Week of March 17th
Reading: Our weekly reading story this week is
Journey to the Center of the Earth. We will practice identifying the
cause and effects in the story to help us better understand what we are
reading. This week in reading we will be spending a lot of time on the various
elements of fiction and nonfiction texts. Today we made an anchor chart, which
we will use throughout the week as we identify texts as fiction and nonfiction.
In stations, students will focus on identifying the main idea and supporting
details, analyzing characters, and identifying the text features of their
nonfiction National Geographic,
Math: Students will take the Unit 11 this
Friday. This week we will be covering surface area and will also get in a lot
of practice with volume of the 3D shapes we have been working with. Study
guides will be due on Thursday, as we will use these to review for the test.
Writing: Today we began our compare and
contrast writing unit. The students and I filled out a T chart after reading
about 2 different types of snakes. Students began a rough draft paragraph using
this graphic organizer. Students will create their own T chart comparing and
contrasting an animal of their choice this week. Students will use this chart
as a foundation for the compare and contrast paragraphs they will develop later
on this week.
Spelling: Students will have a spelling test
on Thursday over the words for Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Social Studies: Please contact your child’s
Social Studies teacher for an update in this subject.
Science:
Please contact Mrs. Smith for an update in this subject!
Other
Notes:
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Students will be
watching the Social Health video this Friday afternoon. Please contact Jan
Kennedy, the school nurse with any questions.
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I am SO proud of
everyone for their hard work on ISTEP last week! I am confident that our hard
work over the last couple months is really paying off J
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