- November 2: Our P.O.D. groups will be heading out to serve in our community. Your child will be out of the building from approximately 12:35-2:30.
- November 7-10: Conferences. I look forward to meeting with all of you! Feel free to come a bit early so you can scan the QR code on your child's locker and see his/her book review. I will have ipads sitting out so you can use our QR scanners in you need one.
- November 23: No school due to Staff Development
- November 24-25: Thanksgiving break
- December 5-16: Swimming lessons at Holland Aquatic Center. We will be at the pool from 1:25-2:10 p.m.
- December 26-January 8: Christmas Break
- Reading Minutes are due Monday.
- New Work work will be given Monday with a test on Friday. We practice our words each day in class but some students may need additional practice at home.
- Our Math test has been moved to Tuesday due to the fact that we needed a few extra days to practice. :)
- Girls on the Run- This program begins in 3rd grade. A letter came home today explaining the details.
Curriculum Highlights:
Reading: We continue to relate to characters in our stories. As we read each day the students respond to a teaching point in their journals. This week we focused on revising our ideas about our characters as our stories progress. We are able to understand challenges our characters face and explain why our characters are acting certain ways.
Writing: This week everyone was busy publishing the final copy of his/her personal narrative. There was a lot of work in remembering the importance of complete sentences, looking up correct spelling in the dictionary, remembering to indent, and still write neatly!
Math: We have moved into two step story problems. This requires very careful reading and a lot of perseverance! We also learned how to multiply with multiples of 10 (Ex. 8x60=480). We have been busy reviewing as well and decided as a class to take our next unit test on Tuesday so we had a few extra days to review.
Bible: We have moved on to the stories of God calling Abram. This week we traced the path that Abram took when God called him to the land of Canaan. We see how God promises to make him into a great nation and we talked about how Abram had a heart that desired to serve God. We also saw how God loves his children even when we doubt in Him.
Social Studies: We have begun our first unit called "The Geography of Michigan". This week we learned about the location of Michigan as well as many of the natural characteristics that make Michigan unique. We spent a lot of time talking about peninsulas, dunes, islands, and mountain ranges in Michigan and then looking them up on Google Earth. We also researched different bodies of water in Michigan. What a blast!
Blessings,
Lynae
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