- Watch the WHOLE video
- Pause where I ask you to and practice on a lined sheet of paper. (If you need more, we have a whole drawer in our classroom for your use to take home!) Bring this practice paper into class by Thursday!
- Comment on THIS blogpost with your cursive thoughts for the week by Wednesday Night!
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We are still working our way through Mental Math Strategies with Addition and Subtraction! The best way to help your child during this chapter is making sure that they are continuing to practice those math facts! If you are looking for any extra math materials at home please let me know and I'll be more than happy to send some home with your child. Next week we're diving into subtraction strategies. READING Our mentor texts next week are Snow Day by Lester Laminack and Brave Irene by William Steig. Through these mentor texts, we'll be identifying the lesson as we read. WRITING The students are drafting their biographies this week! Next week, we'll be revising and editing our pieces. SCIENCE Next week we will be wrapping up with our Pebbles, Silt, and Sand unit. Students experimented this week with what happens when NEXT WEEK: Spelling Pattern: -oil, -oy Sight Words: why, these, maybe, white, ready Grammar Focus: Plural Nouns Comprehension: Identifying Lesson & Comparing Stories Vocabulary: trudge, imagine, splendid, fret, scattered Global Studies: India IMPORTANT NOTES: > January Homework Bingo is due Wednesday, January 31, 2018 > Please read the cursive blog for week 3! > Next Wednesday, January 31st is the 100th Day of School! Students are free to dress up as if they were 100 years old. :)
Here we are at week 2!
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We're had our test today over measurement and will be starting mental math next week. We'll be learning strategies to add and subtract in our head and learn how to break apart numbers. We'll spend about 3 weeks on this unit before testing. READING Our mentor text this week is Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, by Judith Viorst. We'll be learning how to find the lesson and moral of the story when we read. WRITING We are working on biographies and next week students are going to begin a biography and research on a person of their choice. We're on WEEK 2 of cursive! See the additional blogpost for the video and information. SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES We're working through our Science investigation of Pebbles, Sand, and Silt. Next week we'll talk about what silt is and how it's created. NEXT WEEK: Spelling Pattern: -age, -arge Sight Words: while, may, than, pull, head Grammar Focus: pronouns Comprehension Skill: Lesson/Moral of the Story Vocabulary: tuition, ratty, vanish, negotiating, wasteful, rescue Global Spotlight: India IMPORTANT NOTES: > Report cards for Quarter 2 came home last week. Please keep the report card, and sign + return the envelope. > If you placed a Scholastic order this month, our box should be coming in by the end of next week!
It's time to begin CURSIVE! How exciting!
After reading this, please take a minute to sit down and flip through the packet I sent home with your child yesterday detailing how this will work! If your child was absent today, you can see a PDF file of the packet in our Resources tab or by clicking HERE! :) We're doing a "flipped classroom" approach, meaning students will watch the instructional videos at home each week and practice, then do extra practice in the classroom. The reason behind this is to not only increase their technology skills, encourage responsibility and time-management, and to have MORE time to practice at home that they wouldn't have time for in the classroom. The videos are normally 10-18 minutes long and students need time to pause and practice, so please allow 30 minutes (minimum) per week for this at home. You can break it up by doing one or two letters a night, or do it all in one. Whatever you choose, it must be completed and practice pages must be returned by THURSDAY of each week. Same day as their book in a bag! :) The weekly cursive blogpost will be sent out on Friday, so they will have six days to complete the checklist below. Each week your child will: 1. Watch the entire cursive instructional video 2. Practice on paper WHILE watching/pausing the video, then bring in that practice paper by Thursday. This MUST be done on the lined paper I send home. 3. Leave a comment on our weekly cursive blogpost. (Comment can be: their favorite letter, toughest letter, a question, etc.) Students who complete that checklist above ON TIME at least 11 out of 13 weeks will get to participate in an ICE CREAM PARTY! *I've included in your information packet writing paper you can copy/use at home. I will have some available at school as well for your child to take home, too. *If your child does not have internet access at home, please let me know as soon as possible so we can arrange an accomodation. Here is week ONE! Get your pencil and paper ready! Don't forget to have your child leave a comment below when they're finished!
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We're working through measurement in inches and feet. This week we've practiced estimating and measuring to the nearest inch and nearest foot! This is an excellent skill to practice at home. READING Our mentor texts this week will focus on biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr. We'll be continuing to learn how to locate facts in a nonfiction text as well as learn about timelines and dates in literature. WRITING We are working on biographies and next week students will work through the writing process on a biography about MLK Jr. We've started CURSIVE! See additional blogpost for information. SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES We're still working through our Science investigation of Pebbles, Sand, and Silt. This week we talked about how sand is created and broken down. NEXT WEEK: Spelling Pattern: --ice Sight Words: pretty, sun, which, love, hard Grammar Focus: Commas Comprehension Skill: Locating Key Facts + Details Vocabulary: protest, leader, equality, peace, march Global Spotlight: India *We're continuing the same comp. skill, grammar, and vocab into next week with the two short weeks back to back. IMPORTANT NOTES: > Report cards for Quarter 2 come home today. Please keep the report card, and sign + return the envelope. > No school Monday in observance of MLK Jr. Students can explore this clickable buncee doc to extend their learning about him at home. |
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