~We still have a few Progress Report Tests to complete~
Resources for the week are: Monday-P.E., Tuesday-MUSIC w/ Broach and then Wednesday-ART w/ Miller. Friday is Silly Sock Day. Please send in a solid color t-shirt for us to decorate for the International Culture Fair. The shirts must be sent in by Friday, May 9th. :)
Resources for the week are: Monday-P.E., Tuesday-MUSIC w/ Broach and then Wednesday-ART w/ Miller. Friday is Silly Sock Day. Please send in a solid color t-shirt for us to decorate for the International Culture Fair. The shirts must be sent in by Friday, May 9th. :)
Below is what we will be focusing on in class:
Reading:
We will be reading the books Move Over, ROVER! by Karen Beaumont and The Mitten by Jan Brett. We will be discussing the meaning of words in the text, along with the main topics of each. On Friday we will compare the two stories. :) Our
Word Family is
the -ake
family, our blend is ch-, our vowel focus is letter o (short sound &
long sound) and our new Sight Words are did, find, who, first. Here is a link to the ch- blend power point I made. :) At home, ask your child about the vocabulary discussed in the books. Ask them about similarities in the books and differences in them too.If your child has trouble answering any of the questions, please have them watch the videos to remind them of what occurs in the books.
Writing: We are revisiting Response to Literature. We will be writing about parts of books we like, parts of books we don't like and discussing connections. (The last time we had this writing genre we had to focus on Eric Carle books. This time we will have various types of Literature by different Authors.)
At home, please remind your child even though the genre has changed, we still need to be strong writers. We need to remember spaces, capitalization, punctuation and using our sounds! :)
Science/Social Studies: We moved a little bit quicker through Living and Non-Living than the Curriculum Guide thought we would. :) So this week we will be discussing Green Houses and growing lima beans in Ziploc Baggies. We will discuss the different parts of the plant as it grows in class. Below are video's that you can watch with you child.
At home, ask your child the steps we took to get our seeds into the Ziploc Bag. Then after a few days ask what their plant looks like and have them tell you the different parts they are able to see.
Math: We are continuing with subtraction. We took the practice test on Thursday and I could tell that the way the questions were phrased gave the students trouble... This test isn't just about solving the problem and finding the difference. (For most finding the difference when given an equation is easy!) This test is about being given an equation and showing pictures that match the equation. About hearing vocabulary and understanding what they want, figuring out how to set up the equation. About listening to a story problem and figuring out how to write the expression that matches the words... It's a lot more than just subtraction.
At home, go over your child's Math papers that are sent home!! I will give the practice test again and then take the real test. I'm planning on doing this at the end of the week, but if there are still some big confusions... I may wait until next week. :)
At home, ask your child the steps we took to get our seeds into the Ziploc Bag. Then after a few days ask what their plant looks like and have them tell you the different parts they are able to see.
Math: We are continuing with subtraction. We took the practice test on Thursday and I could tell that the way the questions were phrased gave the students trouble... This test isn't just about solving the problem and finding the difference. (For most finding the difference when given an equation is easy!) This test is about being given an equation and showing pictures that match the equation. About hearing vocabulary and understanding what they want, figuring out how to set up the equation. About listening to a story problem and figuring out how to write the expression that matches the words... It's a lot more than just subtraction.
At home, go over your child's Math papers that are sent home!! I will give the practice test again and then take the real test. I'm planning on doing this at the end of the week, but if there are still some big confusions... I may wait until next week. :)