Weekly Update

August 29th- September 2nd

Hello Families!

Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

Important Reminders:

• Curriculum Night Power Point and "Handbook" were emailed home last week.  Please be sure to read over this information and let me know if you have any questions!
• Make sure you sign up for a conference time on the Google Doc that was sent home today!
• Don't forget your child may bring in a snack and water bottle!
• Book Orders were sent home yesterday, and are due by Sept. 9th.  
• Highlights orders are coming home today.  PLEASE return the slip signed even if you check "no".  Thanks!
• The Sky Zone bookmarks need to be returned to school once your kiddo has read their 5 books and I will sign it for them.  Sorry for any confusion with this!

Weekly Objectives:

Writing:  This week we will begin our narrative writing unit!  We will begin generating small moment stories by thinking of people and places that are important to us.  We will also practice storytelling our narrative pieces in order to bring out more scenes and details to make our work more powerful!

Reading: During reader's workshop we will continue building our reading lives by helping students find ways to share books and interests through supportive partnerships.

Science:  We are going to continue our first science chapter (Chapter 3) and we will focus on classifying plants into groups based on physical characteristics.

Math:  This week we will begin Chapter 1: Place Value.  We will work on place value through the thousands as well as ordering and comparing numbers.

***This week we will begin talking about the difference between a fixed and growth mindset.  (Some pics were posted to the BLOG yesterday!) A fixed mindset is a belief system in which one believes that intelligence is something you are born with.  A growth mindset is belief that you can grow your intelligence with hard work.  For example, rather than saying "I can't do this", we will focus on saying "I can't do this, yet!"  I am very excited to introduce this with our class!  Make sure to talk about this with your child at home!