I hope your holiday time with friends and family was relaxing and wonderful!

It was a SHORT and COLD week, but it was so good to be back into our routine!

We started a new math topic, and because it is a short one, we will finish it up next week! We are learning to use open number lines, the associative property, the distributive property, and the “zero trick” to multiply numbers by multiples of 10. Ask your child what it means to decompose a number!

In reading, we began our 2nd bend in our nonfiction reading. We moved from reading informational books on specific topics, to reading narrative nonfiction–specifically biographies. During our workshop time, we are  learning strategies to help us become better narrative nonfiction readers.

In our writing, we revisited our opinion writing that we began before vacation. This week we really tried to add voice to our writing by including specific vocabulary to “talk to our audience”. We are also working on s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g our examples out to be more detailed for our audience.

Today we set a new goal that we hope to achieve each week for the next 6 weeks. You can see your child’s goal and progress on Seesaw. We also rolled the dice to create “Growth Mindset Teams”, which will begin next week. They have fun, silly winter names, and will work within their groups to encourage positive thinking, responsibility, and all around being good role models. These teams will be changed periodically to give students the opportunity and experience to work with different classmates.

Have a wonderful weekend!