11/9-11/11

Happy Veterans Day!  Even though we only had a 3 day week, we still packed in a lot of learning.  See what we've been up to this week...

Reading
This week in our Navigating Nonfiction unit we...

• learned that all authors have a purpose for writing a text
• learned that there are three purposes:
• persuade
• inform
• entertain

Please remember to read 30 minutes nightly!

Writing
This week in our Persuasive Essay unit we...

• revised our essays to elaborate on our evidence
• used powerful transitons in our essays
• revised our introductions

Math
In our Multiplication and Division unit we...

• used partial products to multiply 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers using the expanded algorithm
• learned the common/tradition way to multiply 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers

Please remember to practice your math facts nightly!  Fact fluency is one key to success in this unit!

Your child also has a Practice Buddy assigned to them online each day.  This is optional homework.

Social Studies
During social studies this week we...

• reflected on our strenghts and goals based on our Early Settlement assessments
• signed up for committees for our grade level service learning project (collecting pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House)
• worked with our grade level committees

Upcoming Dates

• 11/14: Big Smiles Dental Clinic
• 11/23-11/25: No School