I'm excited to start the first week with all the students! I hope you are too!

Reading- This week will begin reading the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio. In addition, we will be determining 100 BC levels.

ELA- We will begin discussing qualities of a memoir, and students will read examples of memoirs to prepare for writing their own memoir.

Math- This week we will begin discussing arrays, skip counting, and the commutative property and how they help with understanding multiplication.

Science- We will begin learning about the science process skills.

Social Studies- We will begin with a review of the continents and start discussing how early Native Americans came to our continent.

Announcements:

August 21: Back to School Bash 5-8pm

August 22: School Spirit Day

*We will have P.E. on Friday so please make sure your child wears appropriate clothing and tennis shoes.

Surfer of the Week

I will begin choosing one student per week to be the Surfer of the week. I will be looking for a student who displays life skills such as responsibility, respect, problem solving, perseverance, initiative, pride, etc. I will post the student's name on here.

100 Book Challenge Goals

Good: 8 steps

Better: 20 steps