IMPORTANT DATES:
Friday, April 14, 2017 - NO SCHOOL - Good Friday
Monday, April 17 - Friday, April 21, 2017 - NO SCHOOL - Spring Vacation
Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 12:30 Release
Thursday, June 8, 2017 - Field Trip - Boston Children's Museum
REMINDERS:
Water bottles: Please make sure to send your child to school with a sport top water bottle (i.e. one that will not spill when tipped over) each morning that s/he should bring into class each morning to keep on his/her table to have easy access to water throughout the day. Thanks!
Wow words: Please continue to help your child gather new words each week through their reading and your conversations at home and bring them in on Wow Word Wednesday. Here are links to an online dictionary (Merriam Webster for kids - Word Central) and our wow word worksheet in case you need a new one. This is an ongoing reminder for the year. Please make acquiring new words part of your home routine.
CURRICULUM UPDATE:
In reading:
- We practiced making inferences as a comprehension strategy while reading. We defined inference as:
At home, ask your child what questions they have before, during and after they read. Also see if they can find places in their reading in which they can make an inference.
Next week, we will begin a unit on folktales that includes fables, trickster tales and pourquoi stories.
In fundations (word study):
- We worked in unit 10, in which we focused on the vowel teams ai and ay. Students used the spelling options procedure again to determine the conventional spelling of these words.
- Trick words: country, great, away
Next week, we will continue our work in unit 10.
In social studies:
- We watched a video and read chapters from non-fiction books about China to learn more about Beijing. We discussed what we would like to see if we were to visit Beijing.
- We discussed buyers, sellers, consumers and producers.
- We learned about the Yellow River and how it impacts the people of China.
Next week, we will continue our unit on China.
In writing:
- We wrote letters to share our opinions about characters and books.
Next week, we will continue working in our opinion writing unit.
In math:
- We played a game called Hit the Target that dealt with finding the difference between two numbers.
- Practiced solving addition problems with 4-6 addends.
- We solved a problem involving wubbles (fictional characters that double every night!!)
Next week, we will continue our unit on subtraction, data and fractions.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Have a wonderful weekend!