Hello everyone,

I apologize for the late update!

Most students have finished their presentations on their procedures.  The procedure with the rubric will be coming home at the end of this week.  You should have also seen your child bring home their math unit on measurement with their evaluation mark. This week, we will begin our new writing unit on letter writing and continue to retell stories and make connections during our reading block.  In math, the students have been working on two and three dimensional shapes and figures.  Your child should have brought home a cube and square-based pyramid made our of toothpicks and marshmallows along with a paper cube.  We have introduced the different shapes and figures as there are many to learn.  We will however, be looking at the different edges, vertices, and faces as we progress in the unit.  This week, the students should complete IXL I.1 and I.2.  These two strands will help identify the 2D and 3D shapes/figures.  We have also started addition in math by looking at all the different ways to add to a particular number.  Ask your child all the ways to add to the number 4 (0+4, 1+3, 2+2, 3+1, and 4+0). In our Local Community unit, the students have been identifying significant community helpers and how they satisfy our needs and wants.  They made riddles to guess particular community helpers.  The riddles will go home at the end of the week.

Happy New Year everyone! The first week back is always a bit slow as we are all trying to get back into the routine.  We have been wrapping up three units: Measurement, Procedural Writing, and Energy.  We will be starting new units next week.  In math, we will be working on 2 and 3 dimensional shapes and figures, letter writing in our Language Program, and The Local Community for Social Studies.  As a wrap up to Measurement, the students and I had individual conferences as their assessment piece.  The students are currently making their final copies for their procedures and will have the opportunity to take them home next week.  We ended our Energy unit with electricity and power failures.  As a kick off to our new math unit, the students used geoboards to identity different 2D shapes.  Please continue to read and retell books with your child.  Ask them what happened in the beginning, middle, and end.