the results that the students needed more time with this concept. Many of the students still do not have their times tables mastered, which is making it very difficult for them to have success. Please continue to work on mastery at home.
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