107- Weekly Updates (January 31- February 4, 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 Global School Play Day (Play all day)- Wednesday February 2nd Valentine’s Day Exchange No School February 18th and 21st (Teacher Work Day and President’s Day) Read Across America Day (Read all day)- Wednesday March 2nd Open House Thursday, March 31st Running Club Registration 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! Reader’s Workshop The kids will continue to study the character’s journey. We will learn to pay close attention to the climax of the story, noticing how the main character is tested and we’ll discuss how characters resolve big trouble. Writer’s Workshop The kids will work on their next literary essay. This time, students will grow an idea from their own story, find evidence, and then write an essay. Among other things, we will use mentor texts to improve our writing and really discuss how to use paragraphs (and make sure we are using paragraphs). Math What happened to math class? We will wrap up our study of division (for the moment) and celebrate the 100th day of school (Tuesday) with a math game! Social Studies We will shift our focus from the federal government to the government of the state of California. Science The kids will continue to watch the caterpillars change and keep track of that change. Thank you, Mr. Gray