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Webpage: msdevinesclass.com November 3, 2017

Reading/Language Arts
Our learning targets for reading this week have included:
*the short o sound, plural s, -s/z/
*blending 3 letter words.
Dates to Remember *rhyming words
*understanding syllables
Nov. 3 End of 1st Quarter (already) *understanding character/setting in our reading
Nov. 6-15 Food Drive *distinguishing characteristics of a fantasy
Nov. 9 & 14 Parent Conferences *learning new vocabulary.
*being able to identify predicates of sentences.
Nov. 22-24 No School
*reading just right books
This week we got to read Flat Stanley and the Missing Pumpkins!
Whats New: Our Writing learning targets have focused on:
On the website: *writing a short poem! We have worked on using great describing
*This weeks newsletter words and some students have worked on rhymes! Our poems are
*Volunteer Calendar short but fun!
*writing complete sentences
*Fire Station Photos
*the conventions of capitals and periods in the right places (still very hard
*Apple Orchard Photos for some).
*Miss Spider Tea Party Photos

Special Notes: Science

*PTC Have you signed up for
Parent Teacher Conferences? The
link is https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Waukazoo_Elementary
I am excited to talk with each of you
about your childs progress!
*Miss Spiders Tea Party Thank you
to all of you who provided an item
for our special event next week! We
so appreciate all of your help!
In science this week our learning Math
targets have been continued to This weeks math learning
explore to water! This week we targets have focused on:
explored the properties of solid water,
*solving for unknowns in
ice! We discovered it is wet, cold, and
addition problems. 6 + ___ = 10.
has a certain shape. We also
*multiple partners for the same
discovered it melts when the
number
temperature is warmer than the ice.
We explored a variety of ways
IN FACT, we left it out in our room
to find our missing number or
overnight to discover the next day the
unknown. We can use a math
container that it was in was empty!
mountain, dot drawings, or
Where did it go? So we had a chance
count on. They all work.
to talk a little about water as a gas and
We also recalled finding
about evaporation.
multiple partners for the same
Next we looked at what happens to
number. We had to name
water on the earth. We explored
different partners for 5, 7, or 10.
where liquid water goes when it falls
We had fun on Tuesday
as rain, and what happens to snow
practicing this concept with our
that falls on mountains. We
SPIDER Math equations on spider
discovered snow melts and flows
webs.
downward into the soil, into rivers,
We also finished our testing
lakes, and ponds. Rain also falls
procedures for Unit 2. We
downward and goes into the ground,
reviewed our mistakes, retested
rivers, lakes, and ponds. Finally, we
where needed, and practiced
were able to watch a video called, A
quick recall of our facts to 10!
First Look at Water!