Friday, February 17, 2023

February 20-25th Newsletter

 

Feb. 20th-25th, 2023

This week in literacy, we will…

  • Distinguish r-controlled vowel sound /ur/.

  • Spell words with the r-controlled vowel sound /ur/ spelling pattern.

  • Read irregularly spelled words (your, because, always, want).

  • Identify elements of a sentence and review quotation marks and capital letters for proper nouns.

  • Decode one-syllable words with /ur/, spelled er, ir, and ur.

  • Read a poem titled, Little Bird. While reading, we will highlight words with "ir". We will also review vowel teams by locating words with ay, ai, ew vowel teams in the poem. Additionally, we will discuss the meaning of quotation marks. 

  • Read a nonfiction book about giraffes. While reading, we will infer the author's message and make connections between the body of the text and illustrations. 

  • Write a response to reading, focusing on big ideas and supporting details.

  • Learn about words with multiple meanings.

  • Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

  • Finish our How-To writing presentations

  • Begin a new unit on Non-Fiction Chapter Books

  • Write about things (sports, games, shows, animals) we know a lot about that we can teach others

  • Make sure we plan our our writing (touch and tell, then sketch, then write across the pages)

This week in math, we will….

  •  Take the Unit 5 Test

  • Identify, name, describe, compare two-dimensional shapes including triangles, rectangles, hexagons, squares, rhombuses, circles, and trapezoids

  • Draw a two-dimensional shape with specific defining attributes

  • Makes sense of problems and persevere in solving them

This week in science, we will…

  • Learn about polar bears, seals, and walruses in winter.


Important Dates to Remember!

  • March 3- Early Release Day (1:45)

  • March 8- Dining for Dollars (New Fortune)

  • March 11- Winter Carnival 

  • March 13- PTO Meeting

  • March 21- Down Syndrome Awareness Day (Wear colorful socks)

  • March 24- No School- Professional Development Day

  • March 27- April 2- Spring Break

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