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.
*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!