We're on Unit 2: Addition + Subtraction. We're working on subtraction and are continuing to work on regrouping in the hundreds, tens, and ones! We'll continue this after break and begin subtraction across zeros next.
READING
We are still working on comparing and contrasting two texts. We'll be using quite a few media sources to do this (books, videos, articles, etc.) so we won't have a specific mentor text. A great way to practice this skill is by reading different versions of the same folktale or fairytale and having your connect similarities and differences! We'll be working on this skill through the month of December with both Fiction and Nonfiction.
WRITING
We've been hard at work on our informational texts, and students are writing their first informational pieces on a holiday of their choice. We're wrapping up revising and ready to hit editing when we return from break!
SCIENCE
We're wrapping up our Plant after Thanksgiving Break and will be starting STEAM and problem solving scientific challenges through December.
NEXT + THE FOLLOWING WEEK:
Phonics Focus: PREFIXES (un-, pre-, non-, dis-, re-)
Sight Words: never, ten, through
Grammar Focus: Contractions
Comprehension Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Nonfiction texts
IMPORTANT NOTES:
> Thanksgiving Vacation Nov. 21-23
> I will not be here November 15-16 due to presenting at an educational conference in Springfield, and I will also not be here the following Monday the 19th due to an all-day elementary curriculum meeting, so students will have a substitute those three days.