Happy 1st full week of school! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and had wonderful things to say about their first 2 days of school last week. I cannot wait to continue getting to know everyone- we have such a fantastic class of 5th grade leaders!
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As a reminder, at Lindbergh students are allowed to bring in their own devices to school (i.e.- kindles, iPads, tablets, etc.) and use for educational purposes during the school day. We love using technology in our classroom and the more devices, the better! Make sure your student knows how to download apps- the apps we use most in our classroom are listed under the parents tab (or click HERE).
Writing- We will introduce our writer's workshop this week and begin using our writer's notebooks! We will be doing a lot of writing this year and this week's focus will be on beginning to build our writing stamina. We will also begin our first unit on personal narratives.
Reading- We will be discussing how our reading workshop runs and begin our "Read to Self" training! We will explore what read to self looks like and will begin building our stamina so we can read for long periods of time. The absolute BEST way to become a better reader and to learn to enjoy reading is to dive in and READ! We will be discussing how to choose good fit books as well as the importance of REAL reading (THINKING while reading) vs. FAKE reading (reading the words without thinking of the text's meaning). We will also begin our first unit of study on analyzing themes with a focus on writing about our reading in our reader's notebooks.
This 1st week I encourage that you help your child build his/her reading stamina at home just like we will be building our stamina in school. Students are responsible for tracking their reading minutes in the monthly view of their planners. Students will also be responsible for reading the same book at school that they are reading at home. This will help students to focus on one book at a time and maintain our goal of reading more books this year than ever before!
Math- We will be learning how our math workshop runs and begin to explore our math stations. We will begin our first chapter on place value on Thursday.
***Students will need a computer or device with Internet access for their nightly math homework (beginning Thursday night). They will either log in to their Google account to access their homework through the Google classroom or they can use the Google classroom app. I will also send out the option for parents to access their student's Google classroom as well (should be sent via email later this week). Students will show their work in their math notebooks and be encouraged to bring home their math textbooks for extra help and also extra practice if you feel it is necessary.
Social Studies- We will begin Social Studies next week as we will use this time to continue building our classroom community and learning how our classroom runs.
Homework- Homework will be posted under the Daily Homework page on this blog (top tab). It is important to help your child find a good time and place to complete reading and homework each night. Thank you for all of your support at HOME! :)
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Have a WONDERFUL week!!!
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