We are still focusing on mental math and plan to take the math test next Friday. Next week we will finish up our last lesson and complete a few workshop days for review and practice.
Reading
We are finishing up theme 11 today with our theme test. We are starting theme 12 next week, which is called, "To the Market, To the Market" and we will discover in literature how our food gets to our tables! We will also be learning about finding important details in the text.
Writing
We are learning all things poetry and reading a lot from a favorite poet of many, Shel Silverstein! Next week we are kicking off a poetry project where students will choose a short poem (I'll have plenty available in the classroom), memorize it, and write it on a poster and give it to the class. We will work on our memorization, poster, and presentation here at school during Writing time next week.
Science
We focused on animal classification this week and are digging into animal habitats next week! It sounds like each student has chosen their animal to research for the at-home project so far. I can't wait to see their presentations in a few weeks!
NEXT WEEK
Vocabulary
- freight: goods, like coal, wood, or food, carried on a train or truck
- consume: use up a product or food that we buy
- distribute: to divide something up and send it out to different people or places
Sight Words: happy, open
Spelling Words: batch, bridge, hitch, judge, ledge, badger, punch
*We are focusing on the -dge and -tch spelling pattern this week*
Hope to see everyone at ROCK THE HOUSE tomorrow! :)