Weekly Newsletter January 26-30

January 26th - January 30th
What are we doing this week?
HORN ·         This week in Math we will continue our division unit. Students will focus on the relationship between division and multiplication. Your child will be identifying the three key pieces of information in a multiplication or division problem (how many groups, the number in each group, the total number of items) and writing his/her own riddles for division and multiplication. We will also continue to practice our multiplication fact fluency. Please join me in encouraging your student to become fluent in their facts by practicing at home! There are many fun and engaging ways to aid fluency in multiplication. Ask your child about some of the card games we play in class! J  ·         This week in Science we will begin our phases of the moon unit.	WOODS ·         This week we will begin helping students to formulate an opinion on a topic and support that opinion with evidence and examples. We will practice this skill in reading, writing, speaking, and listening! Here are the specific learning targets we will address: 1.     Listen to the views of others and respond to them. 2.      Contemplate multiple views on a controversial issue. 3.      Develop oral speaking skills and impromptu responses in a group discussion. 4.      Develop skills in supporting one's opinion with facts and examples. ·         Students will also receive a spelling list that includes words with suffixes –ly; -y ; -ment; -tion Here’s the Spelling City link for practice: spellingcity.com/paine3. We are currently on the Unit 4 Lesson 1 list.
HOMEWORK
WOODS: -Students must read for 20 minutes each night & Log on their Biweekly Reading Log. The Reading is Thinking Homework on the back of their log must also be completed this week HORN: Students must complete 30 minutes of Dreambox this week at home. Additional (low amount of problems) homework may be given if the teacher sees the need for practice of a particular skill. Remember Dreambox records time from Sunday to Saturday.
Tests HORN: HORN: Students will have a P.U.M.P exam on Friday.    WOODS: *Students will have a brief formative assessment on point of view in class on Monday but there is no studying required; Spelling Assessment Thursday