Week 3

It was great to see so many family members at our first classroom event! We have some beautiful Writer's Notebooks waiting for us to start our writing adventures in. Thank you to all family members  who came and helped out, especially with the tricky contact paper!

We began our written homework this week with two math assignments. On top of this, students are expected to read for at least 20 minutes daily and have been working on selecting Just Right books in class. In the blue homework folder, there is a reference to working on Reader's Notebooks, which I have asked students to cross out for this week and next week. We will begin Reading response on the week of September 28 after we have practiced writing a few types of responses together in class.

Here's what to expect for next week:

• On Monday, we will start Writing Workshop in class. Our first unit is Building a Writer's Life.  In this unit, we will learn the procedures for Writing Workshop and gather ideas for our future writing projects. Students will also learn to take an idea and stretch it out through description and explanation. 
• Schools will be closed on Wednesday (Yom Kippur) and on Thursday (Eid al-Adha). 
• Items for the All About Me project are due in class on Friday. We will spend some time in class preparing our artifacts for display during Family Friday of the following week.  

Have a beautiful weekend!