We're Back! Week of 1/5/2015

Wow this first week back has been great! I had a great break but was very ready to get back to my classroom and my students! I have missed them.

With this new year we are going to be picking up right where we left off. Our students have learned so much already, but there is still plenty left to be learned! That being said here is what we are working on this week!

Math: Starting to look at addition and subtracting numbers up to 4 digits. We are also continually working on our multiplication facts! I have sent students home with their multiplication flash cards, they should be practicing these EVERY NIGHT!

Reading: This week we started our unit on fresh water and rivers. We are working hard on determining the main idea of both informational and fictional peices of writing. In reading we are also starting our book studies. We have broken into four different groups and will be reading and doing activities around each of the books selected.

Writing: Students will start working on persuasive writing!

Spelling:

study
picture
night
house
being
almost
around
light
new
earth
off
first
don't
second
there
world
people
without

Challenge words:

electricity
difficulties
combination
equation
multiplication

I hope that everyone had a great break and I can't wait to see what the rest of this year brings for room 204!

Miss Irwin