News From Mrs. Rowe and Mr. Miller
We have had a great week this week! Routines are settling into place and we
are really diving into growing ourselves as readers, writers, mathematicians,
and scientists. The money system is up and running. Kids seem to be
enjoying themselves. Mr. Miller and Mrs. Rowe will be selling next Friday. We
also enjoyed seeing many of you at the Chimney Swifts gathering on
Tuesday night! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Have a wonderful weekend with your families!
Mrs. Angela Rowe & Mr. Dave Miller
September 18, 2015
Reading & Writing Workshop
In reading workshop this week, we focused
our time on how to talk to others about books
we are reading. In these conversations, we
started to work on giving a complete summary
of what we had read to our peers.
In writing workshop this week, students were
assigned a writing partner for the school year.
We continued to draft narratives and met with
Math Workshop
This week in math we discussed estimating
using mental math. We worked with
compatible numbers and
rounding to come to an answer
close to the actual when solving
with decimals. Our next focus
will be with adding and
subtracting numbers with decimals.
our writing partners. In these meetings,
students were given suggestions and support
from their peers to help improve their writing.
We will be using these partners often as we
continue to grow as writers.
Word Study
In word study, we started a unit working with
Greek and Latin roots. Our current focus is
on words with aqua and hydra present. These
roots mean water.
Science
Important Dates to Know
This week in science we studied
Tues., Sept. 22: Newberry Club Meeting
interactions between the sun, Earth, and
Wed., Sept. 23: Family Night – No
moon and how they affect day and night and the sessions.
On September 17, we paused to learn about Constitution
day.
A scientific heads up, on September 27 there will be unique
opportunity to see a Super moon and lunar eclipse.
Homework
Tues., Sept. 29: Latino Family Night @
6:00pm
Thurs., Oct. 15: Parent/Teacher
Conferences