Week of February 16 - February 27

READING:We are reading  a new story this week called, "Click Clack Moo". It is a humorous fiction story where the cows are demanding items from the farmer.  We are working on finding clues to help us with drawing conclusions, vocabulary, and comprehension. In grammar, we are working verbs present, past and future, and words with s and es for their endings. We are focusing this story on reading with expression and stress. Stress refers to the emphasis readers place on particular words (louder tone) to reflect the meaning of the text as speakers would do in oral language.

WRITING:
We are working on writing stories with characters that have unique qualities. Also, we are working on persuasive writing. We are also working on writing summary paragraphs. We have been working on personal narratives in writing and adding details to all of our writing.  We continue to work on writing  creative stories and adding more detail. 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 pre-writes. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. 

SPELLING: 

There will be a spelling pre-test this Wed. 2/18 and the test will be on 2/25 ....words will ALWAYS be placed in the Red Folder for the week.  On the weeks that we do not take a test, we are still working on spelling and the patterns that are created in words. There will be a pretest every other week on Wednesdays.

If your child is on a challenge list... make sure you check the Red Folder for the word list. Please keep one list at home on the fridge, and the other in the Red Folder for us to use at school. Thanks!

MATH:

We are working on fractions this week. The students are learning to identify the shaded areas in a fraction, dividing fractions into equal parts, and equivalent fractions. Try to have your child log in to MOBY MAX to work on math facts. We are also continuing to review all concepts learned so far this year and problem solving. Continue to watch for HOMELINKS coming home in the Red Folder to work on and return. We are also using Fun4yourbrain website for practicing addition and subtraction. Please continue to work on money and identifying coins!

SCIENCE:

We are finishing our unit on Forces and motion. How friction affects an object and how force changes movements. We will be discussing sizes of forces, magnets, gravity, doing observations and experiments on how forces change the motion of an object.

Week of Feb. 2nd - Feb. 13th

READING:We are reading  a new story this week called, "Jellies". "Jellies" is a non fiction story all about the different jelly fish in the oceans. We are working on fact and opinion, sequencing, summarizing, contractions, vocabulary, and comprehension. In grammar, we are working verbs present, past and future. We are focusing this story on reading with expression and stress. Stress refers to the emphasis readers place on particular words (louder tone) to reflect the meaning of the text as speakers would do in oral language.

WRITING:
We are working on writing stories with characters that have unique qualities. Also, we are working on non-fiction writing. We are also working on writing summary paragraphs. We have been working on personal narratives in writing and adding details to all of our writing.  We continue to work on writing  creative stories and adding more detail. 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 pre-writes. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. 

SPELLING: 

There will be a spelling pre-test this Wed. 2/4 and the test will be on 2/11 ....words will ALWAYS be placed in the Red Folder for the week.  On the weeks that we do not take a test, we are still working on spelling and the patterns that are created in words. There will be a pretest every other week on Wednesdays.

If your child is on a challenge list... make sure you check the Red Folder for the word list. Please keep one list at home on the fridge, and the other in the Red Folder for us to use at school. Thanks!

MATH:

We are still working on Unit 5--Geometry.The main focus is on naming the shapes and their attributes Try to have your child log in to MOBY MAX to work on math facts. We are also continuing to review all concepts learned so far this year and problem solving. Continue to watch for HOMELINKS coming home in the Red Folder to work on and return. We are also using Fun4yourbrain website for practicing addition and subtraction. Please continue to work on money and identifying coins!

SCIENCE:

We are finishing our unit on Forces and motion. How friction affects an object and how force changes movements. We will be discussing sizes of forces, magnets, gravity, doing observations and experiments on how forces change the motion of an object.