Dear Families,
I want to extend my heart-felt thanks to those of you who came to conferences. I really enjoyed spending a little time with you and hearing more about your students, as well as sharing our classroom experiences with you. I imagine the half-days had their trials for you as well, so I hope you are as glad as I am to jump back into the regular swing of things.
I am thrilled to welcome Mr. Sultana to our Metropolis! Many of your students are excited as they may have worked with him in second grade last year. We will work this week on making any necessary changes to contact information, etc. on the website, which will continue to reference Miss Williams as she so graciously set it up. Please let me know if you start experiencing any problems with our communications, as I am not technologically savvy! :)
I will be traveling to a dear friend’s wedding on Friday, and leaving our class in the capable hands of Mr. Sultana. If you would like to come in an provide a little additional volunteer support as this will still be a fairly new class for him, please send me an e-mail to let me know (lsmith@archwaychandler.org)! The students will be in Kingdoms from 8:15-9:30, Math from 9:30-10:40, and back in our room from 10:40 through dismissals at 12:25 and 12:40. An extra set of hands and eyes is always appreciated!
A Few Reminders/Important Dates:
We begin Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland tomorrow, Monday 10/24! Please send students with their books!
Family Dinner Night is Tuesday, October 25th
at Rock Taco Cantina at Chandler Fashion Mall.
See the weekly update for details!
ends Wednesday, October 26th.
Student Poetry Recitations for the class will be held on Wednesday 10/26 and Thursday 10/27! Depending on time, I may offer it to any students who are ready earlier, so feel free to send any props or visual elements in when you are ready.
Friday 10/28 is a half-day! Again! Students will be meeting in Kingdoms.
This Week at a Glance
Language Arts: We are starting up our Riggs words again. I will remind students that they can bring their spelling notebooks home if they have trouble copying the words into their planners clearly. The Words of the Week assignments (which are copied on the reverse of the reading logs) have changed slightly. They will only be doing 3 per week now. I will choose which days based on the homework load. In Writing, we are learning to diagram simple sentences with articles. We are also working on writing paragraphs with quality topic sentences and at least 3 supporting sentences. I am thrilled to say that we are beginning Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I strongly encourage discussion of this novel at home! There is a lot of fun to be had with word play and witty references which might be exciting to explore together!
History & Geography: We will continue our study of World Rivers. We will be working on Ch. 4 Monday and Tuesday, Ch. 5 Wednesday and Thursday, and Ch. 6 on Friday. The Unit Test will be Thursday, November 3rd. Make sure that you keep those chapter review worksheets and talk to your child about the importance of each major river we study.
Science: We now begin our study of the Human Body. We will be starting with the skeletal system. Students will be learning about the function and overall structure of the skeletal system, as well as learning the scientific names of the bones. We will be constructing and labeling models in class. So, you might want to bone up on some of those names with your student by making flash cards or other study tools at home! J
Virtue: Our school will focus once again on the virtue of Wisdom.
Thank you, again, for your continued support! Have a wonderful week!
Miss Smith
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