Week of February 27th!!

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Read Across America Week!

Reminders:
  • The Week of February 27th will be Read Across America Week and our theme is Dr. Seuss! 
  • Monday-Bring your favorite Dr. Seuss book to school and wear your favorite hat.
  • Tuesday-Wear Crazy Socks
  • Wednesday-Wear Mixed-Up Clothes
  • Thursday-PJ Day!
Weekly News:
Math: We will be learning how to add and subtract to 100 by using 10’s and 1’s. For example, 60+27=87. We will also be solving word problems using these skills.

Reading: We will continue working on our ability to compare and contrast characters and their experiences. We  use the word, “contrast” for differences and “compare” for similarities. They will be able to practice this skill in their reading logs this week, as well!

Writing: We will continue working on our opinion pieces, making sure that we include an opening sentence, supporting reasons and a closing sentence. We will be writing about pet parades, our breaks and our favorite pets this week!

Phonics: We will be working on the “Y” as a vowel sound, such the Long I sound in words like “shy” and the Long E sound in words like “penny.”

Science: We will start our unit on Muscles. Students will be learning all about our face, neck, arm, and heart muscles.

S.T.E.M.: The students loved creating and performing their shadow puppet plays. I was so impressed with their characters and story lines. I’m sure they will be telling you all about them. This week we will be doing a special Dr. Seuss themed activity which will incorporate all aspects of S.T.E.A.M.

I hope that everyone has a special break!

Melissa

Week of February 13th!

 

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Reminders:
  • Valentine’s Day boxes and cards are to be brought in this Tuesday for our exchange!
  • Please continue to staple any Choice Board homework assignments to their Choice Board sheet and make sure that their name is on it!
  • Please read and respond to the Family Journals each week!
Weekly News:
Math: This will be a week of review of all the concepts we have learned so far this quarter: missing variables with addition and subtraction, 10 more/10 less, solving mentally, without a chart, as well as solving word problems incorporating these concepts.

Reading: We will be working on our ability to compare and contrast characters and their experiences. We will use the word, “contrast” for differences and “compare” for similarities. They will be able to practice this skill in their reading logs this week, as well!

Writing: We will continue working on our opinion pieces, making sure that we include an opening sentence, supporting reasons and a closing sentence. They will also be writing their plots for the shadow puppet theater.

Phonics: We will be working on the Soft C and Soft G in words like prince and age. This is the “Gentle Cindy” Rule: “When a C or a G is followed by an E, I, or Y it will say its soft sound.”

Social Studies: We will kick off our unit on  Harriett Tubman and the Underground Railroad! We will be continuing this unit after break.

Science: We will wrap up our unit on Light and Shadows and there will be an assessment later in the week.

S.T.E.M.  Students creatively collaborated with their peers to develop their characters, the plot (beginning, middle and end), the problem and solution, as well as my challenge to them: incorporate a Central Message for their Shadow Puppet Theater Skits. Their shadow puppet theater skits include: dragons, puppies, knights, whales, robbers, castles, and are SO creative! We will create these shadow puppets this week and students will use them to perform their skits, lights out and all!

I hope that everyone has a “love”ly week!

Melissa

 

Week of February 6th!!

Reminders:
  • February Choice Boards will be on the LEFT side of Homework folders this week. All assignments will be due at the end of this month. Please staple all work to the Choice Board.
  • Valentine’s box directions and class names went home this week on the pink sheet. These are due on Valentine’s Day 🙂
  • Please read and respond to the Family Journals that went home today!
Weekly News:
Math: We will be solving for the unknown variable in subtraction problems, i.e. 14-?=6. Please work on those subtraction flashcards at home!!!!

Reading: We will be reviewing their ability to retell stories and their ability identify the central message.  Please remember,  as part of the homework every night, students have to complete a reading log sheet in their homework notebooks that helps them to use these skills at home. Those reading skills will be on there this week!

Writing: We will continue working on our opinion pieces, making sure that we include an opening sentence, supporting reasons and a closing sentence. They all did an amazing job at this this week!

Phonics: This week we will be learning about making the Long O sound by using the letters “ow” as in row, “oe” as in toe, “old” as in gold and “oa” as in coat. We will have a spelling test on Friday :).

Science: Students were introduced to Light and Shadows. We will continue learning about the different sources of light and how and why shadows are formed.

S.T.E.M.  This week we start planning our next STEM activity which is creating a shadow puppet. This will incorporate all that they are learning about light and shadows

I hope that everyone has a fantastic week!

GO FALCONS!!! Rise Up!!

Melissa