It
is hard to believe another week is in the record books and we are already into
March and St. Patrick’s Day. This past
week we did many new things. We talked
more in depth about the long I sounds, how to use your senses to help you read
and create images, a lot about shapes, when to use –er and –est when comparing
nouns and we also talked about our families and some of the customs we
celebrate. It is hard to believe that we
can cram so much into one week. This
coming week will not be too much different.
Reading/Phonics/Spelling-
This week the stories out of our reader will all have the theme of
inventions. We will be talking a lot
about some of the inventions we use daily in order to expand our oral
vocabulary. We will be reading the “Invent It!” p 72, “Kids’ Inventions” p 74 and “Helping
Drivers See” p 82. We will be using
these stories to discuss cause and effect.
When we practice building our stamina and increasing our fluency and
comprehension while we read to ourselves we will be talking more in depth of
how we can use our senses to create images of what we have been reading. In our reading we will be focusing in on some
new words. Those words that we will
study are; children, round, better,
machine, or, discovery. In our
phonics this week we will be studying the R sound when it is paired with
–ar. Our spelling words, which are also
on our blog, all have the –ar sound in them.
Math-
This week in math we will continue to talk about shapes. We will be discussing more in depth how we
can take one shape and make many other shapes and many other kinds of
creations. We will also be talking about
3D shapes and the attributes of the 3D shapes.
We will be sorting them and be looking at examples of them in real
life.
Grammar/Writing-
This week for grammar we will be talking more about adjectives. We will be focusing particularly on how color
words can be some of the best adjectives and how they help us use our senses to
better understand things. We will also
be reviewing how contractions with not are formed. For writing this week we are going to begin
to talk about how to write a How To paper.
We will be doing a few of these together in class in order to get an
idea and then we will be writing a how to make cereal page. We will also be reading and writing a little
about some St. Patrick’s Day things such as leprechauns and pots of golf and
being lucky.
Social
Studies- This week we will continue to make
connections and discuss our customs and celebrations. We will also be taking a look at America and
what people in America celebrate compared to other countries around the
world. We are also going to discuss why
life in America is so good and what inventions make America worth calling home. This will help us tie in our stories from our
reader and build our oral vocabulary.
Related Arts Rotations for 3/11-3/15
Group
A-
Computer, Gym, Music, Art, Computer
Group B- Music, Art,
Computer, Gym, Music
Group
C-
Gym, Music, Art, Computer, Gym
Group
D- Art, Computer, Gym, Music, Art
Just a reminder
that Monday is a library day.
Please return your books on Monday. Remember to bring those library books back if they are at home. We will be going to the library to check out
new books.
Be sure to send in those box tops. Every Thursday I send down our bag of box
tops to the office. If you have any box
tops or food labels that can be redeemed for money please send them in and I
will get them turned in.
Mark
your calendars- March the 15th from
11:50-12:50 we will be throwing our last party of the year. This will be our spring party. It is going to have a Dr. Seuss theme. Mrs. Parker, our room mom, already has some
great ideas but she does need a little help.
She was wondering if you are able to help with drinks, snacks, games, or
anything if you could please contact her via email. Her email address is kimbraparker@wowway.com. I am just as excited as the kiddos are for
this party. I can’t wait to see what fun
things we will be doing!
North
District 5K-
The race will be at North High School at 3pm on April 6th,
with the family fun beginning at 1pm.
Early registration is $25 for an individual and $40 for a family after
that it will be $30 and $50. Please come
out and join us!
We
have collection boxes in each homeroom so we can collect money for cancer
patients. The students are able to donate any coins and dollar bills to
go towards the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This will go all the way
through the end of March. Our school’s
goal is to collect $500.
Enjoy
your weekend!
Thanks,
Robert Moreland
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