Week of: March 1

 Upcoming Dates:

Mar. 15 - First Day of Trimester 3

Mar. 29-Apr.2 - Spring Break - No School

Apr. 6 - No School (Election Day)

May 31 - Memorial Day - No School

*Italics are repeated from last week.

Reading: We will continue work with our reading unit: "Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power". This unit is all about increasing reading fluency, understanding literary language, keeping track of longer books, and setting reading goals. This week we will start our "Same Book Partner" routine.  The kids will learn that reading the same book as a partner can help readers talk, clarify, and ask questions to better understand the books they're reading. We will also work on strategies to help us hold onto stories when books are long. 

Writing: We will continue work with our writing unit: "Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages". This unit is all about writing poetry and focusing on line breaks, rhythm, and meaningful phrases. Making sure our words rhyme is completely optional (poetry is so much more than that!).This week the kids will work on editing their poems for spelling.  We will also work on our word choice and try to find precisely the right words to match what we wish to say.  Finally, the kids will learn that poets repeat words, lines, and sounds to give their poems rhythm.

Math:  We will finish up our work with Module 4: "Addition and Subtraction within 200 with Word Problems to 100".   We will also start our new module, Module 7: "Problem Solving with Length, Money, and Data". This week we will learn to sort and record data into tables, draw and label a picture graph, and draw and label a bar graph. 

Social Studies/Science:  We will add new states to our United States map practice and continue to learn about the history of technology. For social studies, we are learning about the history of technology.  Students are also sharing their technology interviews with each other. Our Scholastic News will cover Mae Jemison who became the first black woman in space!

Week of: February 22

 Upcoming Dates:

Feb. 22-26 - Parent/Teacher Conference Week- Thursday/Friday Early Dismissal at 11:00

Mar. 29-Apr.2 - Spring Break - No School

Apr. 6 - No School (Election Day)

*Italics are repeated from last week.

Reading: We will continue work with our reading unit: "Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power". This unit is all about increasing reading fluency, understanding literary language, keeping track of longer books, and setting reading goals. This week we will learn that readers must pay attention to literary language -comparisons, invented words, figurative language- asking, "What might the author want me to see, to understand?" We will be paying special attention to the times when an author is playing around with words and try to figure out what the author is really saying.

Writing: We will continue work with our writing unit: "Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages". This unit is all about writing poetry and focusing on line breaks, rhythm, and meaningful phrases. Making sure our words rhyme is completely optional (poetry is so much more than that!).This week the kids will learn that poets choose topics that mean a lot to them, anchoring those topics in small meaningful moments. We will also talk about ways to come up with topics for our poems. 

Math:  We will continue our work with Module 4: "Addition and Subtraction within 200 with Word Problems to 100". This week we will continue to work on subtraction with regrouping. We will also work on solving addition and subtraction word problems.  We will take our end-of-module assessment the following week on Monday, March 1st.

Social Studies/Science:  We will add new states to our United States map practice and continue to learn about the history of technology. This week we reviewed the northeastern states. We did not learn any new states this week.  For social studies, we are learning about the history of technology.  Students are also sharing their technology interviews with each other. 

Week of: February 16th

 Upcoming Dates:

Feb. 15 - President's Day - No School

Feb. 22-26 - Parent/Teacher Conference Week- Thursday/Friday Early Dismissal at 11:00

Mar. 29-Apr.2 - Spring Break - No School

Apr. 6 - No School (Election Day)

*Italics are repeated from last week.

Reading: We have started work with our new reading unit: "Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power". This unit is all about increasing reading fluency, understanding literary language, keeping track of longer books, and setting reading goals. This week we will learn about dialogue tags and how those can give us clues about how our voices should sound while reading. (Dialogue tags are the part that comes after a characters quote, for example: he shouted or she said in a soft voice.) We will also learn about how to use meaning to read fluently and the importance of reading at a "just-right" reading pace. 

Writing: We will start an exciting new writing unit: "Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages". This unit is all about writing poetry and focusing on line breaks, rhythm, and meaningful phrases. Making sure our words rhyme is completely optional (poetry is so much more than that!).This week the kids will learn that poets see the world through special lenses.  They will see with both their hearts and minds, writing about the world in fresh, unusual ways. We will also work on listening for line breaks.

Math:  We will continue our work with Module 4: "Addition and Subtraction within 200 with Word Problems to 100". This week we will learn to look for ways to make 10 or 100 when adding multiple numbers together.  We will also start working on how to subtract with regrouping without using the place value chart. 

Social Studies/Science:  We will add new states to our United States map practice and continue to learn about the history of technology. Ask your child about these states: DE and PA.  DeLaware is in the shape of an "L". If you look closely, you can see two "pencils" in the state of Pennsylvania.  For social studies, we are learning about the history of technology.  Students are also sharing their technology interviews with each other. 

Week of: February 8th

 Upcoming Dates:

Feb. 12 - Institute Day - No School for Students

Feb. 15 - President's Day - No School

Feb. 22-26 - Parent/Teacher Conference Week- Thursday/Friday Early Dismissal at 11:00

Mar. 29-Apr.2 - Spring Break - No School

Apr. 6 - No School (Election Day)

*Italics are repeated from last week.

Reading: We are wrapping up our reading unit: "Characters and their Stories".  This unit is all about studying fictional stories and digging deeper into comprehension strategies. This week we will take an assessment to wrap up this unit.  We will then start our new reading unit: "Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power". This unit is all about increasing reading fluency, understanding literary language, keeping track of longer books, and setting reading goals. This week we will learn that reading aloud can help our "in-you-head" reading voice. We will also learn that readers scoop up words into phrases instead of reading word by word. 

Writing: We will be wrapping up our writing unit: "Writing Gripping Fictional Stories". This unit is all about character and plot development.  The kids have so much fun making up their own characters and stories! This week the kids will "publish" one of the stories that the have written for this unit.  They will be given a chance to share and celebrate their work with each other too!

Math:  We will continue our work with Module 4: "Addition and Subtraction within 200 with Word Problems to 100". This week we will work on adding two and three-digit numbers with regrouping ("carrying").  We will work in using this strategy with and without the help of a place value chart.

Social Studies/Science:  We will add new states to our United States map practice and continue to learn about the states of matter (solids, liquids, and gases). Ask your child about these states: VA, WV, and MD.  Who is "Virginia" and what state makes her "WaVee" hair? She is dreaming of getting married. What state is her flowy wedding vail?  For social studies, we are learning about the history of technology.  Students are also sharing their technology interviews with each other.