April 18-22
Thank you all so much for taking time off from work and busy life schedule in the middle of the day and joined us for Shamrock'n Roll on Friday! Your children were so happy to see you and I am most appreciative as always. Coach Cavazos said that we had the highest parent participation! Thank you!
HATCHING CHICKS
Our classroom was filled with the sound of excitement and chirping chicks on Thursday and Friday! This has been a great opportunity for the kids to observe part of the life cycle in the classroom. The chicks also motivated the children to write many small moments, poems, letters, stories, and even chick diary. Their writings are precious!
Thank you all so much for taking time off from work and busy life schedule in the middle of the day and joined us for Shamrock'n Roll on Friday! Your children were so happy to see you and I am most appreciative as always. Coach Cavazos said that we had the highest parent participation! Thank you!
HATCHING CHICKS
Our classroom was filled with the sound of excitement and chirping chicks on Thursday and Friday! This has been a great opportunity for the kids to observe part of the life cycle in the classroom. The chicks also motivated the children to write many small moments, poems, letters, stories, and even chick diary. Their writings are precious!
REMINDERS
Tuesday:Tuesday folders come home. Please sign the folder and return it the next day. Thank you!
Wednesday: Math homework is due.
Ms. Amiri is out due to district business. Ms. Carla Lieurance will be my sub.
Thursday: No library this week.
Friday: Reading folders are due.
Wednesday: Math homework is due.
Ms. Amiri is out due to district business. Ms. Carla Lieurance will be my sub.
Thursday: No library this week.
Friday: Reading folders are due.
READING
We will continue our genre study and we will review and learn more about different genres of fiction such as traditional literature, fantasy, and realistic fiction. Traditional stories are stories that are passed down from one group to another in history. They include fairy tales, fables, and myths from different cultures. Fantasy are stories that have magical elements, and are make-believe and realistic fiction are stories that although they might have made up characters, they could happen in real life.
WRITING
We will finish up our small moments and move on to writing about our families. This will be similar to writing expository texts since we are all expert about our families and we know each and every member of our family very well. We know what they like, what they don't like, what they like to do in their free time and so on. Each day we will write about one member of our family including us. We will make our writings into a book about us and our families.
We will continue our genre study and we will review and learn more about different genres of fiction such as traditional literature, fantasy, and realistic fiction. Traditional stories are stories that are passed down from one group to another in history. They include fairy tales, fables, and myths from different cultures. Fantasy are stories that have magical elements, and are make-believe and realistic fiction are stories that although they might have made up characters, they could happen in real life.
WRITING
We will finish up our small moments and move on to writing about our families. This will be similar to writing expository texts since we are all expert about our families and we know each and every member of our family very well. We know what they like, what they don't like, what they like to do in their free time and so on. Each day we will write about one member of our family including us. We will make our writings into a book about us and our families.
MATH
Earlier in the year we learned about telling time to the hour and this week we will focus on telling time to half-hour. As part of fraction and partitioning two dimensional figures into two or four equal parts, we will use a circular analog clock and understand time to half hour. We will look at both analog and digital clocks and learn that time is shown differently on each of these clocks. The short hand in the analog clock points to the "hour" and the long hand points to the "minute". In digital clock time is shown by digits. The digit before the two dots shows the hour and the digits after two dots show the minute.
SCIENCES
This week we will celebrate Earth Day! We will discuss about the importance of natural resources and why we need to conserve natural resources, reuse, recycle or reduce. The students will think about why it is important to conserve fresh water, recycle materials and not to pollute the environment.
Earlier in the year we learned about telling time to the hour and this week we will focus on telling time to half-hour. As part of fraction and partitioning two dimensional figures into two or four equal parts, we will use a circular analog clock and understand time to half hour. We will look at both analog and digital clocks and learn that time is shown differently on each of these clocks. The short hand in the analog clock points to the "hour" and the long hand points to the "minute". In digital clock time is shown by digits. The digit before the two dots shows the hour and the digits after two dots show the minute.
SCIENCES
This week we will celebrate Earth Day! We will discuss about the importance of natural resources and why we need to conserve natural resources, reuse, recycle or reduce. The students will think about why it is important to conserve fresh water, recycle materials and not to pollute the environment.
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.
