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Gator Groups

The students attended their first Gator Group today. Every teacher will lead a Gator Group on half days. The students picked 5 groups that interested them earlier in September and they met for the first time today. They seemed to have a really good time!! Make sure you ask your child about their group. 

Think Tank Question

Every week I post a Think Tank Question. The students have the week to figure out the answer. We did our first one this week and I will go over the answer on Monday. The students do not have to do the problem, but I encourage them try. I just looked at the answer for the first one and only 1 person got it correct. I thought if you needed something to talk about at dinner, you could discuss it. Many students said the answer was 42. :)

To make a flag of the United States of America, you need 3 different colors of fabric. How many colors of fabric do you need to make 14 USA flags?

Reading Test
Your child's reading test is in his/her Friday Folder. I was pretty lenient in my grading on the short answer question (#10) because it was their first test, but as the year goes on I will expect more on short answer questions. Even if your child made a 100, please look at that question for comments I might have written. Also, reading tests are usually open book because we want students to look back for answers, if it is in the text.

Curriculum 

Math- We continue in Module 1 with Properties of Multiplication and Division. If you have multiplication flash cards at home your child could start practicing the 0,1,2,3 and 5. 

Language Arts- We will focus on the Folktales genre. We will read Stone Soup from our reading series. We will also discuss what it means to visualize while reading. We will continue discussing prefixes and suffixes. We will also start our personal narrative writing unit. 

Social Studies- We continue discussing the 6 regions that make up South Carolina. We will discuss land forms, cities, physical and human features that can be found in the different regions. 

Science- We will look at Forests and Rainforests.