Last week was an exciting one as we were finishing up our narrative non-fiction writing pieces and their new understandings of how to figure out unknown words! Many of us are very excited about bringing home books from the library that we can read on our own! We are working on bringing home one book we can read on our own and one that our parents should read to us. Remember, both are vital to growing readers!
This week we are beginning a fairy tale unit. We will be reading fairy tales during our read alouds, creating a fairy tale during community writing, and writing fairy tales during writer's workshop. We will be discussing the elements contained in a fairy tale (characters, setting, problem and solution). Don't be surprised if your son or daughter brings home a fairy tale writing piece! Embrace their excitement and try it with them!
This week in math, we will...
- Use number racks to model and solve story problems for situations that involve adding different 1-digit numbers to 10 and adding 1-digit numbers to 9.
- Solve addition and subtraction story problems and fact strategies to 20.
- Work together to determine whether different quantities of penguins can march in pairs or not as a way to focus on Doubles and Doubles Plus/Minus One.
- Write equations to match combinations on a number rack and classify the fact as a Double Plus or Minus One, Add Ten, Add Nine, or Make Ten.
- Learn a new Math Workplace game called, What's Missing?
We are currently working on our social studies unit called Our Country. In the next two weeks we will be taking a closer look at a map of the United States and we will be locating different states. We will also learn about the locations of the continents and the oceans. Additionally, we will be learning about important symbols of the United States.
Special Points of Interest
- February 28- Read Across America
- March 7- Winter Carnival
- March 9- PTO Meeting (7:00 pm)
- March 19- End of 3rd Quarter
- March 20- March 27- Spring Break
- March 30- School Resumes
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