Weekly News Feb 27-Mar 3

Winter is back!  I hope everyone enjoyed the little taste of spring last week!  Just a reminder that students will need boots and snowpants this week for recess.  They were spoiled last week with only having to wear light jackets. 

Important Dates and Reminders:

February 27: Family Night 5:30-7:00
March 2: Dr. Suess Character Dress Up Day
March 7: Paper Discovery Field Trip
March 10: Author's Breakfast 7:15-7:45 am
March 28 and 30: Parent Teacher Conferences

Here is a peek at our week:

Reading: As readers this week we will be using ALL parts of our books to really understand what the author is teaching us.  We will look at what and how the information is taught on each page and will work to see how the pages go together to help us learn part by part about a topic.  We will also use what we read and see in pictures to help us have powerful conversations with our partners.

Writing: This week in writing will be all about revision!  We will be adding introductions and conclusions to our all about books to make sure we draw our reader in and then "close it down" by restating important information or giving our opinion in a conclusion.  We will also be rereading our writing and making changes we need to make sure we are using lower case letters, spelling sight words correctly and including punctuation. 

Math: This week in math we will focus on creating and solving story problems.  We will be using pictures to help us tell story problems and will the process: Think, say, draw, write the equation and solve it to work through these problems.  We will also do some comparing of groups of objects and will use the terms greater and less than to describe groups of objects when we compare them.  We will also be introduced to 3D shapes and will learn about 'math mountains' as a way to show partners of 10.

Science: We will continue exploring paper this week.  We will investigate how paper reacts with water and look for similarities and differences between paper and wood.  We will also learn more about recycling paper, which will turn into making paper mache at the end of the week.

Word Work: Our new words this week will be:  on, up, this are, an.  Check out how we practiced sight words this week...we wrote words with white crayon and then switched papers with a friends and used markers to 'uncover' the sight words and read them quickly!