November/December Newsletter 

Dates to Remember:  

November 12th: Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 22nd:  Digger’s Family Feast

November 25-29th: Thanksgiving Holiday

December 20th- January 6th: Winter Holiday

Math:     

In math students will finish working with multiplication and division in Unit 5 and begin Unit 4,  "Inside, Outside, What's It All About" perimeter, angles & area: 2-D geometry & measurement.

Student Handbook:   

Learning Targets: Multiplication and division are inverse operations and can be modeled in a variety of ways. Geometric figures are described by their attributes.  Linear and area measurement are fundamentally different and require different units of measure.  Time and attributes of objects can be measured with appropriate tools

Literacy:     

In reading we will focus on the strategy of questioning.  Your reader will understand that good readers ask question before, during, and after they are reading and that some questions will not have answers provided within the text.   

For Writer’s Workshop we will work on finishing up our personal narratives this month. We will also work on the structure of writing a paragraph and what the main components of a paragraph are.  We will also begin our unit of Informational writing.  

Learning Targets: Strategies are needed to make meaning of various types of literary genres. Comprehension strategies are necessary when reading informational or persuasive text.  

Social Studies:

Students will explore the structures of government and the rolls within.  We will study how civics within our personal, local, and national government is used and the benefits it provides to the community.  As responsible citizens students within our Colorado community, we will add to our background knowledge, analyze and take action to make a difference.  

Learning Targets: Respecting the views and rights of others is a key component of a democratic society. The origins, structure, and functions of local government.

Problem Solving: Appraise the interaction between individual and societal activities.

Resilience and Adaptability: Appraise the interaction between individual and societal activities.

Civic Responsibility: Analyze characteristics of effective citizenship.

Collaboration: Evaluate environment influence on sustainability.

Critical Thinking: Create knowledge through the process of inquiry based on multiple evidence.