Sunday, January 7, 2018

Week of January 8

Dear Parents –

Welcome back and Happy New Year!  I hope you enjoyed your holiday.  I’m looking forward to hearing the children’s stories about their travels and experiences over the break.  I’m sure they’re excited to return to school to see their friends. 

I want to welcome two new students to our class, Rosie Chung and Rei Takahashi.  Both students will start on Tuesday, January 9.  We want to welcome their families to our community. 

Here’s a look at our week ahead:
Monday (Day 5) Library and World Language
Tuesday (Day 6) Music and P.E.
Wednesday (Day 1) Art and World Language
Thursday (Day 2) Music and PE
Friday (Day 3) World Language

Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop
This week we’ll get back into our school routines and spend time revisiting the expectations for our class.  We’ll launch our Reader’s and Writer’s Workshops by reviewing some of the skills we learned in the first semester.  In our Reader’s Workshop, emphasis will be placed on the importance of selecting Just Right Books as well as using our toolkit to help strengthen our reading comprehension.  In our Writer’s Workshop we will spend time sharing stories of our holidays.  Students will review how to take a piece of writing through the writing process. 

Math Workshop
Our Math Workshop begins with students reviewing what it means to be a mathematician.  We’ll revisit the Mathematical Practices and discuss how we use them when solving problems.  This week we will also start our next unit on Geometry.  We’ll begin by looking at some of the important vocabulary words related to this unit. 

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