Conversation Starters for Book Talk

 

Sentence Starter Ideas for Responses:

-I wonder why...

-I don't see how...

-I can't believe...

-Why did...?

–It bothered me when...

-I was surprised...

-I can't really understand...

-I began to think of...

-When I finished reading, I thought...

-One thing that confused me was when...

-This makes me feel...

-This reminds of...

-This is similar to

-I predict...will happen next.

-I can imagine...looked/sounded/felt/tasted like. –

-I think...

 

Health Screening

In Person Learners:
Please be sure to bring a completed Health Screening with you to school every morning.  See www.ps163.org for that information. 

Educational Websites

Device Request

If your child is in need of a device, please fill out the request form.  

https://coronavirus.schools.nyc/remotelearningdevices

 

Unit 1 Reading Wonders

Unit 1 Reading Wonders - How can a challenge bring out our best?

Each week we will read stories from different genres and practice different skills and strategies.  

Genre Skill Strategy
Fairy Tale Sequence Making Predictions
Realistic Fiction Problem/Solution Making Predictions
Expository Text Compare/Contrast Reread
Narrative Nonfiction Cause/Effect Reread

Persuasive Article

 Main Idea/Details  Reread

 

Classroom Updates

Please make time each weekend to work on reviewing vocabulary words, multiplication facts, division facts and practice reading fluency for 30 minutes per night. Please make sure your child is completing his/her homework daily. Please check their homework folder for important notices and updates. Thank you for your cooperation and support!

Reading Focus

Students will:

 

- write a summary

- understand problem and solution, cause and effect, main idea and details and theme.  

 

Students will read fairy tales, realistic fiction, narrative nonfiction, expository texts, and persuasive texts. 

 

 

Writing Focus

 

This month we are working on writing...

  • short constructed responses using the strategy RACE to cite multiple pieces of evidence

Math Focus

Topic 3: Use Strategies and Properties to Multiply by 1-Digit Numbers

  • How can you multiply by multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000?
  • How can you estimate when you multiply?

Topic 2: Fluently Add and Subtract Multi-Digit Whole Numbers

  • How can sums and differences of whole numbers be estimated?
  • What are standard procedures for adding and subtracting whole numbers?

Topic 1: Generalize Place Value Understanding

  • How are greater numbers written?
  • How can whole numbers be compared?
  • How are place values related?  

 

 

Science and Social Studies

Science - Energy Conversions

Chapter 1: What happened to the electrical system the night of the blackout?

Social Studies - What makes a complex society? How did the environment and natural resources influence the development of Native American cultures in New York?

PTA General Meeting and Student of the Month Awards

October 22 - Vritual PTA meeting 

 

 

November Events

November 3 - Election Day - All students are REMOTE

November 11 - Veterans Day - NO SCHOOL

November 26 & 27 - Thanksgiving Recess - no school