Good Afternoon Families!
We had an absolute blast celebrating Halloween last week! A special thank you to our parent volunteers who made our party a huge success!
And can you believe that our first grading period is coming to an end? Our students have worked extremely hard to learn our target concepts and have picked up and practiced strong study skills along the way. Thank you for your continued support at home.
Here are the targets we are currently wrapping up as we start to close the first grading period:
Literacy
* Our students are wrapping up finding the theme of a story, including how characters in the story respond to challenges. We finished reading two inspiring stories about characters resolving their conflicts by finding courage within.
Writing
* Our students completed writing an opinion essay about what they thought were the two most pressing issues and topics of slavery, as told through our text, "The Road to Freedom". They worked very hard to support their ideas with evidence from the text and utilized strategies to help give their readers a lasting impression.
Math
* Through hard practice, our students are learning various strategies of how to multiply and divide using decimals.
Social Studies
* We are wrapping up the first grading period discussing trade expansion, specifically Marco Polo and how he sparked the Age of Exploration. We are also discussing the Columbian Exchange and its effects on the Europeans and the indigenous people of the Caribbean.
Science
* We are finishing weather by discussing how meteorologists analyze high pressure and low pressure areas in order to predict weather.
Upcoming Events
** Wednesday, November 11th - No School (Teacher Institute Day)
Friendly Reminders
** Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack. Nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack!
** Please continue to have your child practice their multiplication facts up to 12.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you and have a fantastic weekend!
Enzie Pangilinan
