I hope you had a great 3 day weekend. We were busy with family and friends! It was lovely to have three days to relax! Of course, the most exciting part of our week last week was watching our chicks hatch! They are growing so fast! Some even have feathers on their wings! They will be heading to their forever home soon! If you want to give one or two a home and you have not let me know please do so today (Monday).
Reminders:
Monday (4/17): Reading Homework- Self Selected reading
Optional Homework will be emailed
Tuesday (4/18): Tuesday folders come home. Please unload and return on Wednesday.
Library Check-out. Please help you child remember to bring their books
Wednesday (4/19): Guidance Lesson with Mrs. Amiri
Spirit Night at Newks
Thursday (4/20): Principal's Coffee
Friday (4/21): Reading Log check
This week in Reading and Writing Workshop...
We will be completing our Independent Research Project. The students have chosen sources, read information, thought about what was important and wrote down brief facts to use on their presentation folders. We will be finishing our research in the next couple of days then creating our presentation. Our plan is to share on Friday and Monday. We will be live streaming our presentations on Periscope. I will send out a presentation order on Thursday.
Spelling Words for this week...
Rule: The long (o) sound at the end of a word is
spelled oe as in toe. The e is silent.
The long (o) sound at the end of a word is spelled ow
as in cow.
toe blow toad grow
foe coal row
Challenge Spelling Words
Rule: The long (o) sound at the end of a word is
spelled oe as in toe. The e is silent.
The long (o) sound at the end of a one syllable word is
spelled ow as in cow.
The long (o) sound in the middle of a word is spelled
oa as in coach.
coach oboe arrow known
croak bungalow approach
Reading Homework:
To help us prepare for 2nd grade we will begin self selected reading at home. In second grade the students are expected to read for 20 minutes each night from a book of their choice. As students become more independent they can read silently to themselves. At our house we split the time. My third grader reads aloud to us for 10 minutes and reads to herself for 10 minutes. For the remainder of this year I would like the students to read 15 minutes each night and record their reading on their Reading Log. Encourage them to read books that are appropriate yet challenging!
This week in Math...
We will be reviewing Telling time to the Hour and we will introduce telling time to the half hour. We will discuss how the clock counts by fives. We will relate our study of fractions to telling time to the half hour.
This week in Social Studies...
We will be learning about how different cultures shape our community. Some of the big ideas from this unit are Communities share different cultures. Family and community beliefs,customs, language, and traditions are important to families and communities. It is important to understand different cultures.
Have a great week!
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