May 28th Newsletter

                                                           

May 28th, 2024

This week in literacy, we will…

• Learn about synonyms and antonyms.

• Identify and describe characters.

• Retell a story by recalling, in order, important details about characters, setting, and events.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

• Finish our From Scenes to Series writing unit

• Make an “About the Author” page

• Share our completed series with our classmates

This week in math, we will….

• Create our own data and graphs

• Practice reading and answering questions with graphs

• Determine more, less, and equal to with graphs 

This week in science we will…. 

• Explore animals on PebbleGo in order to learn more about different types of animals

Important Dates to Remember!

• June 4 - Betty Brinn Field Trip

• June 5 - Last day of school!

May 20th Newsletter

 

May 20th, 2024

This week in literacy, we will…

• Review sound-spellings for ou, ow, au, and aw. 

• Read irregularly spelled words (our, about, done, were).

• Read a poem titled, Little Raindrops. We will review contractions, compound words and reading with expression. 

• Read a book titled, Squawk, by Nicole Walker. We will infer reasons for the main character's actions and feelings. We will also understand big ideas or messages of the story. 

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.  

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue our From Scenes to Series writing unit

• Share our first story with a partner to celebrate the hard work we’ve done!

• Zoom in on our characters and include a lot of descriptive words to tell what the characters are doing

• Include tiny, realistic details in our writing by including adjectives and verbs

This week in math, we will….

• Practice coding in our number corner book with TAD the frog. 

• Start making our paper gliders and recording our flights

• Use fractions such as ⅓ and ½ to help fold our paper gliders

• Compare our glider flights measurements

• Using number clues  to color codes to reveal a secret picture! 

This week in science we will….          

• Continue our Life Cycles unit

• Learn about amphibians, insects and spiders

Important Dates to Remember!

• May 23 - Papke/Majinski to Riveredge

• May 24 - Roberts/Staffaroni to Riveredge

• May 27 - No school

• June 4 - Betty Brinn Field Trip

• June 5 - Last day of school! 

May 13th Newsletter

 

May 13th, 2024

This week in literacy, we will…

• Continue working on reading and spelling words with the long e sound spelled with y, ey, and ie.

• Read and write multisyllabic words.

• Read irregularly spelled words (was, come, want, many). USE WORDS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUR STUDENTS

• Read a poem titled, The Donkey. We will find words will ey and y spelling patterns.

• Read a book titled, Snail's Big Adventure, by David Earl. We will infer the meaning of events from a snail's perspective.  We will also recognize words with -ed and -ing endings.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons. 

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue our From Scenes to Series writing unit

• Work on including dialogue and action in our writing by unfreezing people and making them move and talk

• Revise our writing to make it even better!

This week in math, we will….

• Play with the change box and determine patterns that are happening when a number goes in the box and a new number comes out!

• Practice coding in our number corner book with TAD the frog. 

• Start making our paper gliders and recording our flights

• Use fractions such as ⅓ and ½ to help fold our paper gliders

This week in science we will….

• Continue our Life Cycles unit

• Learn about fish, reptiles, birds and mammals.

Important Dates to Remember!

• May 13-17- Penny Wars

• May 16 - Mismatch Day

• May 17 - Neon Day

• May 23 - Papke/Majinski to Riveredge

• May 24 - Roberts/Staffaroni to Riveredge

• May 27 - No school

• June 4 - Betty Brinn Field Trip

• June 5 - Last day of school!

May 6th Newsletter

 

May 6th, 2024

This week in literacy, we will…

• Distinguish long e and short e vowel sounds. 

• Know the vowel team sound-spellings for long e (y, ey and ie).

• Read irregularly spelled words (also, myself, off, seven).

• Build fluency by reading a book titled, My Super Silly Story. We will identify the humor in the story and use details to tell why. 

• Compare and contrast sentences and phrases.

• Infer a lesson from reading a folktale titled, The Creaky House. We also infer feelings of characters and notice sound words in the text.

• Read a poem titled, Baby Bumblebee.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons. 

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue our From Scenes to Series writing unit

• Begin writing a series of books about our same main character

• Write a lot of different adventures with our character

• Organize the books in our series in an order that makes sense

This week in math, we will….

• Discuss time, specifically seconds, minutes, and an hour

• Sort tasks based on how much time they will take to complete

• Students will be introduced to the “change box” A number goes into the change box and a new number comes out. Students must determine what pattern is happening in the box to get the new number. 

This week in science we will….        

• Begin a new unit on Life Cycles

• Investigate how a plant grows and changes

Important Dates to Remember!

• May 8 - Glow Day - Wear White!

• May 9 - Hat Day

• May 10 - Interesting Fact Day - Bring in a fact to share!

• May 10 - Early Release

• May 13-17- Penny Wars

• May 23 - Papke/Majinski to Riveredge

• May 24 - Roberts/Staffaroni to Riveredge

• May 27 - No school

• June 5 - Last day of school!