A peek at our week 4/27/18

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

** Newly added dates are marked with ** for those who follow and mark their calendars every week.

**Sunday, April 29th: Memorial-Spaulding Spring Gardening Project 1-3 p.m. Click HERE to sign up.

Monday, April 30th: China Projects Due. Your children have been sharing their learning already as we are studying the topics that they are studying at home. It's been really exciting to them to teach their classmates. Click HERE to access the information sheet if you need it.

Thursday, May 3rd: CAP session 1. Please send back signed CAP forms by this Monday.  Your child needs a signed form to participate. They are attached to the email sent on 4/27.

Thursday, May 3rd: 12:30 Release

**Saturday, May 5th: Memorial-Spaulding Community Gala 7 p.m.- 11 p.m. (I am so disappointed that I will not be able to join all of of you in this wonderful event. It is my son's 9th birthday and we will be hosting a slew of 3rd grade boys for a sleepover that night...Wish me luck!)

Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day

Thursday, May 31st: International Festival

Thursday, 6/7: Children's Museum field trip

Friday, June 22: Last day of school for students. NOON release.

ASK ME ABOUTS: 

Ask me about...

• the pourquoi tale I am writing. What question is my pourquoi tale answering? How did the change happen? 
• the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. Why are they important to the people of China?
• homophones...what are they and what are some examples?
• using an open number line to show the difference between numbers, as we did when we solved number stories.
• the zones of regulation. What are the red, yellow, green and blue zones?\
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (a chapter book by Grace Lin, set in China, that we have been reading as a class). What problem is Minli trying to solve?
• my new pet(s) in the classroom. What are they and what will they become? 

LOOKING FORWARD:

Looking forward, we will:

• finish writing our pourquoi tales and share them with each other.
• finish unit 13 in fundations, focusing on the vowel teams oa, oe and ow and move into unit 14, focusing on the vowel teams ou (as in trout) and ow (as is plow).
• learn about life for children in urban and rural China and compare their lives to our own. 
• explore the Forbidden City and find our what the Forbidden City can teach us about Chinese culture and history.
• begin careful observations of our caterpillars.
• create graphs from data and explore fractions in math.

Enjoy the weekend!

A peek at our week: 4/13/18

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

** Newly added dates are marked with ** for those who follow and mark their calendars every week.

Monday, April 16-Friday, April 20: NO SCHOOL - Spring Vacation

Thursday, May 3rd: 12:30 Release

**Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day

Thursday, May 31st: International Festival

Thursday, 6/7: Children's Museum field trip

**Friday, June 22: Last day of school for students. NOON release.

REMINDERS FOR FAMILIES:

CAP: Please send back signed CAP forms as soon as you can (see email sent 4/6 for forms). Your child needs a signed form to participate.

China Project: Keep working on China projects. They are due on 4/30. Click HERE to access the information sheet if you need it!

ASK ME ABOUTS: 

Ask me about...

• pourquoi tales - what are they...what do they contain? 
• my opinions. Ask me for reasons and examples to support my opinion.     
• buyers, sellers, producers and consumers. 
• long o words. What are the ways to make the long o sound in words. Notice them when you are reading.
• using an open number line to show the difference between numbers, as we did when we played Hit the Target
• the 3 steps to problem solving (1. Stop and calm down. 2 Think about positive solutions to solve your problem. 3. Try out a solution. If it doesn't work, try something else.) 

LOOKING FORWARD:

Looking forward, we will:

• continue our folktales unit by reading and discussing pourquoi tales and also trying our hand at writing some of our own! 
• continue work in unit 13 in fundations, focusing on the vowel teams oa, oe and ow. Our new trick words are Monday, Tuesday, cousin, lose, tomorrow and beautiful.
• learn more about things that come from China.
• continue writing opinions about beloved books!
• continue math work focusing on subtraction, data and fractions. 

Have a wonderful week!

A peek at our week: 4/6/18

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

** Newly added dates are marked with ** for those who follow and mark their calendars every week.

Wednesday, April 11 12:45-1:15: You're invited to join music class for our first annual folk dance week! 

Monday, April 16-Friday, April 20: NO SCHOOL - Spring Vacation

** Thursday, May 3rd: 12:30 Release

Thursday, May 31st: International Festival

Thursday, 6/7: Children's Museum field trip

NEW INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES:

CAP: Please send back signed CAP forms as soon as you can (see email sent today for forms). Your child needs a signed form to participate.

China Project: Your child came home today with a yellow sheet in his/her folder with information about an exciting home project that s/he will be working on over the next few weeks. Click HERE to access this sheet if you need it!

ASK ME ABOUTS: 

Ask me about...

• my fable reader's theater.  
• my opinions. This week, we began writing about our favorite books and gave reasons why we love these books.    
• Beijing. What would I like to see if I were to visit Beijing? Why? 
• the life cycles presentation that I had today. What living things did we encounter and talk about their life cycles.
• the spelling rules of oi and oy...When do you use oi? When do you use oy?
• telling time...ask me tell you the time on analog clocks when we encounter them.  

LOOKING FORWARD:

Looking forward, we will:

• continue our folktales unit by reading and discussing pourquoi tales.
• work in unit 13 in fundations, focusing on the vowel teams oa, oe and ow. Our new trick words are Monday, Tuesday, cousin, lose, tomorrow and beautiful.
• learn about buying, selling, consuming and producing in China.
• continue writing opinions about beloved books!
• begin a new math unit, focusing on subtraction, data and fractions. 

Enjoy the weekend!