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We are learning about:

• Estimating
• Collecting ideas in our writer's notebooks
• Metacognition 
• Blogging

Some activities we did this week:

• Took three NECAP tests!
• Continued listening to The One and Only Ivan 
• Blogged with a 5th grade class in North Carolina about Global Read Aloud
• Discussed metacognition- thinking about our thinking
• Used "thinking stems" to discuss our thinking during reading
• Compared thinking stems that refer only to text and thinking stems that refer to text and thinking
• Practiced what we do when we finish books 
• Wrote about our "fierce wonderings" in our writer's notebooks
• Reviewed adding and subtracting with decimals
• Estimated sums and differences
• Solved number stories with a step by step method

Notes and reminders:

• We have three more NECAP tests next week
• I will send home conference reminders in next couple of weeks

5V News

Xtra Math:
In today's Friday folders you will find a paper on how to access your child's Xtra Math account at home.  I am not requiring Xtra Math as a part of home learning but it's a great way to practice math facts and it only takes a few minutes a day.  I am encouraging students to spend some time each week on the site.

Typing Pal:
Students have access to a website called Typing Pal at home and it's accessible from my Diigo site.  All students have accounts and have already spent some time on it this year.  Once again, I am not requiring it as part of home learning, but I am encouraging students to spend some time on it each week.

NECAP testing:
Testing started this week and will continue for the next two weeks.  We have spent a little time discussing some test taking strategies and looked at scored writing samples from last year.

Kidblog:
I invite you and encourage you to look at our class blog and comment on your child's (or other students') posts.  Please pass the website on to extended family!
www.kidblog.org/msvalentisclass 

Notes and reminders:

• No school- Monday, October 8th 
• We would love some tissues for our classroom!

NECAP schedule

10-3 Reading 1
10-4 Reading 2
10-10 Reading 3
10-11 Math 1 and 2
10-15 Math 3
10-16 Writing 1
10-17 Writing 2