This Week: Our theme was universe.
Thursday was Jump Rope for Heart. Thank you to all who donated to the
American Heart Association.
- Math: We
continued our unit on subtraction. We focused on decomposing using
manipulatives, drawings, and number bonds. We also introduced how to write
a subtraction number sentence. The students practiced all week using different
strategies to show their knowledge of solving a subtraction problem.
- Language
Workshop— We learned about the universe. We asked questions and read
books called Sun, Moon, Earth, and Stars. We
also watched videos on Brain Pop Jr. Then, we listed key details and new
vocabulary words from each book. The students really enjoyed
learning about this topic.
- Writing Workshop—We introduced
opinion writing. An opinion piece consists of three sentences (or
more). The first sentence states an opinion (I like inside recess.).
The next two (or more) sentences give reasons why. The students each
wrote an opinion piece about watching TV or playing outside.
- Reading Workshop—Students are
working daily in Literacy Centers. While students are working independently,
I am meeting with small groups to focus on different reading skills.
During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills
they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.
- Word Study— We focused on the -at
word family. Students participated in various activities where they had to
identify a picture and match it to the correct word. We also practiced
building words that have the -at ending (cat, bat, rat, mat, etc.).
Our sight word was “of”.
Important Dates:
- Feb.
26-March 2: Dr. Seuss Week (more details below)
- Feb.
28: Cox CARE Mobile
- March
8: Reading Journey Ends (logs due)
- March
9: End of 3rd Quarter
- March
12-16: No School - Spring Break!
- March
20 & 22: Spring Conferences (be watching for more info)
Book Bags
Keep
reading and returning the book bags every Friday. Also, please encourage
your child to read these books several times before returning them.
It would be best if you are reading the books each night. Please
take care of these books while they are at your house.
Sight Words—Keep
practicing!
I is like
see my a the be
have
it he she to
can with go we me
you
and are they in of
Reading Journey
I hope you and your child are finding a special
time each night to work on our reading journey. Remember, our goal is to
complete fifteen reading activities. This reading journey will end on
March 8th. Reading logs need returned by March 9th in order for
your child to participate in the reading journey celebration.
Celebrate Reading ~ Dr.
Seuss Week ~ February 26-March 2
Please encourage your child
to participate as we celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday all week.
We will read different
books each day.
Monday - Cat in the Hat - Hat Day
Tuesday - Sleep Book - Pajama Day
Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday - Wacky
Clothes Day
Thursday - Hooray for Hair - Crazy
Hair Day
Friday - Fox in Socks - Crazy Sock
Day
Next Week:
·
Our theme will be Dr. Seuss.
·
We will begin decomposing the numbers 9 and 10..
·
Our sight words will be “do” and “not”.
·
We will continue to work with word families.
·
We will continue opinion writing.
Have a Great Weekend!!
Mrs. Vestal
No comments:
Post a Comment