September 28, 2009
Dear Parents,
Welcome back to Quarter 2! I hope you all enjoyed your track out! Last week
I spent the week with some great friends and had AMAZING weather! I am so
excited to be back though and see all my kids! I look forward to hearing
about their many adventures from track out.
Quarter 2 is a very exciting quarter. In reading, our focus will be on Non-
fiction. The kids will be using their CROP-QV strategies to help them
understand what they are reading as well as learning how to locate
information in various resources. They will be learning about Cause and
Effect relationships and inferencing.
In math, the kids will be jumping head first into learning their
multiplication facts. They will be learning what multiplication is (repeated
addition), how its related to division, and draw pictures about what it
represents. My personal belief is that it takes a while for the kids to
learn their facts, so finding examples in every day is a great way for them
to learn them. Other important math concepts we will be learning will be
estimating sums and differences in rounding, continuing our attack on word
problems, elapsed time, and area/perimeter.
In science, we'll be learing about the life cyle of a plant and even growing
our own plants. Our in house field trip scheduled for October 1st will fully
explore this as well.
Since Fall is my favorite season of the year, we will be doing many fall
projects and activities. A very important event is our Fall Festival
scheduled for October 30th. Information will be sent this week asking for
donations for this exciting day. Pumpkin carving, crafts, play performances,
and lots of laughter are key features of this great day. Please make sure to
make time for it on your calendar.
Happy Fall to all of you! I look forward to making some great memories this
Quarter!
Mrs. Drager
Sincerely,
Mrs. Drager
ldrager@wcpss.net
