WRITING:
We will choose our biography topic when we go to the library on Wed. March 5th. We will learn how to research and write a report. We will also make notecards with key facts to share in an oral presentation on the person that we pick. We continue to work on writing creative stories. We continue to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects! We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an endmark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our prewrites. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories.
We will choose our biography topic when we go to the library on Wed. March 5th. We will learn how to research and write a report. We will also make notecards with key facts to share in an oral presentation on the person that we pick. We continue to work on writing creative stories. We continue to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects! We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an endmark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our prewrites. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories.
SPELLING:
There will NOT be a spelling test this week ....words will ALWAYS be placed in the agenda for the week. The test will be on Wed., March 12th. On the weeks that we do not take a test, we are still working on spelling and the patterns that are created in words.
If you're on a challenge list... make sure you check your agenda for the word list. All word lists are posted weekly in the agenda.
MATH:
We have started our measurement unit, CH3. This will include time, measurements to the half and quarter inch, centimeters, volume and mass, perimeter, area, and elapsed time. Continue to watch for HOMELINKS coming home weekly to work on and return. Please continue to study math facts nightly even though we are not signing our blue multiplication facts paper. We will be using our knowledge daily! :) Timed tests are almost ALL complete!
SOCIAL STUDIES: I have Mrs. Stahlman's class.")
We are learning about map skills. Over the next few weeks, we will learn about all types of maps, how to use the grids to read locations, use a compass rose to tell cardinal directions, and create our own map island!
HANDWRITING:
We continue to learn our cursive letters. We are almost finished! The students have done an awesome job forming their new letters! Be looking for work starting to be in cursive! We are using the Handwriting without Tears program. You received a copy of the letters on Curriculum night. Keep practicing and check out the link for Handwriting Without Tears for helpful hints and practice tips. Click Here.
