We had a nice first week back from a two week vacation. I am so proud of my learners. Great job friends!
This week will be another productive week. In math, we will be continuing our study of division. We have a test on Chapter 9 Tuesday and will learn longer division next week.
We have picked our topics for our Personal Essays and laid out the organization. Making a plan makes writing so much easier! We have started collecting mini-stories that fit into the "reasons" to back up our thesis statement. We are going to continue to collect stories, facts, and evidence this week. This is hard work and it takes good focus.
Reading workshop focused on characters last week and we will continue this next week as well as starting a unit on summarizing. I am noticing while reading book letters that it is not always clear when they summarize what is happening in their book.
Our study of colonial New York will continue this week as well. It has been interesting to learn how the Europeans immigrated to New York. Some worked as tenant farmers, endangered servants, or even slaves. We have learned what adults do for jobs and what children do as part of their chores.
I have been sneaking into choir rehearsals for the last few weeks and I am really impressed with the quality of singing your students are capable of - just wait until the concert. You will be so proud!
I look forward to another great week of learning!
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