News From Mrs. Rowe and Mr. Miller
We have had a great week at school. Students were able to enjoy a
performance by a few sixth grade students from Sells Middle School
on Thursday. Those students performed a Reader’s Theater play
for us. We will be trying to work with that same class some
throughout the school year.
We hope that you and your families have a lovely fall weekend! As
always, if you have any questions, please feel free to email us.
Mrs. Angela Rowe
Mr. Dave Miller
October 2, 2015
Reading & Writing Workshop
This week in reading workshop the morning
group began work on book jackets. We have
Math Workshop
This week in math we have been
learning how to use mental
been talking about summary writing and
math to multiply and estimate
started thinking about book reviews. The
products. We also discussed
afternoon class completed their first blog
the reasoning and application
post and will begin this same project next
of exponents.
week.
This week in writing workshop, we have
continued to work on our personal narratives.
Students are drafting several narratives that
they will then select from to publish towards
the end of the trimester. We focused our
conversations this week around adding detail
to engage readers.
Social Studies
This week in Social Studies we
have been identifying world
features (oceans, lakes, etc.),
latitude and longitude. We began
constructing our own maps of
the IRE playground.
Word Study
This week in word study we completed our
Hydra/Aqua unit with a test on Thursday. We
will begin a new unit on Greek and Latin roots
next week.
Important Dates to Know
Thurs., Oct. 15: Parent/Teacher
Conferences
Fri., Oct. 16: Movie Night @ 6:45pm
Tues./Wed., Oct. 20-21: COSI @ IRE
Thurs., Oct 22: Parent/Teacher
Conferences
Wed., Oct. 27: Picture Day Make Ups