This week, students will take an addition and subtraction assessment and then move forward to rounding. Rounding can be challenging for some students. It's helpful for students to know their 10's really well.. When given 58, students can determine if this number is closer to 50 or 60, using 55 as a benchmark. 58 would round to 60 because it is closer to 60 than 50. This can get tricky when students are asked to round 158 to the nearest ten. 158 rounds to 160. Students can have confusion with larger numbers.
In reading, students will continue with understanding the gist of a text and supporting this with details. We will begin to shift to informational texts mid-week so that students are searching for main ideas. In science, students will connect their knowledge of bones and joints to muscles. They will create two models of muscles, using the vocabulary of "contract" and "relax". For homework, students are asked to write constructed responses to a prompt of their choice. I'll be sending home an example of this so that it's clear what the expectation is for your student. Students should read 20 minutes and then answer a prompt daily. I'll be sending home their composition books for this work. Please have your student return the book each day so I can hold them accountable. Math spiral review is due on Friday. ***Beginning of Grade testing starts at 9:25 on Tuesday. I've practiced with students and explained what testing looks like. They are ready to go! Thank you for all you do, Amy Flowers [email protected]
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