I forgot to post this before we left for break. I hope everyone had a nice relaxing break!
Reading/Phonics/Spelling-
This week in reading, once we get back from break, we will be reading stories
that all have a theme of “How Does It
Grow?” This week we will be making
all kinds of connections to how plants and animals grow and how we grow. We will be reading the following stories out
of our reader; “Beautiful Plants” p
130, “A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds”
p 132, “Flowers at Night” p 150. As we read these stories we will be
continuing to discuss how we can use our senses to make connections and feel
like we are participants in the story.
This will be helpful as we will be reading about different kinds of
fruits. We will also be using our
comparing and contrasting skills as we compare how humans grow to plants and
animals. Our vocabulary words for the
week are; places, tiny, ground, crowded,
part, animals, from, beautiful. It
is important to know these words, as they not only appear in the stories but
they will appear in other things we are doing this week. Our phonics will be centered around R
controlled vowels. These sounds are the
ir, er, and ur sounds. Our spelling
words, which are also on our classroom blog, are centered around the same R
controlled vowels.
Math-
This week in math we will be discussing fractions. We are just skimming the surface when it
comes to fractions. We are going to be
working with halves and fourths this week.
We will be talking about the top number being the numerator and the
bottom number being the denominator and what they stand for. We will be dividing circles and
rectangles. By the end of the week we
will be able to write our fractions and draw and shade shapes.
Grammar/Writing-
This week in grammar we are going to introduce the concepts of synonyms and
antonyms. They are easy to confuse but
easy to remember once you get the hang of it.
We will be matching and sorting them throughout the week in order to
make sure everyone has a good understanding of them. In writing we will be practicing our
organization when we write. We will be
relating our writing to the books we will be reading. We are going to try to work to keep our thoughts
in order and not jump from one thing to another as we write.
Science-
We are back to science after break. We
will be studying all about solids and liquids.
We will be doing all kinds of experiments with sinking and floating and
be talking about density.
Related Arts Rotations for 4/1-4/5
Group B- Computer, Gym,
Music. Art, Computer
Host
Family- We are looking for 10-12 families
that would like to correspond with like families in China. This would consist of Skype, e-mail &
letters on a consistent basis. If you
are interested or have any questions, please contact Mary Stricker at: mary.stricker@evsc.k12.in.us.
Thursday-
Be extra sure to be at school on time as we are going to see Junie B. Jones the
play on Thursday. We will be leaving in
the morning right after announcements and lunch count. We have been reading her stories all
year. Now we get to see them come to
life!
Enjoy
your weekend!
Thanks,
Robert Moreland
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