Week of Feb. 22nd

This week we will be reading a story called Bad Dog Dodger, working on silent consonants, theme, and plot.  We will also be working on the pronouns I and me and our 3rd quarter writing assessment.  We will also start writing a book report.  In math we will continue to work on measurement and start learning how to tell time to the nearest 5 minute.  In Science we will learn about teeth and our body.  It should be an exciting week.

Week of Feb. 15th

This week we will be reading a story called One Dark Night while working on sequencing  and prefixes.  We will be writing a response paragraph and learning more about pronouns.  In Social Studies we will be celebrating President's Day and learning about Ruby Bridges.  We will continue to learn about capacity in Math.

Week of Feb. 8th

This week we will be reading the story Firefighter and working on words with the suffixes ly, ful, er, and or.  We will also be working on the comprehension skill of main idea.  This week in Social Studies we will be celebrating Chinese New Year and learning about Rosa Parks.  Pronouns will be our focus in Language Arts.  In art we will be making some Heart Art and learning about Jim Dine.  In math we will continue to work on measurement focusing on perimeter and area.  Thursday we will have our Valentine's Day party!  The spelling test will be Thursday.  There will be no school on Friday due to parent teacher conferences.  I hope to see you either Monday or Thursday at your scheduled time.  

Week of Feb. 1st

This week we will be reading Helen Keller and the Big Storm while working on words with oo, ue,ew, and ui sounds.  We will also focus on fact and opinion.  Groundhog's Day will be celebrated Tuesday.  We will also be learning about an artist named Jim Dine who was famous for painting hearts.  We will paint hearts too!  In Social Studies we will be learning about Harriet Tubman & Rosa Parks.  In Language Arts we will be writing a response paragraph and working on adverbs.  In Math we are working on measurement.  It will be a busy week.

Week of Jan. 25th

This week we will be reading the story I Like Where I Am while working on the diphthongs oi and oy.  We will also be working on theme and plot.  In Social Studies we will be learning about American Symbols and directions.  We will finish up fractions in Math and start a unit on measurement.  Adverbs will be studied in Language Arts.  Please sign up online for a conference with me.  Information went home tonight on how to do this!

Week of Jan. 11th

We will be reading the story The Lifecycle of a Pumpkin while working on varient vowels, fact and opinion.  We will be writing friendly persuasive letters this week as well as working on adjectives.  In math we will continue to work on geometry.  In Science we will be spending time learning about the moon, sun, and our solar system.  We will start working on map skill in Social Studies.

Week of Dec. 7th

This week we will be reading about George Washington Carver, working on words with comparative endings and cause and effect.  We will be working on the verbs am, is, are, and was.  The students will be writing about an animal for their 2nd quarter writing assessment.  In Science we will be learning about heat, light, and sound energy.  In math we will continue to work on addition and subtraction with regrouping.