Weekly Update

Hello Everyone,

Please save these important dates:

August 29th, Early Release Day, 12:20 pm

August 30th, Grandparents' Breakfast for Grades 3rd-5th

August 30th, Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night 5-8 pm

August 31st, Grandparents' Breakfast for K-2nd

Sept. 3rd,  NO SCHOOL - Labor Day

Sept. 24-28th,  NO SCHOOL - Fall Break

• Please be sure your child knows how he or she is getting home on Wednesday since it is an early release day. If there is a change in his or her regular transportation, it must be in writing.
• Please remember to send in the Diamond Del field trip permission forms as soon as you can.
• If you are ordering books from the Scholastic book order form, please complete your order by this Tuesday, August 28th. You may order online www.scholastic.com. Our class code is P2Y3C.

Here's a look at our learning this week:

Writing & Grammar: We have completed several short stories and we are now ready to pick one topic to focus on for the next several days. We will learn how to plan for and organize our thoughts as we write a personal narrative. Ask your child what he or she is writing about. We will also continue our study of nouns. We will learn about abstract nouns this week.

Reading: This week we will learn that good readers ask and answer questions while they're reading. We will practice this with Charlotte's Web and also with books and passages we are using during our guided reading groups. We will create our own questions about the texts we are reading. When we answer questions, we will practice using complete sentences.

Social Studies: This week we will learn that our government provides all kinds of services for its citizens. We will be using the information here to help us with an activity in class tomorrow. We will also learn about opportunity cost this week. Talk with your child about the economic choices made in your family.

Math: We will use what we've leaned about 3-digit addition and subtraction as we tackle word problems this week. We will be working on 2-step word problems, which can be quite tricky. With any math story problem, it is very important to read the problem slowly to try to understand what you're really being asked to do. We've also noticed that several students are still struggling with subtraction facts within 20. Here's a timed game to help them practice http://coolsciencelab.com/math_magician_subtraction 

On Wednesday, we will have STEM DAY!!! We will complete at least 1 Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) challenge in class, hopefully 2 if there is time. Here's a fun video which explains what engineering is all about:

Finally, I will be absent on Thursday and Friday. My husband's brother is getting married in Boston. I am excited to visit a new city and learn more about our country's history! Everyone will be in good hands with Mrs. Keith and our substitute!

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know at laura.kloos@cobbk12.org.

Thank you!