Reading Notebooks have been created

as a tool for students to write about what

they are thinking as they read, to keep
notes about reading strategies, and to build
a personal vocabulary of unfamiliar words.
We will have discussions about theme,
main idea, using text to support answers to
questions, and how character might impact
what happens in the text (causeeffect and
comparecontrast strategies!.
"ocial "tudies and "cience texts, in
particular, will be integrated with the
Reading and #anguage $rts curriculum.
%his will maximi&e time and help students
to see that all learning is connected.
What Are We Learning?
Anderson-Livsey ES
Snellville, GA
Tel: (678) 344-2082
Leander_Bryant@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Penny_Dalin@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Amelia_Davis@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Crystal_McKinley@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Pat_Rling@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Every day come prepared to be
the apple of
your teachers eye!
Language Arts
Math
Please continuously work on
multiplication facts with your student.
'nowing the basic multiplication facts will
help your student with every day math and
ongoing $'". (lace value, estimation, and
rounding will be maintained and mastered
through our study of multiplication and
division. )x* %he product (+! or quotient (!
solution to a math question can be identified
by place value, estimated, and rounded.
"how your students the importance and
relevance of everyday math. )x* ,f buying
more than one of the same item, have
himher multiply to solve for cost. -r, have
himher estimate how much is needed or
was spent at the end of the shopping trip.
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Sept ember 2014
Reviewing "tandard )nglish conventions
is a continuous $'". .sing complete
sentences, rather than fragments, and run/
ons make writing more engaging. "tudents
will also practice the appropriate use of
multiple meaning words like there, their,
they0re.
Writing
We will continue to write personal and
fictional narratives. 1owever, the writing
focus this quarter is opinion writing. %his
form of writing will connect with our
learning about cause and effect and
comparing and contrasting information.
)ncourage your student to keep a daily
2ournal to write down hisher thoughts and
ideas. (erhaps you could make this an
interactive 2ournal where parents and
student can respond to each other on a
routine basis.
Reading
Where does water come from3 1ow are
clouds formed3 What makes weather3 ,n
this quarter we will study the Water 4ycle.
We are drinking the same water the
dinosaurs drank5 %hink about it6
)ncourage your students to watch the
weather channel or other weather source to
learn about how weather happens and why.
Social Studies
7eography is an ongoing $'" and will be
studied in con2unction with Native $merican
history and )uropean exploration of the
North $merican continent.
We will learn about Native $merican life
across the five regions of North $merica that
make up the 89 contiguous states in the
."$.
We will find out how and why the
)uropeans arrived in North $merica. Why did
4hristopher 4olumbus sail from "pain3
Science
We have completed the first month
of school, already6 What a great
group of students we have6