Dear Parents,

We’re going to have a great upcoming week. Below is a short description of what’s coming up and important links and/or announcements:

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Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast

Class Website

October 25-29th is Red Ribbon Week!

Reader’s

Workshop

Starting Tuesday, the kids will go to the library to check out Nonfiction books, and then we will start a new unit on Nonfiction called “Reading to Learn”. Next week we will discuss prepping our mind for learning something when reading. The kids will learn to ask questions like “What will this mostly be about?” and “What sort of text is this?”. We will also discuss recalling prior knowledge before reading.

Writer’s

Workshop

The kids will continue our writing unit “The Art of Information Writing”. We will start off learning and writing different text structures: boxes and bullets, causes and effects, problems and solutions, pros and cons, and compare and contrast.

Math

What happened to math class?

We review strategies for learning and understanding math facts. We will start with Goal 1: 10s and 5s. Next week I’ll send out information on how we will manage keeping track of how students are meeting math fact goals and how parents can help at home.

Social

Studies

We will continue our next chapter in social studies: American Indians in California.

Science

The kids will continue studying forces, motion, gravity, friction, push, pull, and more.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray