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.