Upcoming Dates:
Jan. 16 - Martin Luther King Day - No School
Jan. 23 - Technology Interview Due
Jan. 26 - Opera for the Young - assembly at school
Feb. 6-10 - Parent/Teacher Conference Week (11:00 dismissal on Thurs./Fri.)
Feb. 20 - President's Day - No School
March 27-31 - Spring Break - No School
*Italics are repeated from last week's blog.
Reading: This week we will wrap up our reading unit: "Becoming Experts-Reading Nonfiction. In this unit the kids will be working on how to learn from, and enjoy, a nonfiction text. This week we will be wrapping up our nonfiction reading unit with an assessment that I plan to give the kids over 2 days. We will also work on writing complete answers to questions about our reading using the R.A.C.E. Strategy. You can click here to learn more about the RACE Strategy.
Writing: We will be starting a new writing unit: "Writing Gripping Fictional Stories". This unit is all about character and plot development. The kids always 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.
Writing: We will be starting a new writing unit: "Writing Gripping Fictional Stories". This unit is all about character and plot development. The kids always 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 we working on adding two 2-digit numbers together using place value drawings and by making new units ("carrying the 1").
Social Studies/Science: We will continue our learning about having a growth mindset all year long. However, we are also working on a science unit about the States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases. We have switched from focusing on solids to now focusing on liquids. This week we will explore all the different properties of liquids. We have also continued to learn the locations of the 50 states. This past week we spent time reviewing the states we already know.