Highlights from Week 4!

Fall is here!!  We are definitely feeling the weather change in Room 307... long gone are the days of sweating with no AC in our room and now, they are grabbing their coats whenever we go out (so please make sure students come with a coat)!  This week, we took our first math test on our unit: Place Value.  Students took home their graded tests so please check those to see their scores.  As a class, we worked on a review test together and walked through each problem earlier in the week so that each student could be successful.  For homework this past week, many students forgot the writing portion.  Each week, there will be a writing portion to the homework - every part of the homework is clearly written on the cover of the homework packet.  Please help your child read every part so they do not miss a portion of the homework.  If your child took home a pink "No Homework" slip, please sign and return the next day.  Thank you to the 8 students who turned in every part of the homework!  It was surprising to see the drastic drop from 100% completion/participation to only 1/3 of the class turning it in!

On a lighter note, I have scheduled our first field trip!  We will be going to The Center for Wooden Boats (South Lake Union) on Friday, October 18th.  It will be a fun trip where students will participate in the "What Floats Your Boat" program.  Students will get to make their own toy wooden boats and test them out on the water.  We will also go ON the boats and paddle on South Lake Union.  I am so excited for this field trip coming up - forms will be sent home tomorrow!

Highlights:
-Learned more writing strategies and will begin writing personal narratives next week!
-We started a new math unit on: Addition & Subtraction.  Homework and in-class work will be tailored around this concept.
-Planted our seeds (Brassica rapa plant) and they started growing already!  Check out pictures of our watering system, lamp, and growing plants at the bottom of this post.
-We learned about different genres of literature this week, and we review for the next couple of weeks the different reading comprehension strategies.
-Picture Day is next Friday!  October 4th - picture forms will come home soon, so fill those out quickly and return them ASAP.
-Our first MAP Test will be on that same Friday.  Please make sure your child is not absent and well-rested that day.
-Please fill out the field trip form and return as soon as possible!