Week of March 19

Dear Parents –

We have another fun and busy week planned.  Our annual Terry Fox cancer awareness run is scheduled for Friday, March 23 from 8:00 – 8:40 on the field.  Please consider joining us for this special event.  Please see the message from the PE department with more details of the event.  

Terry Fox Cancer Awareness Fun Run

Here’s a look at our week ahead:

Monday (Day 6) – Music and P.E.

Tuesday (Day 2) – Music and P.E

Wednesday (Day 3) – World Language

Thursday (Day 4) – Art and P.E. Swimming

Friday (Day 5) – Library and World Language

Language Arts

This is a week of transitions for us as we wrap up our nonfiction reading and writing units and begin to introduce our next units on opinion writing and series book clubs.  Students will finish their informational books early in the week.  We’ll have a quick review on how to revise their writing to look capital letters, punctuation, correct spelling, and legible handwriting.  Once we finish publishing our books, we will begin to introduce our next writing unit:  Opinion Writing.  This unit ties in with our reading unit on Series Book Clubs.  Students will take a pre-assessment for both units this week. 

Science

We are wrapping up our unit on healthy choices and students will have an opportunity to show what they learned about nutrition and eating a balanced diet.  Our week will end with a review of all our healthy choices topics. 

Math

This week we will focus on adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers.  Students will practice using place value strategies to model their thinking.  We start our week practicing how to solve problems using an open number line with and without regrouping.  Throughout the week, students will have opportunities to practice solving problems with base ten models, place value disks, and open number lines to show their thinking.