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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 Walk to Northwood Memorial and Castle Park Field Trip- Friday, May 27th 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 their mystery book report. It is due on Friday. Writer’s Workshop The kids continue on our Writer’s Workshop Unit: Changing the World (Persuasive Speeches). The kids will publish their speeches this week. Math What happened to math class? The kids will take a closer look at volume and do some review of Area and Perimeter. Social Studies The kids will create a folder for an American Hero. They have resources to do research and create an in-depth look at an important American. Science The kids will create a poster about a severe weather event and design a product that can protect someone from that severe weather event. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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

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 Decades Dress Up Day- Wednesday April 27th AWISH- April 22nd 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 understanding the mystery by collaborating with partners (like real crime solvers), keeping hold of the mystery even when the book is long and tricky, and understanding common patterns and characteristics of mysteries. 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 gathering more information about their opinion, organizing and categorizing their supporting information, and proving their point by giving evidence using transitions like “For example”. Math What happened to math class? The kids will spend the week on our next unit: Representing Data with Graphs. The kids will learn about line plots and compare and contrast picture graphs, bar graphs, and line plots. We will finish up the unit with an assessment on Friday. Social Studies Nothing this week. Science The kids will start on the next part of our weather unit. For a few weeks we will study severe weather (lightning, floods, wildfires, and more). Next week we will build up our background knowledge about these kinds of severe weather. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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- April 22nd 5-8pm Monday, May 30th is the Memorial Day Holiday (no school) IPSF Summer Classes and Camps 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! And our Class Chess Tournament! Reader’s Workshop The students will start our next Reader’s Workshop Unit: Mystery (Foundational Skills in Disguise). We will spend the week learning about the characteristics of mystery stories like: trying to solve the mystery before the crime solver does, doing special predicting about suspects, opportunities, and motives, and using strategies when reading gets tough. Writer’s Workshop The kids continue on our next Writer’s Workshop Unit: Changing the World (Persuasive Speeches). The kids will gather brave, bold opinions, practice writing with independence, and consider the audience to say more by asking questions that a reader might ask. Math What happened to math class? The kids will spend the week on our nex unit: Representing Data with Graphs. The kids will learn about picture graphs and bar graphs. They will also make their own survey, collect data and represent that data with picture graphs and bar graphs. Social Studies The kids will spend the week continuing to build out a class understanding of what the responsibilities are of good citizens. Science The kids will start on the next part of our weather unit. For a few weeks we will study severe weather (lightning, floods, wildfires, and more). Next week we will build up our background knowledge about these kinds of severe weather. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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 Open House Thursday, March 31st 6-7pm Reminder: The Week of March 28th-April 1st is full of minimum days. Every day next week school will end at 1:40. Talent Show Information (Fill out form and send back by April 1st) 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 students will spend the week reading for fun and working on a character project. Writer’s Workshop The kids will be finishing their poetry project and making their own board game! Math What happened to math class? The kids will spend the week reviewing math concepts from earlier this year and playing math games. Social Studies Nothing this week. Science The kids will continue their weather diaries. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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 Spring Conferences: For those of you with spring conferences, they are currently scheduled to take place Zoom. If you’d like to change that to in-person, please let me know. Talent Show Information (Fill out form and send back by April 1st) Reminder: The Week of March 28th-April 2nd is full of minimum days. Every day next week school will end at 1:40. Update: Jog-A-Thon Friday March 25th (Turn in Pledge Envelopes to Mr. Gray by April 1st) Our run time is first thing in the morning (8:25-8:55) so students should come dressed to run. Open House Thursday, March 31st 6-7pm 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 students will spend the week reading for fun and working on a character project. Writer’s Workshop The kids will finish publishing their animal information books and work on a short poetry project. Math What happened to math class? We start a new mini-unit on mass and volume. We will start by studying the meaning of mass and then compare objects that measure in grams and objects that measure in kilograms. Social Studies The kids will investigate rules, rights, and laws. We will begin our study of “citizenship” and what it means to be a good citizen. Science We will continue our weather unit by what it means to be a meteorologist. We will also study the tools of weather data collection by exploring thermometers and start a weather diary. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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 Starting Monday, March 14th, students are not required (but still strongly encouraged) to wear masks indoors anymore. Some students will continue to wear masks and others will choose not to wear them. I will continue to wear a mask indoors at least through spring break. Update: Jog-A-Thon Friday March 25th (Turn in Pledge Envelopes to Mr. Gray by April 1st) Our run time is first thing in the morning (8:25-8:55) so students should come dressed to run. Open House Thursday, March 31st 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 students will spend the week researching an animal of their choice. They will study how to build up vocabulary and talk with the lingo of experts and how to discuss our topic with zeal for a new animal or animals of their choice both in class and with library books. Writer’s Workshop The kids will wrap up our writing about research unit going along with our reading unit. They will draft and write all about an animal or multiple animals. Math What happened to math class? We start a finish unit on telling time intervals (ex. PE started at 10:45 and ended at 11:19, how many minutes was PE). We practice solving problems using t-charts and then students will choose strategies that work the best for them. We will also ask students to make up their own problems and have other students solve them. Social Studies The kids will investigate rules, rights, and laws. We will begin our study of “citizenship” and what it means to be a good citizen. Science We will continue our weather unit by what it means to be a meteorologist. We will also study the tools of weather data collection by exploring thermometers. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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 Open House Thursday, March 31st Update: Jog-A-Thon Friday March 25th (Turn in Pledge Envelopes to Mr. Gray by April 1st) Our run time is first thing in the morning (8:25-8:55) so students should come dressed to run. 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 We are continuing our researching animals unit. We are practicing different ways to research and gather information about a topic. This week we will study how to build up vocabulary and talk with the lingo of experts and how to discuss our topic with zeal for a new animal. Writer’s Workshop The kids will continue our writing about research unit going along with our reading unit. This week the kids will teach others about their animal as a way to get ready to write, discuss table of contents and chapter organization and reread their drafts to add more for a new animal. Math What happened to math class? We start a new unit on telling time intervals (ex. PE started at 10:45 and ended at 11:19, how many minutes was PE). We will start by exploring time on a stopwatch and move on to reviewing time to the minute, then look at problems with time and solving those problems with number lines and t-charts. Social Studies No Social Studies this week. Science We will continue our weather unit by studying wind and precipitation. We will look at local data for patterns. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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 Read Across America Day (Read all day)- Wednesday March 2nd Wear PJs, Bring blankets and/or stuffed animals. We will read almost all day! Jog-A-Thon Friday March 4th (Turn in Pledge Envelopes to Mr. Gray by March 18th) Our run time is first thing in the morning (8:25-8:55) so students should come dressed to run. Open House Thursday, March 31st 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 We are continuing our researching animals unit. We are practicing different ways to research and gather information about a topic. This week we will study how to build up vocabulary and talk with the lingo of experts and how to discuss our topic with zeal for a new animal. Writer’s Workshop The kids will continue our writing about research unit going along with our reading unit. This week the kids will teach others about their animal as a way to get ready to write, discuss table of contents and chapter organization and reread their drafts to add more. Math What happened to math class? We will wrap up our unit on fractions by studying fractions greater than 1, fraction word problems, reviewing fractions and finally taking a fractions assessment at the end of the week. Social Studies The kids will take their knowledge of the important symbols and documents of the United States and make documents and symbols that represent our classroom. Science We will start a new unit on weather. We will start the unit by discussing what weather is, sorting weather related vocabulary words, and learning about different kinds of clouds. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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 Valentine’s Day Exchange Monday, February 14th 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 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 work together to create posters comparing and contrasting characters from different books to wrap up our Character Studies unit. Writer’s Workshop The kids will publish their last essay for the baby literary essay unit. They will take all the evidence they’ve gathered from across their book to support a claim about a charter. Math What happened to math class? We will continue our fractions unit by studying how to compare fractions and looking at fractions greater than 1. Social Studies We will wrap up the current chapter by studying some of the documents and symbols that bring us together as Americans. Science No science this week. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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

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 Open House Thursday, March 31st No School February 18th and 21st (Teacher Work Day and President’s Day) Read Across America Day (Read all day)- Wednesday March 2nd Running Club Registration Multiplication and Division Facts Practice (Check your student’s progress report) 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 We will continue our character studies unit. The kids will follow a character’s journey by: Noticing that stories are shaped like mountains and we can watch characters go up and down, expecting characters to face and react to trouble, noticing the roles of secondary characters and noticing the role of illustrations in stories. Writer’s Workshop The students will publish their first literary essay about the story, Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson. Math What happened to math class? The students will continue our exploration of division specifically looking at how division and multiplication are related through fact families and properties. Social Studies We’ll review the structure of the federal government looking at the three branches of government and the role of each branch. Science The kids will continue keeping track of the changes that the caterpillars are undergoing and we will continue to study the life cycle of butterflies. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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 No School January 17th and 18th Global School Play Day (Play all day)- Wednesday February 2nd Open House Thursday, March 31st No School February 18th and 21st (Teacher Work Day and President’s Day) Read Across America Day (Read all day)- Wednesday March 2nd Running Club Registration Multiplication and Division Facts Practice (Check your student’s progress report) 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 We will continue our character studies unit. The kids will start to grow ideas about characters and notice patterns with characters. Writer’s Workshop We will continue our Baby Literary Essay Unit. The kids will write 2 more drafts about the book Each Kindness and we will try to study and add transitional phrases to help frame evidence. Math What happened to math class? We will move on to our next unit: Division. We will study division as fair sharing/equal groups and we will go outside and practice division as jumps on a number line. Social Studies We will look at the basic structure of the federal government. Science Our shipment is on hold so we will study the life cycle of plants. Later we will study the life cycle of animals and then compare their life cycles. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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 GATE/APAAS Update No School January 17th and 18th Winterbowl Registration (Flag Football) - Represent Santiago Hills- Tournament is January 29th Global School Play Day (Play all day)- Wednesday February 2nd Open House Thursday, March 31st No School February 18th and 21st (Teacher Work Day and President’s Day) Read Across America Day (Read all day)- Wednesday March 2nd Reader’s Workshop We will start our next Reading Unit: Character Studies. Over the coming weeks the kids will get to know the character like a friend, read in book clubs,  follow the character’s journey, and compare and contrast characters across books. Next week we will start by noticing how a new character talks and acts and asking ourselves “What is my character like?” Writer’s Workshop We will finish publishing our piece of creative writing and start our next unit: Baby Literary Essay. The Literary Essay is something that will be revisited later in elementary school, middle school, and you might remember it from high school. This is an introductory version of that where students will grow ideas about characters and use evidence from the book to defend their position. We will start next week by coming up with some ideas about characters (and possibly lesson or themes). Math What happened to math class? We will continue our study of Area and Perimeter by spending time inside and outside our classroom measuring quadrilaterals and finding the area and perimeter of them. We may wrap up this unit with a quiz. Social Studies The kids will start our next unit learning about government. We will start by discussing what jobs exist in local government and next week get into the basic structure of the federal government. Science This is yet to be determined depending on a shipment. We will soon be studying some creatures up close and personal!

Happy New Year! 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 GATE/APAAS Update No School January 17th and 18th Winterbowl Registration (Flag Football) - Represent Santiago Hills- Tournament is January 29th Global School Play Day (Play all day)- Wednesday February 2nd Open House (Minimum Day)- February 17th 6-7pm No School February 18th and 21st (Teacher Work Day and President’s Day) Read Across America Day (Read all day)- Wednesday March 2nd Running Club Registration Multiplication and Division Facts Practice (Check your student’s progress report) Spelling Words - The kids will receive the words Tuesday, practice during the week, and take the quiz on Friday. Reader’s Workshop We are getting back into routines for Reader’s Workshop. The kids will be reading fiction books of their choosing. We will review and practice: choosing “just right” books (and lifting the level of the books we read), improving reading stamina, best practices of individual conferences, and group work time. Writer’s Workshop The kids will take time to organize and write about their experiences over the break. We will spend the next week on a creative writing mini-unit learning about the elements of stories (characters, setting, problem, and solution). We will also do our first spelling unit (link to spelling words for practice). The kids will receive the words Tuesday, practice during the week, and take the quiz on Friday. We will also start cursive. The kids will work in a practice book at school once a week. Math We will review multiplication and spend the next two weeks learning about area and perimeter as well as the similarities and differences between them.

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 GATE/APAAS Update Friday READ All Day Back at School January 3rd, 2022 No School January 17th and 18th, 2022 Multiplication and Division Facts Practice (Check your student’s progress report) Reader’s Workshop We will work on some reading strategies for fiction books. We will discuss growing ideas about characters and books and backing those ideas up with evidence as well as understanding characters by putting ourselves in their shoes. Writer’s Workshop The kids will publish their 3rd information book. Math What happened to math class? We will review some of the multiplication work we have done over the last several weeks. Social Studies No Social Studies this week. Science No Science this week. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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 Multiplication and Division Facts Practice (Check your student’s progress report) Don’t forget to sign up for PTA! Reader’s Workshop We will work on some reading strategies for fiction books. We will discuss Character’s feelings and how those feelings change, back up ideas about characters with evidence and empathize to understand characters (putting myself in the character’s shoes). Students will keep post-its of their thinking in their Reader’s Notebook that include evidence from the text. Writer’s Workshop The kids will continue work on their 3rd information book. Not only will students type the book on a google doc but we will work on ways to add text features to make their books more exciting. Math What happened to math class? We will take a quiz on Wednesday about using multiplication in multiplication tables, finding the missing number, the distributive property, and multiplying single digit numbers by multiples of 10. We will review on Tuesday and kids can bring home their review to study. Social Studies The students will continue studying the history of California looking at how California has changed over time and by studying the cultural history of California. Science No Science this week. Thank you, Mr. Gray

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 Multiplication and Division Facts Practice (Check your student’s progress report) Meet the Masters Artwork from Wednesday, November 10, 2021 It is getting colder and the grass is very wet in the morning. We do PE monday morning. Please have kids wear shoes that can get wet on Monday. Nov 16- Our Book Fair Visit Nov 16- Chick-Fil-A Restaurant Night Nov 19- Report Cards Online after 2:00pm Nov 23- Minimum Day Nov 24-26 No School (Thanksgiving) Don’t forget to sign up for PTA! Reader’s Workshop We will direct our attention for the week on narrative nonfiction and how it compares and contrasts with both nonfiction and fiction. We will visit the book fair on Tuesday! Writer’s Workshop The kids will publish their 2nd information book and we may get to host an information fair to celebrate our work! Math What happened to math class? We will continue studying multiplication facts and patterns. We have gotten through all the math facts 1-10 as far as instruction goes. Please keep practicing with the Multiplication and Division Facts Practice. We will begin to look at the connection between Multiplication and Division and start thinking about division as equal groups or equal sharing. Social Studies The students will continue studying the history of early settlement in California and the southwest United States as well as the relationships both good and bad between early settlers and Native Americans. Science The kids will keep looking at forces. We will read about the forces involved in tug-of-war. Thank you, Mr. Gray

Dear Parents, 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 Multiplication and Division Facts Practice (Check your student’s progress report) It is getting colder and the grass is very wet in the morning. We do PE monday morning. Please have kids wear shoes that can get wet on Monday. Nov 11- No School (Veteran’s Day) Nov 15-19 Book Fair Nov 16- Chick-Fil-A Restaurant Night Nov 19- Report Cards Online after 2:00pm Nov 23- Minimum Day Nov 24-26 No School (Thanksgiving) Don’t forget to sign up for PTA! Reader’s Workshop The kids will work on pulling information out of nonfiction texts. They will jot post-its in their notebook as they read about fascinating facts, questions they have, growing ideas, and making connections. We will also try to lift the level of conversations about books. Finally, we will transition to narrative nonfiction books for the last couple weeks of our nonfiction unit. Writer’s Workshop As we continue our information books the students will be drafting sections and revise by researching facts and ensuring text accuracy, creating introductions through research mentor authors, and putting themselves in the shoes of readers to clear up confusion. Math What happened to math class? We will continue studying multiplication facts and patterns. Specifically we will look at 3s and 6s. Keep practicing math facts with your students. Ask them what patterns exist for each set of numbers. 5-10 minutes a day will really help! Social Studies The students will continue studying the history of early California. We will study early settlers in California and the effect of those settlers on American Indians. Science The kids will keep looking at forces. We will read about the forces involved in soccer and tug-of-war. Thank you,

Dear Parents, 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 The kids gave me some suggestions for my Halloween Costume this year. Check out their ideas here! Multiplication and Division Facts Practice (Check your email for your student’s progress report) Nov 11- No School (Veteran’s Day) Nov 19- Report Cards Online after 2:00pm Nov 23- Minimum Day Nov 24-26 No School (Thanksgiving) Don’t forget to sign up for PTA! Reader’s Workshop This week students will work on a few elements of being a great nonfiction reader: getting better by setting clear goals with a learning progression, approaching nonfiction as a learner, and distinguishing the reader’s opinion from the author. There will also be a short quiz to help me pinpoint areas of need. Writer’s Workshop This week students will use a checklist to assess their own writing in their first attempt at information writing this year. As the kids write their next information book, they will try to make connections across chapters and create introductions. We will continue to use mentor texts (nonfiction chapter books) as examples for great pieces of writing. Math What happened to math class? Students will continue to practice their multiplication facts. At this point, students should be spending a few minutes at home each day working with you practicing math facts. They can bring home their blue notebooks which not only have the math facts to practice but also examples of patterns and strategies students can use to practice. Social Studies The kids will wrap up our current chapter: American Indians of California and move on to our next chapter: Changes in California over time. We will look at early exploration and early settlement of California and study some map skills looking at timelines. Science The students will continue studying the forces of pushing and pulling as well as designing a rollercoaster that uses gravity. Thank you, Mr. Gray