Dear Parents,
Thanks for visiting today. We've had a great week! Check out below to see what we've been learning...
Phonics/Grammar: We learned our new spelling patterns for the week. We also learned about irregular verbs and how the spelling changes when writing the past tense form of the verb.
Reading: We read our book James and the Giant Peach. We wrote all about the characters, we wrote a summary of one chapter, and we wrote about our favorite event so far. We read the book Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King. We discussed the difference between main ideas and details and completed an organizer to show our understanding. We worked in small groups on fluency, comprehension, and responding to literature through questioning.
Writing: We continued our unit on Opinion writing and book recommendations. We learned how to write write a letter, convincing our audience to read our books. We also talked about various shades of meaning in words and how to better our writing by being more descriptive (ie: instead of using the word "said', use whispered, declared, shouted, yelled, wailed, etc.) We created a chart to use as a reference in our room.
Math: We wrapped up our unit on plane shapes and partitioning shapes into halves, thirds, and fourths. We completed several number talks on adding up to four two-digit numbers. We also continued our work on multi-step problem solving.
Social Studies: We read several books on Martin Luther King and learned all about his contributions to the civil rights movement.
Class News and Announcements...
Congratulations to Jordan Price for being chosen as our Celebrity for this week!
Thank you Mrs. DeFoor and Mrs. Newlin for your help this week!
News goals for AR this quarter have been set up. Your child has the ability to check the new goal on AR. Make sure you sit down with your child to create a plan for the quarter to meet that goal!
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