116- Weekly Updates (May 2-6, 2022)

Dear Families of Room F1, We’re going to have a great upcoming week. Below is a short description of what’s coming up and important links and/or announcements: Watch These Announcements on Video Here Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast Class Website AWISH- May 6th, 5-8pm Monday, May 30th is the Memorial Day Holiday (no school) IPSF Summer Classes and Camps Registration-   This is a class taught by a good friend of mine Multiplication and Division Facts Practice  Spelling Words - The kids will receive the words Tuesday, practice during the week, and take the quiz on Friday. Follow along with our Wordament! And our Class Chess Tournament! Reader’s Workshop The students will continue the Reader’s Workshop Unit: Mystery (Foundational Skills in Disguise). We will spend the week working together to see common characteristics of mysteries, studying red herrings, and finding hidden clues. Writer’s Workshop The kids continue on our Writer’s Workshop Unit: Changing the World (Persuasive Speeches). The kids will raise the level of their writing by paragraphing and considering the audience when they discard information and choose words that evoke emotions. Math What happened to math class? The kids will start our final unit of the year (we will be doing more review later): Mass and Volume. We will start by orienting ourselves to the vocabulary and real world examples of “mass”. Social Studies The kids will study both American and California Heroes after we establish as a class “What makes a hero?”. Science Nothing this week. Thank you, Mr. Gray