Hey Mr. Gray

Julian was our Kid of the Week!

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:

I recorded a special podcast as a follow up to parent conferences. If you haven’t heard it yet be sure to check it out. As always, if you can listen to it with your child present that’s even better.

Reader’s Workshop

We are shifting gears to a new part of our Setting Up a Powerful Reading Life Unit where the focus is on envisioning and prediction, two essential reading skills that undergird comprehension. The students will have a reading log check at the end of the week for a grade.

Writer’s Workshop

We will continue writing information books. They have turned in one information book and recorded a short TED Talk style video discussing it. Next week we will write books with chapters.

Math

We will continue our Introduction to Ratios unit. This week we studied ratios with double number lines as well as unit price and speed. We will put these ideas together next week to solve ratio problems with ratio tables. The kids will have a quiz on ratio tables on Thursday. Math Answers and Help Here.

History

We will continue our study of Ancient Mesopotamia for Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 (still working on this.

Science

In preparation for the upcoming science fair we will be studying about research skills.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray

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Cate was our Kid of the Week!

August 30th

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:

Thank you for a very enjoyable round of conferences. I genuinely enjoyed meeting with all of you. A special thanks to those of you who hosted me at your house.

Reader’s Workshop

We will start a new unit on Setting Up a Powerful Reading Life. This will take us up to Fall Break (and just after Fall Break) and will help reinforce many of the skills we’ve been working on so students are taking charge of their reading lives.

Writer’s Workshop

We will continue writing information books that teach. They’ll write their third information book.

Math

We will continue our unit on Ratios by creating double number lines. We will begin looking at unit price (the cost for one thing based on knowing the price for many).

History

We will begin studying our first civilization: Mesopotamia!

Science

The kids will begin working to get ready for their science fair projects.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray

Blake was our kid of the week!

August 23rd

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:

Due to parent conferences, there is no school for students on Monday and Tuesday-Friday are all minimum days. School will end at 1:17 each day. 

DARE Projects are due Thursday, August 29th.

Reader’s Workshop

We will finish our unit on Notice and Note signposts. The kids will be assessed on finding signposts in their books and analyzing them based on what we have practice. They are practicing these skills this week in their Notice and Note Signpost Log on google classroom.

Writer’s Workshop

Thank you for celebrating your child’s true story. Even if you could not attend on Friday take some time to read their story with them. They have been working so hard.

Next week we will begin our next unit on Informational Writing to learn how to write to teach.

Math

We have finished our Unit on Area and Surface Area (though we will review it throughout the year) and will begin the first of two units on Ratios. The first unit is called Introduction to Ratios and will take us up to Fall Break.

History

We will start a new unit on the first civilization of study: Mesopotamia.

Science

We will review what we have studies about how our bodies our organized (cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems), and have a short quiz on this information on Wednesday.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray

Sofia was our kid of the week!

Rykyn was our kid of the week!

Parent Conference Sign-Up:

There are two options for Fall Conferences

Friday August 23rd Writing Celebration- YOU ARE INVITED

You’re Invited! To a Writing Celebration. You- the parents- are invited to come to school on Friday, August 23rd, from 10:45-11:20 to celebrate your children publishing their true stories. Come to school and hear kids read their stories that they have worked so hard on and celebrate their excellent stories. Don’t forget to give yourself a little time to check in at the office on your way in. If you are attending please RSVP here.

Did you know we play board games on Tuesday in class? It’s a fun way to play without screens or electronics and get to know classmates. We play games like UNO, Jenga, Spaceteam, cards and more!

Reader’s Workshop

We just began a new short unit on Notice and Note Signposts. These are places where readers should stop and ask themselves a question about what the author is trying to tell the reader.

Writer’s Workshop

We will finish our full Unit on Narrative Writing with a celebration on Friday, August 23rd. You are invited! See above.

Math

We will finish the Unit on Area and Surface Area with an End of Unit Assessment on Wednesday. This will cover the second half of the Unit (Lessons 12-18). We will also begin the next unit: Introduction to Ratios

History

We will finish up learning about Early Humans and specifically looking at the Agricultural Revolution. We may start on our first civilization: Mesopotamia. We will continue watching CNN 10 each day.

Science

We will begin looking at the next section for science: Body Systems.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray