Our Food Drive kicks off Monday! We are asking for every student to at least bring in one can of food. A flyer will be coming home explaining what the students can contribute (peanut butter, jelly, macaroni, and anything in a can). This will be going on till November 17th! This Wednesday, Cactus View is hosting a library night at 4:30pm
Obviously last week was a short week for us. We strictly reviewed and did not learn any new content. We reviewed multiplication, factors and multiples. This still seems like a tricky concept for them. Please have them continue practicing the games on the blog.
Reading: We are reading a scholastic news(non-fiction). Each day we will read a different section and complete and activity on it. The article is about soldiers which ties into our writing for this week as well. On Friday, they will have a comprehension test about the article. Also, they will be learning about author's purpose. There are three many reasons why someone writes (PIE) persuade, inform, and entertain.
Language: On Friday your child will be tested on week 11. As a team we decided to skip week 10. Here is a great website where they can practice each word for the week: https://www.spellingcity.com/ckowal2/
Writing: Since Veteran's Day is coming up, this week we will be writing a friendly letter to the troops.
Math: This week we will be introducing division! Division can be fun with the strategies I will be teaching them. Since I will be teaching them a strategy you may not be aware of, I have attached a picture of our anchor charts we are going over this week. The strategy is called "Big 7". I also have a quick video that my mentor teacher did a few years back that you can watch or the kids can watch at home. We will be doing division all week long and into next week.
Math Videos:
Division Relations
Big 7 Division
Math Anchor Charts:
