If you would like to nominate your child for the Gifted and Talented program, please click on the file below. All nominations are due on October 20th.
Portrait retakes and absentees will be taken for Pattison Elementary on Wednesday, October 16th! Additional flyers are available in the front office and attached. You may also visit Provine Website to prepay for your package online. Please have your student dressed in their best for their fall retake photo. If you previously purchased a package and would like your photo retaken, ALL purchased items must be returned to the photographer the day of pictures in order for us to place an order for your child's new photo. Please call Provine at 713-528-1059 with any questions or requests for additional information. Reading and WritingReading: As we continue this week in our "Reading to Learn" unit, we will explore what it means to revise a text's main idea and learn to grow and connect ideas across different texts. We will also discuss the power of choosing to read nonfiction with fascination and excitement. Finally, we will strengthen our in-class reading partnerships by learning to read with an impending conversation in mind. At home, you can help your child by reading engaging nonfiction texts. Encourage your child to read as if every fact is fascinating, and hold them accountable by having a conversation about the reading afterwards. Along the way, support our in-class discussion of main idea by asking your child, "What was this part mostly about?" and "What details support this idea?" Writing: This week in writing, we will continue drafting the chapters of our informational books. We will learn tips for how to organize our facts in a logical way and learn to study our mentor text, Deadliest Animals, in hopes of finding powerful elaboration strategies. We will also practice connecting our chapters with transitional sentences and phrases. By the end of the week, we will discuss how to make sure that our chapters include a healthy balance of both facts and ideas. When working with your child at home, practice noticing and discussing the various writing techniques of informational texts. In class, we imitate much of what we read and it makes our writing that much stronger! Word Study: In word study this week, we will focus on vowel teams and digraphs. Grammar and Conventions: This week, we will learn about both imperative sentences and "you" used in sentences. Math & Science
Science: In science this week, we are studying forces and motion. We are looking at the forces in the world around us; identifying how gravity and friction affect our lives. We also explore surfaces that have more friction (rough surfaces) or less friction (smooth surfaces). Lastly, your student will learn how forces can start a motion, change the direction of a motion, or stop a motion.
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