Even though we were stuck inside because of the crazy heat, we had a great first few days in 4P! We spent a lot of time getting to know each other through partner interviews and games and we also have been spending time establishing our classroom community and routines. This year, we have two new students to Hatch in our class: Calvin Netter who recently moved from New Orleans and Londyn Walker who transferred from Mann Elementary. Please join me in welcoming them and their parents to Hatch! We will begin teaching our regular curriculum this week beginning Monday. Here is a sneak peek into what we'll be working on: Reading: We began our novel study of the book "Frindle" on Friday and hope to get in nearly completed in the coming week. We will read 1-2 chapters per day and students will work on answering comprehension questions about each chapter. On Friday, we worked on questions related to chapter 1, including learning about first person and third person point of view. After the novel study we will begin our realistic fiction reading unit where students will be reading realistic fiction books and working on skills such as character change and identifying the theme of a story. Math: On Friday, the students took a pre-test for our first math unit which focuses on place value. The pre-test helps us identify what gaps students might have before we start the unit. On Monday, we will begin the first unit (or module). We typically complete one lesson per day. I will provide more information about this at Curriculum Night on Wednesday. Word Study: Students took a spelling pre-test on Thursday and Friday and will be placed in word study groups beginning Monday. Students will have a word list each week (which I also send home to parents) and they will work in their word study workbook as well as online to practice spelling the words. They will take a practice spelling test on Thursdays with a final spelling test on Fridays. Other fun stuff:
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Welcome to 4P! I'm very excited to meet everyone and begin our learning journey together. In this section of my site, you will find updates on what's happening in our classroom and around the school. I try to update it weekly and will email everyone a link to this page.
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