Helpful Highlights
BOOK REPORT
With the celebration of Presidents’ Day in February, it is a great time to get students learning about presidents! Over the next few weeks, students will be creating a character book report over a United States’ President of their choice. In Reading, we have been creating character bubble maps; so, students are very familiar with the terminology in this book report. Please see the packet that came home on Thursday, January 7th in blue folders for additional details. The planning page is due February 3rd and the completed project is due February 10th. Have fun reading and be creative!
Loving Learning
Right now, we are loving learning about:
Bible - We continue our study of The Life of Moses: This week we review the First Nine Plagues, and discuss why God sent them.
Phonics / Spelling
Spelling Focus: sounds of bossy r (or and ar)
Grammar / Creative Writing - We will continue our Creative Writing Unit: Friendly Letters. This week we will be in the Drafting, Revising, and Proofreading Stages, as we write our own friendly letters!
Reading - Unit 5: Summarization
Comprehension Focus: Summarization
Pattern Statement: Essential information can be organized and restated concisely and coherently.
Visual Tool: Summary Steps
SPECS Logs: Reader’s Response, Visual Tool, Reflection (Today, I learned…..)
Vocabulary: auction, gleaming, ordinary, hayloft, deserve, mill, orchard, snarls, abandoned, thieves
Math - We will wrap up Ch. 4 with the test on Monday, January 11th; then, we will begin Unit 5: Addition and Subtraction. This week students will play Beat the Calculator to develop fact power by using mental strategies to add two 1-digit numbers, review coin equivalencies and make different combinations of coins for the same amount of money, and find coin combinations to pay for items and make change by counting up.
Science - This week we begin our Unit on Simple Machines. Students will be introduced to the following: pulley, lever, wheel, and inclined planes.
Save the Date
January 18 - MLK Jr. Holiday (No school)
February 3 - Planning Page Due for President Book Report
February 10 - President Book Report Due
February 11-15 - Winter Break!!!
February 24 - End of Trimester 2
