Upcoming Dates:
March 23: Author Visit at School-Mac Barnett (Book order forms went home last friday 3/18.)
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 About Reading". This is actually a unit on opinion writing and using evidence to support our opinions. Next week we will learn that we can use mentor texts to learn about how and why an author might use a capital letter. We will also learn to add fun little extras to fancy up our writing and draw in our readers.
Reading: We will be continuing with our reading unit: "Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power". This unit will focus on building reading fluency, understanding literary language, tackling longer books, and goal-setting. This week we will learn to self-assess our reading in order to set goals. Then everyone will work with a "reading club" to help each other reach those goals. We will learn that reading clubs need to create clear plans to accomplish those goals!
Math: This week we will continue our work with module 7: "Problem Solving with Length, Money, and Data". This week we will learn to use different length units to compare measurements. We will also practice solving two-digit addition and subtraction word problems involving length by using tape diagrams and writing equations.
Social Studies/Science: We will continue our learning about having a growth mindset all year long. We will be continuing our earth science unit: "Pebbles, Sand, and Silt". This week we will be exploring exploring the rocks that can be found right here in Irving's very own schoolyard! We will create a class "rock collection". We have also learned a new state on our maps: Pennsylvania.