April 20-24
Hope you all are enjoying this beautiful weather! Our classroom was filled with the sound of excitement and a chirping chick on Friday! We had one yellow fluffy chick and hope to have another one soon.
REMINDERS
Hope you all are enjoying this beautiful weather! Our classroom was filled with the sound of excitement and a chirping chick on Friday! We had one yellow fluffy chick and hope to have another one soon.
REMINDERS
Monday: Reading Folders come home.
Tuesday: Spring Photo Orders are due. Tuesday folders come home. Please sign and return it the next day. Thank you!
Wednesday: Math homework is due.
Thursday: Library Day. All library books are due by 8:00 AM
Friday: Reading folder is due.
Tuesday: Spring Photo Orders are due. Tuesday folders come home. Please sign and return it the next day. Thank you!
Wednesday: Math homework is due.
Thursday: Library Day. All library books are due by 8:00 AM
Friday: Reading folder is due.
READING and WRITING
This week we will begin a new genre, my most favorite of all, Poetry. We will learn about the features of poetry. Poems have short lines with no punctuation most of the times. There are repeating words or phrases in poetry. Poems sometimes rhyme and sometimes they don't. Poems have rhythms, some are songs and some could be silly and funny. We will think about how poets see the world in different, fresh and unusual ways. The students will make inferences with poetry as a strategy to comprehend the poem. We will also discover sensory language in poetry and understand that sensory images help us visualize the poem and make it more interesting for readers. In writing we will “See with Poets’ Eyes” as we begin writing about ordinary objects in different ways. We will learn that poems are big thoughts in little packages.
This week we will begin a new genre, my most favorite of all, Poetry. We will learn about the features of poetry. Poems have short lines with no punctuation most of the times. There are repeating words or phrases in poetry. Poems sometimes rhyme and sometimes they don't. Poems have rhythms, some are songs and some could be silly and funny. We will think about how poets see the world in different, fresh and unusual ways. The students will make inferences with poetry as a strategy to comprehend the poem. We will also discover sensory language in poetry and understand that sensory images help us visualize the poem and make it more interesting for readers. In writing we will “See with Poets’ Eyes” as we begin writing about ordinary objects in different ways. We will learn that poems are big thoughts in little packages.
MATH
This week we will learn about 3-D shapes. We will identify three-dimensional figures such as spheres, cones, cylinders, rectangular prisms (including cubes), and triangular prisms and describe their attributes using geometric language such as flat surface, curved surface, having corners or not any corners, being able to stack or not. We will look at everyday objects around us and compare them to the 3-D shapes that we are learning about.
SCIENCES
Our Deer project was a success! We researched great ideas to keep the deer away from our plants and flowers. The kids created great posters to educate the community about their findings! Please look for their posters in the hall or around the school.
This week we will learn about plants, their parts and the function of each part. We will compare and contrast the parts of one plant to another and find the similarities and differences. For example, we will compare the roots of carrots and radish and see how the stem of celery and parsley can be different.
This week we will learn about 3-D shapes. We will identify three-dimensional figures such as spheres, cones, cylinders, rectangular prisms (including cubes), and triangular prisms and describe their attributes using geometric language such as flat surface, curved surface, having corners or not any corners, being able to stack or not. We will look at everyday objects around us and compare them to the 3-D shapes that we are learning about.
SCIENCES
Our Deer project was a success! We researched great ideas to keep the deer away from our plants and flowers. The kids created great posters to educate the community about their findings! Please look for their posters in the hall or around the school.
This week we will learn about plants, their parts and the function of each part. We will compare and contrast the parts of one plant to another and find the similarities and differences. For example, we will compare the roots of carrots and radish and see how the stem of celery and parsley can be different.
THANK YOU!
Thank you for stuffing the folders, and being willing to help in the classroom or outside the classroom. Your helping hands and hearts are greatly appreciated!
More than anything, thank you for supporting your child's learning at home. Your child's success and education is a result of, us working together! So thank you for being a partner in your child's learning!
