The document is a newsletter from P.S. 238 describing upcoming events and curriculum updates for the month of December 2008. It discusses winter recess beginning on December 24th and encourages students to practice reading over the break to prepare for state tests in January. It provides details on the skills and strategies being focused on in reading and writing workshops, including predicting, summarizing and writing how-to books. Finally, it outlines the topics in science, social studies and mathematics for the month.
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The document is a newsletter from P.S. 238 describing upcoming events and curriculum updates for the month of December 2008. It discusses winter recess beginning on December 24th and encourages students to practice reading over the break to prepare for state tests in January. It provides details on the skills and strategies being focused on in reading and writing workshops, including predicting, summarizing and writing how-to books. Finally, it outlines the topics in science, social studies and mathematics for the month.
The document is a newsletter from P.S. 238 describing upcoming events and curriculum updates for the month of December 2008. It discusses winter recess beginning on December 24th and encourages students to practice reading over the break to prepare for state tests in January. It provides details on the skills and strategies being focused on in reading and writing workshops, including predicting, summarizing and writing how-to books. Finally, it outlines the topics in science, social studies and mathematics for the month.
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The document is a newsletter from P.S. 238 describing upcoming events and curriculum updates for the month of December 2008. It discusses winter recess beginning on December 24th and encourages students to practice reading over the break to prepare for state tests in January. It provides details on the skills and strategies being focused on in reading and writing workshops, including predicting, summarizing and writing how-to books. Finally, it outlines the topics in science, social studies and mathematics for the month.
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The Anne Sullivan School
P.S. 238 1633 East 8th Street Brooklyn, NY 11223
December 2008 Vo l u m e 1 , I s s u e 3
Greetings Parents Reader’s Workshop
After a fabulous fall, we are now approaching We are continuing our small group instruction winter. Winter recess begins December 24. during Reader’s Workshop, making changes Since the 4th grade ELA test is January 13 - to groups as individual needs change. This 15, this time off is a great opportunity for month we are working on the following your child to practice their ELA skills at skills/strategies; predicting/eliminating, home. Students are expected to continue to understanding difficult language, clarifying complete their reading logs and read at least and summarizing. Acquiring these skills 15 minutes a night. It would be most encourage students to think as they are beneficial to have your child read out loud to reading. Good readers see a movie in their you or another family member. This way, mind as they are reading. These skills allow students will not overlook unknown words. students to “see” what they are reading Any new word found during reading should more clearly, therefore, improving their be looked up in the dictionary and definitions should be written in their Reader’s Notebook. Writer’s Workshop After a lot of hard work and standard based Also, students need to continue to work lessons, we will be publishing our Legends. toward their goal of reading 25 books this They will be proudly displayed in the 3rd year. Please be sure your students are floor hallway and in our classroom. We will writing letters about the books they read, be moving on to our next writing genre, Thanks this wayParents! they will get credit for reading them. writing narrative procedures. Students will be creating “How to” books, by selecting something they know how to do. They will This Month’s Events use step by step directions and illustrations in order to teach their skill to the rest of the Talent Show/Grade 4 Ballroom Dancing class. Recital – 12/22/08
Winter Recess – 12/24/08 – 1/2/09
Science Everyday Mathematics
This month, students will be working on This month in Science…we are continuing units 4 and 5 in our Everyday Math our unit study of animals and plants in their Program. The topics that will be covered environment. We will be learning about are estimating and computing large lifecycles, ecosystems and animal numbers, division, constructing angles, and adaptation. measuring angles. Since we are building Social Studies on previously learned skills such as rounding and knowledge of basic By looking through primary resources and class multiplication and division facts, it is Discussions we will be exploring how life was important that your children have already For Native Americans, Africans and Europeans in mastered these skills. They need to Colonial New York. continue to practice their multiplication/division fact triangles at home.
