Week of 10/3

Happy October! I am excited to see all of you on Tuesday at 6:30 for Back to School Night! I'll be sharing information about what we do each day in class, as well as field trip information, and general classroom expectations and goals for the year. Shop at the Book Fair from 6-7:30 in the gym!

Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Language Arts: 
Skills/strategies: character traits, drawing conclusions, context clues, homophones, roots/affixes

We'll also continue our unit on the New York Times Bestseller, Wonder, which will cover many reading strategies and skills, as well as lead to great classroom discussions. The kids are loving it, and often ask if we can read more - I LOVE that!! 

Please be sure that your child is reading nightly. Studies show that daily reading shows significant growth in vocabulary development and overall achievement. We want our kids to LOVE books, so we must work together to foster that love of reading. 

Math:
Reminder: There will be a quick check-up on rounding/comparing on Monday. There will be a whole numbers test on Wednesday. This will cover place value, rounding, and comparing numbers. Our next unit will be investigating decimals. Remember to use the portaportal site to review math concepts at home: http://www.portaportal.com/ 
I sent the login information via email a couple of weeks ago. If you need it again, just email me: devon.day@nn.k12.va.us

Virginia Studies:
We will continue our exploration of the regions of Virginia. I will be sending the VA Studies notebook home each night to review the regions learned so far. There will be a test on Friday on the geography of Virginia (bordering states, water sources) and the regions of Virginia.