​Week at a Glance     October 1-5, 2018                                                                            Grade ¾

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Students will be going apple picking this Friday- please remember to send in $4 toward the cost of the trip.

Thank you for continuing to check your child’s Homework/Communication Bag each day for important notices. Marked worksheets are sent home as an update about what we are currently working on. Please remove worksheets from the bag and keep these at home for your own information.

Inside your child’s Communication Bag are two levelled books based on their current reading level. Please practice reading these with your child each day and sign your child’s Reading Log each night. Books should be returned to school each day and will be replaced during the week with new ones. Other homework suggestions are listed below.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at shaneen.coes@nbed.nb.ca.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Coes

Important Dates:

Monday, Oct. 1- Running club grades k-5 at lunch. 

Tuesday, Oct. 2- Hot lunch Tots n Taters. Choir at 9:45am. Estey Afterschool Art program. 

Wednesday, Oct. 3- Cross country 1:15pm at McAdam Ave. 

Thursday, Oct. 4- Hot Lunch Great Canadian Bagel. Santa's Little Helper Fundraiser goes home.

 Friday, Oct. 5- Apple Picking Field Trip- cost $4 per student

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                                    Areas of Focus for October 1-5, 2018 

Writing- This week, students will complete whole-class activities using the resources in their Writer’s Toolkit.  Students are also working on more All About Me books. If you would like to see these, please drop me a line and I will send them home in the Communication Bag. (shaneen.coes@nbed.nb.ca)

Reading- Students will meet with me in small groups during Guided Reading, as we read and complete activities using levelled books that match each students’ reading level. Students receive new books at their reading level on Monday and Wednesday this week. Please practice these at home.

Word Work- Each student will choose from a variety of activities related to their differentiated word list for the week. We continue to review their “No Excuse” words from last year. This child-centered approach replaces traditional spelling tests.

Numeracy-  Our whole-class lessons this week will focus on a review of skip counting by 5s and 10s. Students will meet with me in small groups during Guided math as we begin work on our first math assessment.. Grade 3 students will be focusing on: fluency of math facts and place value to 100s. Grade 4s are working on fluency of math facts and place value to 1000s. Everyone will also have lots of chances to play math games with classmates; our focus during games this week will be improving our math fact fluency and skip counting.

Science- This week we will wrap up our unit on Plant Growth and Changes. Students will discuss the question: Why are some apples red and some apples green? We will be watching videos related to how apple trees grow and have an apple taste text experiment after our trip to the orchard on Friday.

Homework

The homework assigned is an extension of class instruction and is meant for extra practice. Completed activities can be kept at home. However, if there is an activity you would like to share with me, please do so! :)

Reading- Students should read aloud (even to themselves!) for 15 minutes each night. Books at their reading level are in their Communication Bag. They should complete the reading log each night; please remember to sign it and place in the Communication Bag. Talk to your child about what they read and any Connections they made when reading (memories of experiences, related books they have read, questions they have etc.)

Numeracy- Grade 3- write out some 3 digit numbers for your child and have them: A) read the number correctly (note: we are working on avoiding the use of “and” when naming a number. For example: 324= three hundred twenty four, not three hundred AND twenty four). B) explain the value of each digit. For example: 324= three hundred, 2 tens, 4 ones. For grade 4- follow the same procedure but use 4 digit numbers (to ten thousand). Practice skip counting by 10s and 5s from a number other than zero.

Writing- Have your child write about their plans for Halloween and include an illustrated drawing.​