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

Reader’s

Workshop

The kids will work on pulling information out of nonfiction texts. They will jot post-its in their notebook as they read about fascinating facts, questions they have, growing ideas, and making connections. We will also try to lift the level of conversations about books. Finally, we will transition to narrative nonfiction books for the last couple weeks of our nonfiction unit.

Writer’s

Workshop

As we continue our information books the students will be drafting sections and revise by researching facts and ensuring text accuracy, creating introductions through research mentor authors, and putting themselves in the shoes of readers to clear up confusion.

Math

What happened to math class?

We will continue studying multiplication facts and patterns. Specifically we will look at 3s and 6s. Keep practicing math facts with your students. Ask them what patterns exist for each set of numbers. 5-10 minutes a day will really help!

Social

Studies

The students will continue studying the history of early California. We will study early settlers in California and the effect of those settlers on American Indians.

Science

The kids will keep looking at forces. We will read about the forces involved in soccer and tug-of-war.

Thank you,