Week of: January 4th

  Upcoming Dates:

Dec. 19-Jan. 3:  Winter Break (school resumes Tuesday, 1/4/22)
Jan. 10-14: MAP Testing this week on Tuesday(reading) and Thursday(math)
Jan. 17: Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday - No School
Jan. 31-Feb. 4: Parent/Teacher Conference Week - Thursday/Friday will have early dismissal at 11:00
Feb. 21: President's Day - No School

*Italics are repeated from last week's blog.
Reading: We are starting a new reading unit this week: "Studying Characters and Their Stories". This unit is all about characters and studying how they change and grow.  The students will be making lots of inferences and predictions in this unit! First, we will learn about character traits and how to "stop and jot" to make predictions.

Writing: We will be starting a new 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 we will learn the difference between realistic and unrealistic fiction.  We will also learn to create interesting characters for our stories. 

Math:  This week we will continue our math module, Module 4: "Addition and Subtraction Within 200 with Word Problems to 100".  This is a huge module that covers several different strategies for adding and subtracting larger numbers. Next week we will learn how to add larger numbers using the place value chart as a strategy.  Students will learn how to "bundle" ones to make another ten and how to "bundle" tens to make another hundred.  This is called "regrouping" and will eventually lead us into what we all remember as "carrying the one". 

Social Studies/Science:  We will continue our learning about having a growth mindset all year long.  We are continuing with our science unit: The States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases.  Last week we learned how to describe liquids by using their properties.  We learned more about "viscous" and "fluid" liquids as well as "transparent, translucent, and opaque".   We have also continued to learn the locations of the 50 states.  This past week we added one more state: Nebraska (NE).  Ask your child about the "New Basket" of vegetables that the chef plans on adding to his soup!
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Week of: December 13th

 Upcoming Dates:

Dec. 19-Jan. 3:  Winter Break (school resumes 1/4)
Jan. 17: Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday - No School
Jan. 31-Feb. 4: Parent/Teacher Conference Week - Thursday/Friday will have early dismissal at 11:00
Feb. 21: President's Day - No School

*Italics are repeated from last week's blog.
Reading: We have completed our nonfiction reading unit about using reading skills to become experts.  Each student made a flipgrid video to share a few of the keywords and facts that they learned about their topic.  Ask them to open their "Flipgrid" app and show you our class videos!  Next week we will do some themed reading days that correspond with winter and the season.  We will officially begin our next reading unit when we return from Winter Break!

Writing: We will complete our writing unit this week: "The How-To Guide for Nonfiction Writing". The kids will learn to write informational books to teach their readers about something they know well.  We will be working on editing and putting the final touches on the books that we want to "publish".  Then we will take some time to share and celebrate all of the hard that we did while writing our nonfiction books!

Math:  This week we will continue our math module, Module 4: "Addition and Subtraction Within 200 with Word Problems to 100".  This is a huge module that covers several different strategies for adding and subtracting larger numbers. Next week we will work on learning about the "Arrow Way" for subtraction.  We will also begin learning about another addition strategy: Partial Sums. 

Social Studies/Science:  We will continue our learning about having a growth mindset all year long.  We are continuing with our science unit: The States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases.  Last week we started to learn about liquids.  We studied 7 different "mystery liquids" and focused on how liquids can be different from each other.  The kids LOVED trying to guess the identity of each liquid!  They also learned a new word to describe "slow moving" liquids: viscous.  We have also continued to learn the locations of the 50 states.  This past week we added two more states: Oklahoma (OK) and Kansas (KS).  Ask your child about Chef MIMAL's hot pot and the can of vegetables that he has added to the pot. 
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Week of: December 6th

 Upcoming Dates:

Dec. 10: Report cards go home today.
Dec. 19-Jan. 3:  Winter Break (school resumes 1/4)
Jan. 17: Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday - No School
Jan. 31-Feb. 4: Parent/Teacher Conference Week - Thursday/Friday will have early dismissal at 11:00
Feb. 21: President's Day - No School

*Italics are repeated from last week's blog.
Reading: This week we will continue our reading unit: "Becoming Experts-Reading Nonfiction. In this unit the kids will be learning how learn from, and enjoy, a nonfiction text.  This week each student will complete a final project showing what they have learned about their nonfiction reading topic.  We will also do an end-of-unit assessment. 

Writing: We will continue our writing unit this week: "The How-To Guide for Nonfiction Writing". The kids will learn to write informational books to teach their readers about something they know well.  We will work on editing and revising our nonfiction writing.  The kids will also be doing some goal-setting for their writing as well as adding special text features!

Math:  This week we will be starting a new math module, Module 4: "Addition and Subtraction Within 200 with Word Problems to 100".  This is a huge module that covers several different strategies for adding and subtracting larger numbers. We will start off the unit by learning about the "Arrow Way" for addition.  We will then move into the "Arrow Way" for subtraction. 

Social Studies/Science:  We will continue our learning about having a growth mindset all year long.  We are continuing with our science unit: The States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases.  Last week we were able to apply our knowledge about the properties and materials of solid objects. The kids were challenged to build a tower out of a variety of solids objects.  The tower needed to be 45cm tall and be able to withstand the "wind" (fan blowing). It was definitely a challenge, but the kids had lots of fun and it was a great learning experience.  We have also continued to learn the locations of the 50 states.  This past week we added two more states: Oregon (OR) and Nevada (NV).  Ask your child about the "New Vat" of soup and the ore that is used to stir it! 
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