I hope you have all had a wonderful week! The weekend looks like it will have some beautiful weather. I hope you are able to go out and enjoy it with your kids! Here is what we have planned for next week and some important things coming up!
Reading
This week, we worked on inferences. We will continue to hit on this throughout the rest of the year. The students did a really nice job being able to identify what schema they had about a topic, what clues came from the text, and then use that information to make an inference.
Next week, we will be working on characters, reviewing character traits and looking at how characters change throughout a book. This is something you can practice at home if you watch movies. The students can see how the characters changed from the beginning of the movie to the end.
Writing
We will continue to work on informational writing next week. The students worked on identifying the main idea of a short video this week. Next week, we will work on identifying the main idea and details in an article. We have introduced the idea of close reading which is reading an article or piece of writing more than once looking for different things each time. They get to be text detectives as they research. :)
Math
We are about ready to wrap up our unit over addition with regrouping. The plan is to test over this unit on Wednesday. Please continue practicing facts at home with your student.
Between our addition and subtraction units, we will be reviewing everything we have learned in math this year. This way they don't forget anything. :)
Science
We will continue to learn about the body next week. This week, we learned about the digestive system. We did a fun activity this week using a bag, crackers and water to demonstrate how the digestive system works. Next week, we will work on the nervous system. If you get a chance, we have body posters hung up outside the room showing the lungs, heart, stomach, small and large intestines. Check them out!
Valentine’s Day Party
Our
V-Day Party is February 11th from 1:45-2:30. We will be
decorating bags during the day to put student Valentine’s (if your child would
like to decorate a Valentine’s Day Box to bring in to the classroom s/he
may). When bringing in Valentine’s to share please bring enough for
the entire class – we have 24 students
in our class. It is a lot easier when passing out Valentine’s to fill in
the “From” but to leave the “To” blank so that we are not having to search for
the correct bag – this can be really time consuming!
RBE Showcase
The
RBE Showcase is being held February 29 from 10:30-11:00. This will be a
chance for your child to showcase something that s/he has been learning
about. More information will be coming but mark your calendars!!
Reading Week
Reading Week is March 7-11. If you would like to be a mystery reader, let me know. I will be sending out a Sign Up Genius next week with available times so you can sign up if you would like. Also, Friday, March 11 will be Book Character Day, so start planning their outfits now. :) Remember, the costumes need to be school appropriate.
Parent Teacher Conferences Forms
If you haven't returned the parent teacher conference request form, please do so next week. We will be scheduling conferences soon and I want to make sure everyone can attend. Our goal is 100%!
Miss Rottjakob
If you haven't returned the form for Miss Rottjakob to give permission (or not give permission) for her to use your student's work for her projects, please do so next week.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Ross and Miss Rottjakob
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