Happy New Year!
The students wrote about a moment from their winter break. Wow! It sounds like everyone had a great time, and I'm so glad to see all their smiling faces back at school.
Some school news...
*Author, Marianne Berkes, will be here on Monday, January 9th. The children will hear her present in the Janet Root Theater.
*Grandparents Day will take place on Friday, January 27. There will be a noon dismissal on that day.
Classroom news...
We started a Readers Workshop today similar to our Writers Workshop. It will take us a few weeks to get into a new routine, but please ask your child how they are enjoying this. We will still keep the same rigor, but there will be more time for students to read more often in the class and a greater emphasis on them picking what they want to read. More information will follow during the next few blogs.
Each morning I challenge the children to use their mental math skills to answer a math multiplication question. It is evident that most children still need to memorize the multiplication and division facts. Please encourage this at home as well.
Vocabulary Words for the next two weeks are:
Wordly Wise-
act, additional, advice, crumple, fan, memorize, mystify, pause, transparent, vanish
Collection Vocabulary-
gimmick, arabbers, hamper, knotted, bop, cosmic, irksome, infuriated, prowling, passionate, reaped, midst, tightlipped, abbreviated, cochlea
Wishing you all a wonderful week!
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