I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.
Reading- This week students will continue working on finding text features in nonfiction texts. We will be going over titles, headings, timelines, table of contents, photographs, subheadings, captions, diagrams, labels, charts, tables, maps, bold/highlighted/italic words, textbox/sidebars, bullets, glossaries, and indexes. Students will identify how these text features help them better understand a text. Students will be looking for examples of these text features in our social studies books and in informational texts they read. Homework for this week will be sent home on Monday, October 29th and due Friday, November 2nd. Grammar- Students will learn how to identify the subject and predicate of a sentence. The subject is who a sentence is talking about and the predicate explains what the subject is doing in the sentence. Example: The girl (subject) road her bike to school (predicate). Spelling – Students will receive a new spelling list for sorts 13, 14 and 15 to put in their purple folder. Students will concentrate on the contraction spelling patterns in Sort 13 this week. Our spelling quiz on these three sorts will be on Friday, November 16th. Writing- Last week, we finished our narrative writing unit. This week, we will begin our informative writing unit where students introduce a topic, develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details, and use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information. Students will also provide a concluding section. Informational essays will include 5 paragraphs: an introduction to the topic, 3 paragraphs explaining the 3 big ideas or subtopics that support their topic, and a conclusion. This week we will focus on writing an introduction, brainstorm subtopics and appropriately order subtopics in our writing. Social Studies- We are beginning our unit on European Exploration in North America. We will be discussing why there was a need for exploration, and introducing the explorers Christopher Columbus (Spain), John Cabot (England), Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spain) and Jacques Cartier (France). During this unit, students will be learning about 6 different explorers and how they adapted, or failed to adapt to the various physical environments they traveled, as well as their accomplishments, and cooperation and conflict with the Native Americans. Reminder: Dolvin cannot accommodate lunch visitors from October 29th- November 1st as 2nd grade prepares for their musical on November 1st. Important Dates: October 29: Spelling Sort 10,11,12 Quiz October 31: Last day of “Socktober” sock collection November 1: Sign and Return Papers November 2: Spirit Day November 6: No school (Election Day) Have a wonderful week! Reading- This week students will begin working on finding text features in nonfiction texts. We will be going over; titles, headings, timelines, table of contents, photographs, subheadings, captions, diagrams, labels, charts, tables, maps, bold/ highlighted/ italic words, textbox/ sidebars, bullets, glossaries, and indexes. We will not have homework this week as students will have ITBS (Iowa) testing. Please study sorts 10, 11, and 12 with your child since we will have a spelling quiz on October 29th.
Grammar- Students will continue working on verb tenses; past, present, and future tense as well as irregular verbs. We will introduce subject and predicate. The subject tells us who the sentence is about. The predicate tells us what is happening in the sentence. Spelling – Students will concentrate on the spelling patterns in Sort 12 this week. Our spelling quiz on these three sorts will be Monday, October 29. Writing – Students will be completing their personal narratives. Students are learning to write a strong hook to introduce the story, use transition words to connect main ideas in paragraphs, how to add more details to the story, and how to write a conclusion. We will be starting with informational writing next week. Science- We will be wrapping up our unit on pollution this week. Students will obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the effects of pollution (air, land, and water) and humans on the environment. Students will explore, research, and communicate solutions such as conservation of resources and recycling of materials to protect plants and animals. Volunteers-Thank you for all you do to help Dolvin students. However, due to the Iowa Assessments next week, Dolvin will not have any volunteers (in all grade levels) in the building until after 12:00 p.m. from Monday, October 22nd through Friday October 26th. Thanks for your cooperation. Important Dates: October 22-25: Iowa Assessments October 26: Make Up Tests October 29: Spelling Sort 10,11,12 Quiz Have a great week! Reading- This week we will discuss the 5 W’s; who, what, when, where, and why. Students will read passages and then answer questions that correspond to the 5 W’s. We will also begin working on asking deeper questions when reading texts.
Grammar- We will continue working on verb tenses; past, present, and future tense. Our class will also begin to learn about irregular verbs that do not follow the rules. Students will begin learning about helping and linking verbs as well. Spelling – Students will concentrate on the spelling patterns in Sort 11 this week. Our spelling quiz on these three sorts will be Monday, October 29. Writing – We are continuing writing personal narratives. Students are learning to write a strong hook to introduce the story, use transition words to connect main ideas in paragraphs, how to add more details to the story, and how to write a conclusion. Students will choose their best narrative to turn in as a test grade. Science- We will continue learning about pollution this week. Students will obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the effects of pollution (air, land, and water) and humans on the environment. Students will explore, research, and communicate solutions such as conservation of resources and recycling of materials to protect plants and animals. Students will have a quiz towards the end of this week. Please have your child start studying their interactive notebooks. Attention Lunch Visitors: Please be advised that Dolvin will not be able to accommodate lunch visitors beginning Friday, October 12th, through Thursday, October 18th, in order to practice and prepare for the 3rd Grade Musical. Dates to remember- Oct. 17- Picture retakes Oct. 17- Reports cards Oct. 18- Sign and returns Oct. 18- 3rd Grade Play 6 pm Have a great week! I hope you had a wonderful long weekend!
Reading- This week we will introduce answering the 5 W’s; who, what, when, where, and why. Students will read passages and then answer questions that correspond to the 5 W’s. We will also bring this into our narrative writing to add details to our narrative stories. Grammar- We will be introducing verb tenses; past, present, and future tense. Spelling – Students will concentrate on the spelling patterns in Sort 10 this week. Our spelling quiz on these three sorts will be Monday, October 29. Writing – We are continuing writing personal narratives. Students are learning to write a strong hook to introduce the story, use transition words to connect main ideas in paragraphs, how to add more details to the story, and how to write a conclusion. Students will choose their best narrative to turn in as a test grade. Science- We will be starting our unit on pollution this week. Students will obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the effects of pollution (air, land, and water) and humans on the environment. Students will explore, research, and communicate solutions such as conservation of resources and recycling of materials to protect plants and animals. Students will have a quiz towards the end of this week or beginning of next week. Please have students start studying their interactive notebooks. Dates to remember- Oct. 11-Vision re-screening Oct. 17- Picture retakes Oct. 17- Reports cards Oct. 18- Sign and returns Oct. 18- 3rd Grade Play Oct 22-26- ITBS (days to be determined) Have a great week! Reading – This week we will continue review of our reading standards on finding text evidence to support comprehension, point of view from the narrator and reader, using text evidence to figure out character traits, and how these standards were supported in the read-aloud Because of Winn Dixie. Students will be working on projects in class to go along with Because of Winn-Dixie. Students will not have a homework packet due to the short week.
Grammar – This week we will be reviewing proper and common nouns, singular and plural nouns, concrete and abstract nouns, and possessive nouns. Students will take their first grammar assessment on Tuesday. The test will cover all of the nouns mentioned above. Spelling –Students will bring home their spelling lists for Words Their Way Sort 10, 11, and 12. We will concentrate on the spelling patterns in Sort 10 the next two weeks. Our spelling quiz on these three sorts will be Monday, October 29. Writing – We are continuing writing personal narratives. Students are learning to write a strong hook to introduce the story, use transition words to connect main ideas in paragraphs, how to add more details to the story, and how to write a conclusion. Social Studies – We are completing our unit on Native Americans. We will continue learning how the environments of the regions of North America impacted the choices made by Native Americans regarding food, clothing, and shelter. We will be studying the Inuit of the Arctic region, the Kwakiutl of the Northwest region, the Nez Perce of the Plateau region, the Hopi of the Southwest region, the Pawnee of the Plains region, and the Seminole of the Southeastern region. Students will be working on a brochure in class about the six regions we have learned about this week. Fall Conferences- It is time for Fall conferences. If you have not done so already, please see the attached link and sign up for a conference on October 5th. I look forward to meeting with you all very soon! https://goo.gl/forms/BNRR0ApX1zDNZfHJ2 Dates to Remember: 10/2 – Hearing and Vision Screening (please make sure to have your child wear his or her glasses if they have them) 10/4, 10/5, 10/8 – Student Holidays 10/6 – Ms. McConnell’s birthday Have a wonderful week! |
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