Dear Families,
We’ve had another busy week in Team 2. Please note that today, your child is bringing home a paper that gives you the opportunity to inform us about some of the things you would like to discuss during our conference. Take some time to fill out the form, and return it to school by next Tuesday. If you have not yet signed up for your child’s conference on Pick A Time, please do that before October 2, when it closes. We are very much looking forward to meeting with you all next week. Please note that your children are invited to attend the conference, and we would like them all to join us.
This week we have started several new units. In math, we have been busy estimating and measuring. We continue to add and subtract, using length units as our context for problem solving.
In writing, we have been busy planning and preparing to write our Expert Books. Ask your child what they have chosen to write their book about. You can help them by asking them to tell you about their book, and to teach you everything they know about their topic. Please know this is not a research unit, however you can help your child remember facts and details about their topic. You can even tell them a bit about their topic, and encourage them to add the details to their writing.
In reading, we have been focusing on Non-Fiction books. We have learned many strategies to find key words and then use the whole page, and text features, to figure out their meaning.
