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Reading:  Stoughton schools have adopted the Scott Foresman Reading Street 
program for all elementary schools.  Each unit has a concept question that 
every story in the unit ties into.  We just began our unit on Working 
Together.  The concept question for 
this unit is "How can we work together?"  We will be exposed to many 
different genres that build into that concept.   Our first story Tara and 
Tiree is about a man that finds himself in a dangerous situation.  With a 
little help from his pets, he ends up getting out of his scary circumstance.  
We are continuing our Walk to Read model.  Students may be 
meeting with a different teacher for a small portion of the day for small 
individualized instruction 
that is at their appropriate level.  Through the use of a theme and concept 
with our reading program,
students are better able to make relevant connections between text and look 
for this theme
in their everyday lives.

Math:  Stoughton schools continues to use the Everyday Mathmatics program.  
We are currently working in unit 4 which is titled Addition and Subtraction.  
In this unit, we will focus on solving number stories, reading and showing 
temperature, and developing different strategies for adding 2- and 3- digit 
numbers.  Addition and Subtraction number stories are used as a vehicle for 
developing mental arithmetic skills.  By the end of the unit, we will have 
developed a paper and pencil strategy for adding 2-digit numbers.  Everyday 
Math homework gives a short explanation of what your child learned in the 
lesson and has supporting practice to master skills.  We play many games to 
develop concepts and complete practice book pages to work on skills.  Math is 
a fun time of the day in room 3!

Writing:  We continue to use the John Collins writing program.  When 
students are working on a formal writing piece, we brainstorm to get our 
ideas out, work on completing a planner, prewrite, revise, edit and complete 
a final copy.  Each formal writing piece has FCA's (focus correction 
areas).  These are skills students work on as they are writing their 
drafts.  They are explicitly taught and modeled for students and help make 
their writing better.  Students learn to become better writers with frequent 
practice and examples of quality literature.  Most of the writing we 
complete is kept at school in student's portfolio, so don't worry if you 
aren't seeing many writing pieces come home!

Spelling/Phonics:  We will be following the spelling patterns of our Reading 
Street program.  We do not do a Monday pretest with a Friday post test as 
students work with phonic patterns and learn to use those patters correctly.  
Students may be given 
sentence dictation with examples of words that follow taught patterns to 
asses their understanding 
and application.  The phonic pattern we are working on is r-controlled 
vowels. 
Look in your child's agenda to see examples of words that follow the spelling 
pattern of
the week.

Science:  Our first science unit will be on animals and habitats.  Students 
are working on their at home projects due December 2.

Social Studies:  We will be working on neighborhoods and communities to begin 
our school year.

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