Week of September 18th

NEWS:

In reading our focus this week was "word attack" strategies. Basically this entails first cross-checking ourselves to see whether what we are reading makes sense and if it doesn't then using strategies to solve words successfully by looking at the beginning, middle, and ending of words. We are also continuing to jot down notes on our reading about things we find interesting, puzzling, or want to explore further as a means to aid our comprehension.

In writing our focus this week remained on developing our small moment personal narratives and extending them further by elaborating on details using the senses to make our writing more interesting. We acted out parts of our story to really be able to show and not just tell what our bodies and faces were doing and what we said and to show emotion rather than just write-I was sad. We will continue our work last week noticing powerful things master authors are doing in our mentor texts and trying them out such as: an ellipse..., or a repeating line or some onomatopoeia(sound word).

In math our focus remains on work with base ten relationships and modelling. This week we learned about modelling numbers in expanded form with the value of each digit, as well as standard and word form. We will continue this as there are a lot of new vocabulary words. We did some extension activities and it was good for students to practice growth mindset and use resources when faced with challenging tasks.

In social studies we started building our own ideal communities, discussing what kinds of features our particular kind of community has. We learned about good and services and started planning the goods and services we want in our community.

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UPCOMING

ES Parent Teacher conferences will be held on Monday,  October 9th and Tuesday, October 10th. We will send more information regarding specific dates and times for appointments soon.

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DINNER QUESTIONS
*What was your favorite Hari Raya station?
*What strategies have you learned to solve tricky words?
*What kind of laws will you have in your community?