Upcoming Dates:
Feb. 21: President's Day - No School
March 15: Teacher Institute Day - No School for Students
March 28-April 1: Spring Break!
April 15: No School Today
*Italics are repeated from last week's blog.
Writing: We will be continuing 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 we will be wrapping up this fun writing unit. The kids will be adding some final touches to their stories and they will have time to share them with their classmates!
Reading: We are continuing our reading unit: "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! This week we are going to be spending several days on comparing and contrasting two fictional stories. We will be using what we have learned about "central message" as a tool to compare and contrast.
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. We will also be wrapping up this math unit. We will learn to add up to four 2-digit numbers together using place value strategies. We will also be working on solving math problems with missing numbers in various places. Finally, we will take the unit assessment on Thursday of this week. We will start our new unit on data/measurement/coins next week!
Social Studies/Science: We will continue our learning about having a growth mindset all year long. We will be wrapping up our social studies unit: "The History of Technology". This week the kids will finish to sharing the interviews that hey did over Winter Break. We will focus on television and other miscellaneous technology from the past! We will also add these two states to our growing knowledge of the 50 states: New York (NY) and New Jersey (NJ).