I cannot believe that it is March already! Here are our plans for the week:

Spelling Words
say
tray
away
gray
may
day
once
would
live
open

Reading: We are continuing to read literature. Students should be able to identify the characters, settings, and major events in the story. We are working on distinguishing between important events (key details) and irrelevant events so that when we RETELL the story, it gives a clear, interesting picture of what happened in the story. They are also learning to look at the text features of books to determine whether it is an informational book or fiction book. Finally, we are learning that quotation marks show that someone is speaking in the story. They are learning to use clues from the pictures and the words to identify who is telling the story at different points in the book.

Writing: We made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on Thursday and now they are writing narratives about that experience. They are learning to add details to their beginning, middle and endings so that their writing is interesting.

Math: We will begin our unit on geometry. This week, they will look at the attributes of shapes. They will learn to identify shapes by looking at their attributes (how many sides and angels does it have? Are all the sides the same length like in a square or are they different lengths like in a rectangle?)

I am continuing to look at their NWEA scores and I am giving students math workshop stations, activities, and homework packets depending on the areas where they need extra support. These packets are not “due” at any point in time. I am sending them home as extra practice and support.

Have a great weekend and enjoy this sunshine!