Foundational Skills

Students focused on vowel-consonant e syllable words. We discussed the “magic e” and how it makes the word have a long vowel sound (i.e. make). In cursive, students learned i and t and practiced making words.

 

Weather Research

Students began working on a small group project in the LMC that integrates with our science unit.  They are researching extreme weather in small groups and will be putting together a short media presentation.  This week we started our research. Each student chose a role for their forecast and got started using books to help them learn more about their extreme weather.

Learning More About the Weather

 Students enjoyed a “Mystery Science” lesson about predicting when it will storm. They observed various clouds and their changes to draw conclusions about the weather. Students created a mini book about each type of cloud and its characteristics.

Happy Birthday, JD!

Happy birthday, JD!  JD's mom came and shared the story The Night I Followed the Dog with the class to help celebrate his birthday.  It is about a boy who decides to follow his dog at night to see what he is up to and wow!  He learns so much about his best friend.  

Happy Birthday, Georgia!

Happy birthday, Georgia!

We were so excited to have Georgia's mom come a read to the class today to celebrate Georgia's birthday which happened over the weekend.  She came and read the book Woodpecker Wants a Waffle.  What a cute story!

Flat Stanley

 We have written our letters and our Flat Stanleys are in the mail!  Please let your family and friends know that they should be getting them shortly.  We can’t wait to get them back and hear about their adventures!

This week in Chapter 2 Math

 Students continued learning and exploring various mental math strategies. They utilized these strategies to solve multi-digit addition problems in a variety of ways. As a class, we focused on key words, such as: “sum”, “total”, and “in all”. Finding these words and phrases in number stories helped us understand what operation to use.

Partner Reading

 Students practiced reading with a partner today in class.  Each week, we would on foundational skills that help us learn about spelling patters and then we have a short passage that uses these foundational skills to help us learn new words when reading.  Students practice reading the passage with expression.

Chapter 2 Math

In Chapter 2, your child will be reviewing and learning about large addition with regrouping.  Here are some helpful videos to help your child at home:

ADDITION WITHOUT REGROUPING

ADDITION WITH REGROUPING

MULTI-DIGIT ADDITION

MORE ADDITION WITH REGROUPING

Narrative Writing

 In writing, students worked hard on creating the first drafts of their personal narratives. They developed each element of a narrative by adding descriptive details. In grammar, we continued working on different types of sentences. Students also differentiated between common and proper nouns.

This Week in Reading

 We revisited Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout. We did a close read focusing on figurative language, specifically idioms. Students differentiated between literal and nonliteral language. We also discussed key literary elements in the story (i.e. setting, characters, plot, etc.) and gained a deeper understanding of our critical vocabulary words. We started using Amira, our digital reading fluency tool! At the end of the week, students took their weekly reading assessment.

Our First Science Unit- Weather

This week, we started our first science unit, weather. Students focused on the tools that meteorologists use to collect weather data. We discussed wind vanes and  rain gauges.  Students are creating weather flip books that included the main components of each tool.  We will continue our investigation next week.

Reading

 We revisited Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match, focusing on point of view and theme. Students participated in various close reading activities, where they looked deeply at portions of the text. They located text evidence to support their thinking. They also wrote their first reading response that focused on the following questions:  “Why is Marisol an interesting character? What does  she learn in the story?”

Independent Reading

 Students enjoy reading around the room.  We are focusing on building our stamina while reading independently.

Chapter 1 Videos

In Chapter One we are learning about place value, value and ordering numbers.  We have learned the difference between standard form, expanded form, and word form.  We have also learned the difference between value and place value.  We are also learning about how to add and subtract mentally.  Here are some videos to help your child during this unit.

The Base 10 Number System

Learning Expanded Form

Comparing and Ordering Numbers to 1000

Place Value and Base 10 Blocks