Homework
1. Daily Reading for 15 to 20 minutes
2. Word Study for the Week of January 21st
High Frequency Words: answer, room, sea, against, top
Spelling Pattern: ending blends
3. Oral Sharing: Winter Fun
2. Word Study for the Week of January 21st
High Frequency Words: answer, room, sea, against, top
Spelling Pattern: ending blends
3. Oral Sharing: Winter Fun
Reminders
1. Make sure your child is dressed for the weather.
Weekly Learning Update
Math:
We are continuing to explore strategies for adding and subtracting numbers to 1000. This week we focused on how to used expanded form as an addition strategy. We also solved a Would You Rather math problem.
Would you rather have stack A or stack B?
Whichever option you chose, justify your reasoning with mathematics.
Writing: Figurative Language
This week we focused on figurative language, specifically idioms to help make our writing more interesting. An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole.
ex. That math test was a piece of cake.
Reading: Clarifying
We are continuing to build our comprehension strategies. This week we worked worked on clarifying the meaning of tricky words as we read and answered questions using an article about Peru. When we clarify words we need to monitor our understanding and STOP when we don't understand words. We then apply a strategy such as rereading, reading ahead and using the context clues to make a guess as to what the word could mean.
Read Aloud: Race the Wild: Rain Forest Relay
Would you rather have stack A or stack B?
Whichever option you chose, justify your reasoning with mathematics.
A
|
A stack of
14 pennies
9 nickels
2 dimes
4 quarters
|
B
|
A stack of
2 pennies
6 nickels
2 dimes
5 quarters
|
Writing: Figurative Language
This week we focused on figurative language, specifically idioms to help make our writing more interesting. An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole.
ex. That math test was a piece of cake.
Reading: Clarifying
We are continuing to build our comprehension strategies. This week we worked worked on clarifying the meaning of tricky words as we read and answered questions using an article about Peru. When we clarify words we need to monitor our understanding and STOP when we don't understand words. We then apply a strategy such as rereading, reading ahead and using the context clues to make a guess as to what the word could mean.
Read Aloud: Race the Wild: Rain Forest Relay
This week we started this new adventure story that is also filled with facts abut the Amazon Rain Forest.
What have we learned about the main characters?
(Russell, Sage, Dev, Mari)
If you were on the red team, what would your strengths be?
What would you want to have in your backpack if you were on a race through the rain forest?
Social Studies: Peru
Ask your child to tell you about the national symbols of Peru (vicuna, Andean cock-of-the-rock, catuta, and chicona)
Science: Hearing & Sound
We reviewed the key concepts for hearing and sound and finished our unit by making a popsicle stick harmonica.
Gym: Ball Hockey
Students played a fun warm-up game called Chuck The Chicken! Then they explored different stations: stick handling and passing.
What have we learned about the main characters?
(Russell, Sage, Dev, Mari)
If you were on the red team, what would your strengths be?
What would you want to have in your backpack if you were on a race through the rain forest?
Social Studies: Peru
Ask your child to tell you about the national symbols of Peru (vicuna, Andean cock-of-the-rock, catuta, and chicona)
Science: Hearing & Sound
We reviewed the key concepts for hearing and sound and finished our unit by making a popsicle stick harmonica.
Gym: Ball Hockey
Students played a fun warm-up game called Chuck The Chicken! Then they explored different stations: stick handling and passing.
