Hi Families,
I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. I wanted to send a reminder regarding the human body projects. These are due this Thursday, January 31st. You are welcome to come view all of the projects at 2:30 that day. We also have MAP Testing tomorrow, January 29. We will test first thing in the morning. Please remember that these tests are simply a way for me to look at student growth and improve teaching strategies for certain skills. If your child is absent tomorrow, I will schedule a makeup test with Ms. Nanni. She oversees MAP testing.
Here is our week at a glance:
Riggs: Continuing multiletter phonograms, daily spelling words! Please remember to go over your child’s spelling words with them every night. They are tested every morning on their words. You can make it fun! Write in shaving cream, pudding, bathroom markers, dry erase markers on the window, etc. You can find their words in their Riggs notebook and planner.
Monday: still, place, sit, set, report
Tuesday: never, found, side, kind, our
Wednesday: hour, line, life, here, worth
Thursday: every, more, less, wind, print
Math:
· Coins are used to count amounts of money
· The associative property of addition allows the grouping of addends together in any way we would like when we add
· A polygon can be identified by its number of sides and angles
Essential Questions:
· How can I find out how much a collection of coins is worth?
· What strategy can I use to add a list of numbers?
· How do I describe plane figures such as rectangles, pentagons, and hexagons?
Mathematical Language:
· Congruent, minus, fraction, line segment, number line, inch, largest, smallest
Reading: Students will understand that: Recess at 20 Below by Cindy Aillaud
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information. Reading a range of text types.
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Our Battle of the Books winner was The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Coincidentally, the Children's Theater is showing this play later this year. Since this is the book that won our battle, I am booking a field trip to see the play. I will let you know dates at a later time.
IEW/Writing: Students will continue participating in choral reading of source texts, create story sequencing charts, locate nouns and verbs in sentences, and write key word outlines. Using those key word outlines, we are now practicing sentence and paragraph writing. We also write about our weekly reading on Writing Wednesday! We then practice illustrating our writing.
Core Knowledge: The Human Body
A. BODY SYSTEMS
- Skeletal system: skeleton, bones, skull
- Muscular system: muscles
- Digestive system: mouth, stomach
- Circulatory system: heart and blood
- Nervous system: brain, nerves
B. GERMS, DISEASES, AND PREVENTING ILLNESS
- Taking care of your body: exercise, cleanliness, healthy foods, rest
- Vaccinations
C. SCIENCE BIOGRAPHIES
- Edward Jenner
- Louis Pasteur
Thank you,
Ms. Kelsey Stacy
