Good Morning,
I hope you all had a great weekend. Although it was soggy, my family and I still found ways to entertain ourselves and enjoy the outdoors and the "waning days of Fall." This week we will start our Forces and Motion Unit. Today, your children will start with an exploration of some of the materials that we will be suing throughout the unit and start to develop ideas and concepts that we will focus on throughout our study.
The students will also finish up their rewrites, of the story Uptown by Brian Collier. Our book is called "In Town." Each child has chosen a location/business from our town and is writing about what can happen at that location.
Spelling and reading groups will be in full swing this week. There are 4 different spelling groups that go on during spelling time. Each of these groups are not by grade level but rather by spelling needs (gained through assessment). There will not be weekly lists to remember. Instead the students will spend the week emerged in spelling activities and practice that reinforces a specific concept. The students also spend 50 minutes a week working on spelling sight words. These two approaches create a well rounded spelling approach that will meet the needs of each of your children.
I am sorry there hasn't been a new weekly video during the past two weeks. Between being out on the last two Fridays and the short week last week, I didn't have a chance to make one. I will create a new video this week.
I hope you all have a great week.
Peace,
Tommy
