Dear parents and guardians,
This week has been very busy and full of great learning opportunities.
On Monday, we wrote in our journals. The students are now expected to be writing at least 8-10 sentences in the allotted time and to be editing their work for sight words, spelling errors, punctuation, and whether or not their sentences make sense. We are also working on adding more descriptive language instead of just listing things. For example, a student might write 3 or 4 sentences about their trip to the park before talking about what they had for dinner.
We have been doing some work with the story "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie" this week. First, we read the story and our wall story. Then, we did a sequencing activity where we put all of the events in order. We also discussed cause and effect. Ask your child what a cause and an effect is as well as give you an example. We spent two full mornings on this so they should know it off by heart!!
We covered two topics in social studies this week: R is for Rural and S is for Schools in the Past. Ask your child what a rural area is, as well as the differences between schools in the past and present.
In math, we have taken a break from addition and subtraction to discuss shapes. So far, we have talked about circles, rectangles, squares and triangles. Ask your child how many sides and vertices (corners) each of these shapes have. We will be continuing to practice addition and subtraction once we finish up with our unit on shapes.
In science, we have also "shifted gears" from our building things unit to our unit on Needs of Plants and Animals. Yesterday, we discussed the life cycle of a plant. Ask your child to explain each of the following terms to you and why they are important: seed, seedling, mature plant, flower, fruit. Also, ask your child the three things that are important for a plant's survival (healthy soil, water, and sunlight).
We were also lucky enough to enjoy a fun in-school field trip called "Passion for Glass" on Tuesday. We learned about what glass is made out of (ask your child!) as well as how it can be molded and formed into a beautiful work of art! We created self-portraits out of colored glass, and are now waiting to see the final result! We had a blast!
This week has been very busy and full of great learning opportunities.
On Monday, we wrote in our journals. The students are now expected to be writing at least 8-10 sentences in the allotted time and to be editing their work for sight words, spelling errors, punctuation, and whether or not their sentences make sense. We are also working on adding more descriptive language instead of just listing things. For example, a student might write 3 or 4 sentences about their trip to the park before talking about what they had for dinner.
We have been doing some work with the story "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie" this week. First, we read the story and our wall story. Then, we did a sequencing activity where we put all of the events in order. We also discussed cause and effect. Ask your child what a cause and an effect is as well as give you an example. We spent two full mornings on this so they should know it off by heart!!
We covered two topics in social studies this week: R is for Rural and S is for Schools in the Past. Ask your child what a rural area is, as well as the differences between schools in the past and present.
In math, we have taken a break from addition and subtraction to discuss shapes. So far, we have talked about circles, rectangles, squares and triangles. Ask your child how many sides and vertices (corners) each of these shapes have. We will be continuing to practice addition and subtraction once we finish up with our unit on shapes.
In science, we have also "shifted gears" from our building things unit to our unit on Needs of Plants and Animals. Yesterday, we discussed the life cycle of a plant. Ask your child to explain each of the following terms to you and why they are important: seed, seedling, mature plant, flower, fruit. Also, ask your child the three things that are important for a plant's survival (healthy soil, water, and sunlight).
We were also lucky enough to enjoy a fun in-school field trip called "Passion for Glass" on Tuesday. We learned about what glass is made out of (ask your child!) as well as how it can be molded and formed into a beautiful work of art! We created self-portraits out of colored glass, and are now waiting to see the final result! We had a blast!
Reminders:
1. Fun lunch is tomorrow for those who signed up
2. Volunteer Appreciation will be held May 4th.
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