Mr. Blanc's Class

It was great meeting with everyone at conferences! I hope you left with a clear picture of where your student is as a learner and what they can do to continue to grow. Math  Now that we have completed our first unit of the year we will be moving on to multiplication and division. To be successful in this unit students will need to have a strong understanding of place value and know their multiplication facts. In this unit we will work up to multiplying one digit by up to four digit numbers and also two digit by two digit numbers. We will also begin long division and work up to a single digit divisor and a four digit dividend. Reading Students continue to have the expectation of reading three hours outside of school each week. Reading logs are due each Tuesday. There were no new vocabulary words sent home last Tuesday, 10/23 because of conferences. The next set of new vocabulary words will come home on Tuesday, 10/30 and be tested on Tuesday, 11/6. Idiom of the week: out o...

Next week will be a short one for students. Because of conferences their last day of the week will be Wednesday, 10/24. Conferences I'm looking forward to meeting for conferences. If you haven't signed up for a time yet, please go to the link here and sign up. If you are unable to sign up online, please call the office at 503-356-2510. Reading Students are expected to read 3 hours outside of school each week and document it on their reading log. Their reading logs are due each Tuesday. Because it is a short week, there will be no new vocabulary words sent home on Tuesday, 10/23. However, reading logs will still be sent home. Idiom of the week: turn a blind eye Writing Students are putting the final touches on their realistic fiction papers. The final drafts will be typed and are due on Tuesday, 10/23. Ask your student how their progress is going.   Technology Party The class earned their 10th Wooden Nickel for good behavior. Wooden Nickels can be awarded for g...

Reading One of the be st ways yo u can support your child grow as a reader this year is to have them talk to you about their readin g goal. Many of the students are beginning to post their reading goa l on Seesa w, but even if your student hasn't posted their reading goal yet, you can still have them tell you what they are working on.  Idiom of the week: jump the gun Math Next week in m a th we will focus on using knowledge of rounding, place value , subtraction, and addition to solve multi-step story problems. Stud en ts will be exp ecte d to show all of their work, make a visual repr e sentation, and write their answer as a st atement. Playing Prodigy is a great way to work on math skills at home. Also, the student who completes the most problems at home in each week gets on the Class Wal l of Fame, which is a pretty big deal around here! Here is the link. Writing The final dra f ts of our narrative stories will be due on Tuesday, 10/23 . Stud ents will be wor...

Math On Friday students took a mid-unit assessment on place value. This will give me direction on how to continue our lessons in the unit. We will go over the test in class on Monday. Have your student go over their test with you when they bring it home. Reading The next bend in our realistic fiction unit will have students thinking about themes from their books. We will use our mentor text Wonder by R.J. Palacio, to learn that there are lessons we can learn from the books we read. Students will be asked to look for those lessons in their books and explain how the book teaches that lessons.   Idiom of the week: playing with fire Writing Students have been working on writing as many first draft stories as they can. Soon they will look back through all of their drafts and select one to revise and edit. This is one of the most difficult parts of writing for younger (and older) writers. Ask your student if they have a favorite first draft story they have written so far. ...