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 learn to slow down, reread, and ask questions when we're having trouble understanding what we are reading. We will also learn set goals and to work with other readers in a "reading club".
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 repeat words, line, sounds, and images to give their poems rhythm. They will also learn that poets need to consider the mood they want to convey in their poems. Finally, we will talk about using comparison in our poems as a way to make meaning.
Math: We will continue with our new module, Module 7: "Problem Solving with Length, Money, and Data". This week we will learn to draw bar graphs to represent data as well as solve word problems involving data that is presented in a bar graph. We will begin to learn about coins and recognizing the value of coins and counting to find their total value.
Social Studies/Science: We will add new states to our United States map. For science, we are starting a new unit: "Pebbles, Sand and Silt". This week we will be exploring and discovering the properties of rocks. Our Scholastic News will cover Christian Robinson who is an illustrator for children's books, including: Last Stop on Market Street.