Hello Families! 

 

Over the next three weeks, our class will build their knowledge about 
the documents and symbols of the United States, with a focus on the 
nonfiction genre. We will read texts and view videos about why 
certain things came to represent the values and ideals of our country. 
Children will also choose three things they read about—people, 
places, holidays, documents, and symbols—and write an expository 
essay about what each means to our nation, and why.

 

 

We hope this message finds you well and enjoying the beautiful start of the school year! Your continued support and partnership are invaluable to us, and we are excited to share some important updates and celebrations from our school community.

Important Announcements

• No School: Monday, 9/1 - Labor Day
• Picture Day: Friday, 9/5
• Spirit Week: 9/8 - 9/12

Please mark these dates on your calendars and encourage your child to participate in Spirit Week activities!

Celebrations from the Week

This week, our students have made wonderful connections while reading Scaredy Squirrel. They engaged in meaningful discussions about predictions and inferences, showcasing their growing comprehension skills. We are so proud of their enthusiasm and creativity!

Additional Information

This Week in Literacy:

• Vocabulary:

  • Critical Vocabulary: express, convey, chronicle, creative, video, costumes, block, hydrant, march
  • Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms/Antonyms
  • Generative Vocabulary: Prefixes re–, pre–; Spiral Review: Suffixes –ful, –less

• Reading:

  • Skills: Retell/Summarize, Text and Graphic Features, Point of View, Character, Foundational Skills, Decoding: More Long o
  • Spellings: More Long o Spellings
  • Fluency: Phrasing

• Communication:

  • Listening Comprehension
  • Research: Gather Information, Make Connections

• Writing Workshop:

  • Focus: Correspondence Writing

We are grateful for your continued partnership as we work together to support our students' learning and growth. Thank you for your ongoing support in creating a positive and enriching environment for our children.

As we move forward, we look forward to collaborating with you to make this school year a memorable one for our students.

Dear Families,

We hope this message finds you well! As we move deeper into the school year, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude for your ongoing support and partnership. Together, we are building a nurturing environment for our students to thrive.

Important Announcements

Next week, we will be focusing on the following areas in our curriculum:

• Reading: We will explore realistic fiction with our anchor texts, Judy Moody Mood Martin and Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout.

• Writing: Students will engage in planning, drafting, and revising their personal narratives.

• Phonics: Our lessons will focus on spelling patterns, including long vowels, CVCe words, and enhancing fluency.

Please encourage your child to share what they are learning with you!

Celebrations from the Week

We are thrilled to share that students performed well on the weekly assessment covering point of view, literary elements, and theme! Great work, everyone! This achievement reflects their hard work!

This week in Language arts your student will continue to learn about and look for point of view, literary elements including characters, setting, plot, and events in a story, and finding theme. We will be using the anchor text Marisol McDonald Doesn't match. 

 

We will be analyzing and studying multisyllabic words, words with short vowel sounds, and words with prefixes and suffixes, including mis–, un–, and non–
and the suffixes ful and less. 

 

We will begin learning about the writing process and planning to write a narrative. 

In advocacy, your student will be considering the character trait of Integrity. They will read the Empty pot and consider how they can show integrety at home, in school and in their community.