February 21st Newsletter

 

 

February 21st, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Learn the letter-sound correspondences for oo, ue and ew, where the two letters make the /oo/ sound, as in moon, due and few

• Learn the letter-sound correspondences for the vowel combination au and aw, where the two letters make the sounds we hear in law and haul

• Read a book titled The Frog Who Couldn’t Jump by Lionel Page. While reading, we will summarize the problem of the story and infer the main character’s traits from story events. We will also understand the meaning of past tense verbs with -ed endings and review contractions.

• Read a poem titled “Moon, Moon”

• Write a “How-To” writing piece as a class

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons

In Writing this week, we will… 

• Begin our How-To Unit

• Understand what procedural nonfiction is

• Brainstorm topics for our How-To books

• Add lists for the supplies/materials readers will need in our How-To texts

• Add commas at appropriate times

In math this week, we will… 

• Partition a rectangle into halves and fourths

• Partition a circle into halves and fourths

• Describe halves and fourths and which you would rather have

• Play fraction bingo with different shapes 

• Take the Unit 5 Assessment

This week during our Science we will be starting a new unit on polar animals.  We will…

• Learn about hibernation, migration, and animal adaptations

• Learn about polar bears

Important Dates to Remember!

Feb. 22- Twinning, tutus, ties and tennis shoes (to celebrate 2/22/22)

March 4- Early Release Day (1:45 dismissal)

March 14- PTO Meeting

March 18-27- Spring Break

February 14th Newsletter

 

 

February 14, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Learn the letter-sound correspondences for ow and ou, where the two letters make the /ou/ sound, as in cow and cloud 

• Learn the letter-sound correspondences for the vowel teams oi and oy, where the two vowels make the /oi/ sound, as in coin and boy

• Read a book titled Scrunch the Caterpillar by Stephen Krensky. While reading, we will identify how characters change throughout the story and a lesson we can learn from the characters. We will also understand the meaning of past tense verbs with -ed endings and clap syllables in words. 

• Read a poem titled “Out”.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons

In Writing this week, we will… 

• Continue researching topics to teach others about

• Use craft moves in our writing to make our writing more interesting

• Edit our work using an editing checklist

• Read our chapter books to partners 

In math this week, we will… 

• Identify and name three-dimensional shapes including pyramids 

• Build a three-dimensional shape with specific defining attributes 

• Create a composite shape by compositing 2-D shapes

• Understand and define the difference between  the defining and non-defining attributes of a 3D shape

• Take a 3D shape checkpoint

This week during our Social Studies we will…

• Continue to learn about the winter Olympics events and Olympians! 

Important Dates to Remember!

Feb. 14- PTO Meeting/ Wear red to school

Feb. 17- Optional Conferences (Parent or Teacher Requested)

Feb. 18- No School (Professional Development Day)

Feb. 22- Twinning, tutus, ties and tennis shoes (to celebrate 2/22/22)

March 4- Early Release Day (1:45 dismissal)

March 14- PTO Meeting

March 18-27- Spring Break

February 7th Newsletter

 

 

February 7, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Learn the letter-sound correspondences for the long vowel teams   ie and oe, where the two vowels make the long vowel sound. 

• Read a book titled Ripples in the Sea by Miriam Glassman. While reading, we will make connections between text, illustrations and print features. We will also understand the meaning of words that represent sounds (swoosh, smack) and recognize words with beginning consonant blends. 

• Read a poem titled  Hearts

• Read books about the 100th Day of School, including  Jake’s 100th Day of School by Lester Laminack, I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words by Michael Frith, Chicka Chicka, 1,2,3 by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson, and One Hundred Days (Plus 1) by Margaret McNamara

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons

In Writing this week, we will… 

• Use all we know to write chapter books 

• Research topics to incorporate facts and information in our books

• Edit and revise our work 

• Write about what we would be doing when we are 100 years old for the 100th day of school 

In math this week, we will… 

• Identify, name, describe, compare three-dimensional shapes including cubes, rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones, and spheres

• Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between the defining and non-defining attributes of a three-dimensional shapes

•  Build a three-dimensional shape with specific defining attributes

•  Create a composite shape by composing three-dimensional shapes and compare and new shape using composite three-dimensional shapes

• Look for and make use of structure

• Take a Shape Check in 

This week during our Social Studies we will…

• Learn about the winter olympics events and olympians! 

Important Dates to Remember!

Feb.8- Dining For Dollars (New Fortune)

Feb. 9th - 100 Day of School - Dress like you are 100

Feb. 11- Valentine’s Day Party- Note went home

Feb. 14- PTO Meeting

Feb. 17- Optional Conferences (Parent or Teacher Requested)

Feb. 18- No School (Professional Development Day)