Hello Families!
I hope you had a great week together. Here are our plans for the week:
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Words
1. where
2. what
3. when
4. why
5. which
6. white
7. wheel
8. very
9. your
10. its
Reading: This week, we will learn about concrete poetry. These are poems that are poems that are written in the shape of the subject or topic. The authors of these poems usually use words that appeal to our five senses or provide information about the topic. This week, students will learn to state the topic of the poem, identify the sensory words in each poem, and write a concrete poem of their own. Additionally, we will look at ways to determine who is telling the story or speaking at various points in the story.
Writing: We will write concrete poems and begin publishing our “How-to Make Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches.” When your child is responding to the topic in their writing journal at home, encourage him/her to have a discussion with you about the topic first. This helps him/her plan his/her writing and helps them all respond more creatively and thoughtfully. They should also be beginning each sentence with a capital letter and ending with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark. Some of their illustrations are really awesome and advanced. We don’t always have the time or opportunity to add illustrations to our writing at school, so I love that they take their time to include them at home.
Math: We are working on solving for the missing number. These can be tricky, so I encourage you to practice at home and watch the khan academy videos that I post. We are also working on solving story problems with more than two addends. They should be able to determine whether a problem is addition or subtraction. Finally, we are learning turn around facts. So, 5+6 gives the same sum as 6+5
Social Studies: We are going to begin our units on maps, locations, symbols, and map keys. We will learn that maps are illustrations from an aerial or bird’s eye view. This week, we will illustrate a map of our classroom and playground. It would be great if you can look at maps together either online or otherwise just to give your child additional exposure and experience with different map keys, symbols, and details.
Science: We are learning that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Also, they understand how to compare patterns in the earth’s rotation and observations of daily changes in the sun’s position by illustrating the sun and the earth during day and night.
Please remember that our field trip to Lego Land is on Friday. Chaperones received a note last week.
Have a great week!