Dear Parents,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend with your fmilies and enjoyed the extra day together. We got the week started on Tuesday by representing and solving addition/subtraction problems (daily intentional problem solving) and are learning to solve problems in many ways. We also began looking at addition problems as doubles/near doubles. We found out that if we know the answer to a doubles fact, we can quickly add the answer to a near doubles problem.We learned that it does not matter what order the addends are in. We can switch the numbers around and we still have the same answer. We then learned to add three numbers together by adding the first two to get an answer, then adding the third number to that answer. We learned how to quickly add ten to any number 0-9. Just ask your child! On Friday we reviewed Topic 1 and we will take the assessment on Monday!
In writing we continued learning more about the tools/charts that can help us read and write. We are getting good at using a dictionary, alphabet chart, consonant cluster chart, and using writing tools that are available in the room. On Thursday and Friday we focsed on our upcoming holiday- Patriots Day. We wrote an acrostic poem about peace.
We began our guided reading groups this week! We also began reserching using the website facts4me. E were researching interesting facts about Texas. We completed a book for a social studies grade. We also read the story It’s Only Stanley. We talked about the setting and how it influenced the story line. We made a prediction how we thought the story would end.
In science we finished our first unit on the properties of matter and took our assessment. Having to prove our scientific thinking was difficult at first, but all in all we did a good job! We began our second unit called Changing and Combining Matter by predicting what would happen to a marshmallow when we added heat. Boy, were they surprised! We cannot wait to observe many other changes made to matter in this unit.
*A Note From Mrs. Hernandez, our Librarian:
Hello CRE Families!
Please save the date for our upcoming Book Fair! The Book Fair will run in the library September 13-23! We are in need of volunteers! If you are interested please visit the Voly link below to register:
https://lewisvilleisd.voly.org/opportunity/view.html?id=72877
All volunteers will receive a $5 voucher to spend a the Book Fair!
You can also check out our Fair Website here to learn more about it!
We can’t wait to see you at the Fair!
Mrs. Hernandez
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