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 - The Life of Moses: The Tenth and Final Plague / Passover.
Phonics / Spelling
Spelling Focus: sound of diphthong /oo/
Grammar / Creative Writing - We will continue our Creative Writing Unit: Friendly Letters. This week we will be in the Publishing Stage, as we write our final copies of our 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 continue Unit 5: Addition and Subtraction. This week’s topics include: Coin Calculations (making purchases and practicing making change), Exploring Arrays, Times, & Shapes (students make arrays, match clock faces to digital notation, and construct shapes on geoboards), Mental Math (developing strategies for mentally adding and subtracting 10 and 100).
Science - This week we continue our Unit on Simple Machines: pulley, lever, wheel, and inclined plane.
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
