Monday Memo
October 6, 2014
Dear Parents,
I hope everyone had a great weekend! Last week was busy
with Homecoming activities. The kids had a lot of interesting things going on
last week as well. They had their first counselor class of the year with Counselor
Johnson. They went to the outdoor classroom on Thursday. They participated in
the annual fitness walk on Friday and attended the Homecoming parade on Friday.
It was a busy week!
This week is a bit more normal. One thing they will be
doing is listening to the 4-H presenters tell the kids about their program. The
students are eligible to begin being in 4-H when they are in fourth grade. They
will be listening to the presenters on Friday.
In Language Arts this week, we will be starting our
second theme. This theme is entitled “American Stories”. The stories in the
theme are all stories that talk about how our country formed. Our first story is entitled Thomas and the Library Lady. This story
is about a boy whose parents are migrant workers. They live in Texas for part
of the year and Iowa another part of the year. It is a really good story that
the children always enjoy! We will be talking about the following skills this
week: Comprehension, Vocabulary,
Contractions, and drawing conclusions. Our grammar skills this week talk about
proper nouns. Our spelling words have the ou and schwa sounds in them and the
list is attached to this memo.
In Social Studies we are continuing our work on the
northeastern region of the United States. This week we will be talking about
the industrial revolution, comparing the NE to the city of Mumbai, learning how
to use a distribution map, and talking about how the Northeast is today. We
will also be reviewing the vocabulary words from this unit.
This week in math we are going to be talking about
solving multi-step word problems using standard addition algorithms, and using
place value to understand how to decompose to smaller units. We are also doing
a daily review and a multiplication sheet each day. Thank-you for working on
those facts with your child each night!
Just a reminder that your child has an Encyclopedia Brown
book to have read by October 15th. I appreciate your support with
having your child read for at least 15 minutes a night.
As always, please call with any questions/concerns!
Sincerely,
Chris Mallen
Phone: (Home) 444-3093
(School) 444-3500 ext. 336
Email:
chris.mallen@bkcsd.org
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