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February 19th Newsletter

 

February 19th , 2024


This week in literacy, we will…

  • Know sound-spelling of words with the r-controlled vowel sound /ur/.

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

  • Identify the elements of a sentence. 

  • Review the use of quotation marks and capital letters for proper nouns. 

  • Read The Giraffe, by Cordelia S. Finn. We will infer the author's purpose for writing this nonfiction book, and make connections among texts by noting similarities. 

  • Read a poem titled, Little Bird. When reading the poem, we will identify words with r-controlled vowel sounds. We will also identify the function of quotation marks, and brainstorm synonyms for the word "cried".

  • Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

  • Begin a new unit on Informative Writing

  • Learn and understand the features of the nonfiction genre

  • Make a list of topics we know a lot about (animals, weather, seasons, habitats, important places/people, machines or things that we use every day)

  • Begin planning and drafting a nonfiction informational book


This week in math, we will….

  • Start Unit 6 of math

  • Using penguins we will solve different types of word problems involving subtraction and addition 

  • Determine what information is important in word problems

This week in social studies we will….

  • Begin a new unit on Past and Present 

  • Explore what we can learn from life long ago


Scholastic Book Orders are due on March 9th. Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/JBVLX

Important Dates to Remember!

  • February 29- Boys Donut Event

  • March 1- Early Release (1:45 pm)

  • February 26-March 1- Read Across America

    • February 26- Oh, The Places You'll Go- Bring a picture or item of a place you've traveled

    • February 27- Fox in Socks- Wear socks of your favorite character

    • February 28- There Is No Friend As Loyal As A Book- Wear clothes to match a friend

    • February 29- Cooking Up Some Good Books- We will have a class treat provided to our class - please do not send in a treat with your child

    • March 1- Readers Are Leaders- Dress as what you want to be when you grow up

March 16- Winter Carnival

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