Hello Families,
I hope you are all staying warm or finding comfort in the homes of friends and families during this power outage. Here are our plans for the week.
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Words

1. my

2. cry

3. fly

4. sky

5. buy

6. guy

7. very

8. your

9. its

10. around

Reading: We will learn the difference between Fantasy and Realistic Fiction. Fantasy stories are those that could never happen and may include animals characters that talk, monsters, aliens, dinosaurs, or superheroes. Realistic Fiction is a “made up” story, but it could really happen. We will explore character traits, key details, setting, and beginning, middle and end. We will also look for a moral, lesson, or central message after reading a story. We have been learning about homophones. These are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Here are some examples: meet/meat, no/know, past/passed, hair/hare.

Writing: We will begin working on an opinion piece about our favorite special class. They will select their favorite class such as music, gym, art, computer lab, science, or library. They will provide three reasons for liking this class the best.

Social Studies: We are learning that places with an absolute location are those that have addresses and do not move. Here are some examples of places with an absolute location: school, house, fire station, Kroger.

Science: We continue to learn about the sun and its importance for Earth.

Check out the photos from our Parent Open House, Legoland field trip, and Core Values assembly (January and February Bucket Fillers: Leena Alsaidi and Mohamed Murshed Student of the Month for Jan. and Feb.- Mya Zalghout and Fayed Fayed.) Many students received an award for their performance in Reading and Math on NWEA. They were recognized and received an award 🙂
I also included some exemplar writing samples. I am really impressed with some of their writing! I can tell many of you take time to sit with your child and write at home 🙂 Let’s keep up the momentum and great work!