Thursday, 28 February 2019

Weekly Update Feb 28, 2019

Homework
1. Daily Reading for 15 to 20 minutes
2. Word Study for the Week of Feb 25
        High Frequency Words: 1. door 2. cut 3. done 4. group 5. true
        Spelling Pattern: soft "c" (ce, ci, cy) and hard "c"
3. Oral Sharing: Mar 4-8 Traditions/Celebrations- What is a special tradition or celebration that is important to your family? 

*Important
1. We have an in-school field trip coming up in March- Scientists in School: Rocks and Minerals.  We are still in need of a few more volunteers for each class in order to have the field trip run.
Wednesday, March 6th AM: Zaharichuk's class
Thursday, March 7th AM: Tomasson's class

Please contact your child's teacher if you can volunteer.




Weekly Learning Update

Math: 
We have started to learn about polygons.
Ask your child "What is a polygon?"


Writing:
We have looked back at our writing goals, and have made adjustments.
Ask your child what they are working on in writing.
We have also been working on summarizing.

Reading: 
We have been reading to gather information about Peru.  Also, we have been orally practicing to summarize what we are reading.











Art:
The Rainforest Art animals are looking really good. The details that students have added to the animals and the background are amazing. 








Science: 
This week we started Rocks and Minerals.  The students are very excited about this topic and many have brought in some of their own Rocks to share.
Here is a video about the Top 5 Coolest looking Rocks.