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Here comes September...
Upcoming:
2016-2017 ECAs will start on Thursday, September 1. Any questions regarding ECA placements should go to Activities Director Joe Longsworth at joel.longsworth@interamericano.edu.gt. After-school enrichment (formerly known as "remedials") will also begin on Thursday, September 1.
This year, enrichment is by teacher referral and recommendation only. You will be hearing from the office soon if your child is recommended for enrichment.
Progress Reports will be available in RenWeb on Friday, September 2.
Hot Topics in Math
Next week, we will be starting Chapter 3, Addition up to 10,000. The children will build on what they learned about addition in Grade 2, and will add numbers with or without regrouping (borrowing). We will also begin to work on word problems that involve addition. It is VERY important that all children work on memorizing basic addition facts this year (1+1 through 10+10). The expectation is that they quickly and automatically recall basic facts without having to do calculations with their fingers or mentally. Once they have memorized addition facts, they should do the same with subtraction, then multiplication and division. Chapter 3 Math Test will be on Thursday.
Remember to check out our Smarty Pants! for extra support in Math.
Next week, we will be sending out some of the fact practice games that we'll play at school. In the meantime, here are a few iPad apps that are great for fact practice too!
MathtopiaLiteracy for All!
Get ready for next week...
We will continue to build our reading skills by understanding word families; asking questions to make connections while reading; and learning to make contractions.
Keep those reading logs coming!
Word Bank
Last Week...
landform, breathe, anxiously, architecture, location
Coming Up...
distinguish, popular, coast, voyage, creek
Spelling Words
Last Week...
credit
grand
crumble
grease
detest
problem
dragon
prove
drizzle
quest
come
dog
down
chrome
creative
scribble
sprinkle
Coming up...
bottom
copy
figure
ketchup
nugget
pantry
pity
punish
snapper
tender
Social Studies
These next two weeks we will learn about the meaning of culture here in Guatemala and around the world. Kids will work in groups as "Culture Detectives" to find out more about aspects that make world cultures unique and important. This research will culminate in group presentations.
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Estimados padres de familia,
Los días han pasado muy rápido y con ello los niños se sienten más seguros y confiados en los procedimientos y rutinas de la clase. Durante esta semana, en lectura aprenderán estrategias que le ayuden a responderse preguntas de lo que leen, a identificar cuál es el propósito del autor y encontrar el sentido de la historia.
En escritura, trabajarán en la revisión y edición de su historia de “Pequeños momentos”, ellos tendrán la oportunidad de revisar que cada idea se encuentre dentro de una oración y que estas empiecen mayúscula y terminen con punto. También, revisará la ortografía de las palabras y calidad en los trazos de letras.
En gramática, aprenderán sobre la estructura de una oración, aprenderán que sus partes la conforman el sujeto y el predicado y practicarán identificándolas en diferentes oraciones.