Lower El Weekly Newsletter
Friday, January 27, 2023
Lower El News!
Dear parents,
Thank you for supporting your child(ren) with homework. Most kiddos have been turning it in! We try to keep it to a minimum. Encourage them to turn it in on Monday mornings, for healthy homework habits.
Academics:
Math:
Early: Stamp game for word problems, short division on division bead board
Intermediate: dynamic (i.e.: w/ “exchanging”) addition & subtraction without materials
Advanced: “volume” & “graph data”, word problems, modeling multiplication & division operations
All: Geometry: review: angles: measuring size, then identifying type, + simple closed curves, polygons
Reading:
early readers: phonics: “long i”/long “o”…. contractions…. long vowels in text
transitional readers: comparing/contrasting 2 texts on same theme: “”Magic School Bus: Lost in the Snow”<->“Winter’s Gift”, & “Cinderella”<->“Rough-Face Girl”, + overview: text structures
extended readers: Comprehension Strategies: causal links between information from different sources… text structures (“cause & effect”/ “compare & contrast”/ “sequence of events”/ “problem/solution”/ “description”
Language:
Language: Mechanics: review: phrases -> sentences
Language: Grammar: adverb key experience; review work on sentence analysis
Cute projects around Chinese New Year, using adjectives & verbs, + evaluation
Cultural: science: continued physics concepts, using Rok blocks.
Movable Alphabet
Stone Ceremony
Reading Interventions
JD
Ms. Denise & Jamie
Principal of the Day
Biome Research
Friendship Mural
Edder
Contacts:
Ms. Becky - becky.kiefer@deltaschools.com
Email: camille.bair@deltaschools.com
Website: https://nfmc.deltaschools.com/
Location: 51 Fir Avenue, Crawford, CO, USA
Phone: 970-921-4935
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