Hello Families!
I hope you are enjoying your weekend. Here is a look at this week’s learning:

Spelling

Words

1. such

2. much

3. inch

4. bunch

5. catch

6. hatch

7. be

8. have

9. like

10. will

Reading: We are taking a brief break from informational reading and enjoying some narrative stories this week. We will learn that folktales are stories that have been retold across generations and they always teach a lesson. We are going to continue to use a BMME (beginning, middle, middle, and end) chart to organize our story retelling. Students should be able to read or hear a story and then retell it to you including the important details and main idea. They should also be able to identify the setting (where the story takes place), main characters, and important events in order. They can practice doing this with you at home with their bag of books. Let’s make sure we are reading those books. We have NWEA testing immediately after our winter break, so this will help prepare them to meet their goals.

Social Studies: We are learning how families buy goods or receive services to get what they need and want. This week we will learn the terms producer and consumer. A producer is someone who makes the goods and consumers are the people who buy and use the goods. Here are some examples of goods and services:
Goods: apples, computers, glue, clothes, house, car
Services: teachers, mail delivery, fire fighters, car washes, movie theaters, hair salon

Science; We are learning about different types of weather and that some weather can be severe (tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, thunderstorms, floods). We are also learning about ways to stay safe during weather that might be dangerous. Also, we continue to learn about the characteristics of each of the four seasons.

Writing: We are finishing up our publishing for informational writing about the seasons. This week, we will begin writing personal narratives (true stories about ourselves) again. We will begin by writing about a time we were scared.

Math: Please continue practicing how to tell time to the hour and half hour. Many students are finding this challenging. This week, we are learning how to measure using nonstandard (cubes) units and standard (inches and centimeters) units. We continue learning how to read and interpret data (information) on graphs. Additionally, we are still learning how to represent numbers with base tens and ones blocks. Please let me know if you would like me to send some home for additional practice.

Many of the students have told me that they are using Moby Max and Myon at home. This is so exciting. I promise that if they practice math and reading with these tools, they will improve in both areas. I appreciate your support at home and if there is ever anything I can do to help you,please contact me. My goal is (of course) to teach your child, but I want your child to love reading and feel safe and happy at school.

Each month, I will choose a student of the month and “bucket-filler.” Bucket-fillers are people who say and do kind things to others. I will announce the selected students on my blog.

Snack: Please send one or two healthy snacks with your child. Our afternoons are quite long and a healthy snack helps us concentrate until it’s time to go home.

Thank you so much for your support!