Week of March 29th

This week we will be reading the story Red, White, and Blue while working on inflected endings, facts, and opinions.  We will also be learning about quotation marks.  In math we are learning about place value and numbers up to 1000.  We are going to start learning about dinosaurs this week which is a very exciting time in our classroom!

Week of March 21st

  I can't believe we're beginning our last reading unit for this school year!  We're going to learn about how traditions and celebrations are important in our lives.  This week we will focus on why sports are important in our country.  We will read a wonderful realistic fiction story called Just Like Josh Gibson.  The comprehension skill we'll focus on this week is understanding how to compare and contrast.  Our phonics and spelling skill this week is contractions.  Remember, we'll take our spelling test on Thursday this week, as we are off on Friday and Monday.  In language arts we will be learning more about when to use capital letters.   In science we will begin our weather unit.  The students are excited about that!  During art, we will create some cute chicken Easter baskets.  During math we will finish up Topic 16:  Graphing and Probability.  Then we'll begin working in Topic 17:  Numbers and Patterns to 1,000.  Have a great week!

Week of March 7th

We only have 2 days of school this week.  We will be writing our very own add on stories!  Time to be creative.  In health we will be learning about our respiratory system, eyes, ears and how to take care of our bodies.  In math we will be finishing up time and starting a unit on graphing.  We have had fun celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday.  A special thank you goes out to Josiah's grandma for providing our class with some amazing cupcakes to celebrate this amazing author's birthday.  Enjoy your days off.  On Wednesday the teachers will be working on curriculum and staff development.