Weekly New May 15-19

I hope you all enjoyed the  beautiful weekend!  I want to wish all of the mothers out there a very happy and blessed Mother's Day.  You are raising some pretty terrific kids that I am lucky enough to spend my days with!  You are their first and best teachers!

Upcoming Dates and Reminders:
May 22: Family Night
May 26: NO SCHOOL
May: 29: NO SCHOOL
May 30: Sportswear Day
May 31: Crazy/Odd Sock Day
June 1: Wear Orange
June 2: Dress Like Your Parents Day
June 5: Backwards Clothes Day
June 6: Sunglasses Day and Field Day (info coming soon)
June 7: Wear Bright Clothes/Last Day of School-11:30 Dismissal

Here's a peek at the week:

Reading: This week in reading we will focus on sharing the information we learn about characters with our partners.  Working to retell our stories and include character feelings will be a big portionof of our work this week. We will also learn that sometimes stories don't always come right out and say how a character is feeling and why, so we need to use what we have read to infer how a character is feeling.  This is such an important skill for young readers. 

Writing:  This week we will continue to use our mentor author, Mo Willems, to learn new writing techniques from.  Just like in reading, we will be adding in character feelings to make our story come to life.  We will also work to add dialogue by using speech bubbles. 

Math: This week we will review important concepts from Unit 5 and will take our last unit test.  We will also discuss and explore length, width, height, weight and capacity and use some hands on learning to practice these measurementy concepts.

Science: We will be exploring and observing ramps this week in science centers.  Students will work their way through a series of centers where they: watch videos of ramps and look closely at pictures of ramps and take notes on their observations, use marble works to observe a working ramp and use various materials to create their own ramps.