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:
CAP: Please send back signed CAP forms (see email sent today for forms). You child needs a signed form to participate.
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 began our next unit on folktales.
- We listened to Anansi the Spider and The Enormous Turnip during read aloud and discussed character, setting, problem and solution within these folktales.
- We buddy read folktales of our choice and charted characters, setting, problem and solution in our own folktales.
At home, read folktales together. Take a trip to the library and head to the folktale section. Perhaps you can choose different versions of the same folktale from different countries (such as these Cinderella stories).
Next week, we will continue reading and learning more about folktales.
Next week, we will continue reading and learning more about folktales.
In fundations (word study):
- We continued working 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: America, thought, school
Next week, we will finish our work in unit 10 and move onto unit 11.
In social studies:
- We learned about the Yangtze River and how it impacts the people of China.
- We learned about the Forbidden City and wrote about what we learned about Chinese culture and history.
- Kiran presented a powerpoint about the Great Wall of China and we wrote about what we noticed in photos of the Great Wall and why the Great Wall was built.
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 used inches and centimeters to measure arm spans and standing jumps.
- We created a tally chart, line plot, and bar graph based on our class arm span data.
- We solved story problems involving difference.
Next week, we will continue our unit on subtraction, data and fractions.
Enjoy your week!
Enjoy your week!