Hello Families!
Tuesday’s homework will involve students writing numbers in expanded form. Please see the video below 🙂
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Here is a prefix video as well:
Writing Topic: Would you rather it rain or snow?
Topic sentence
two reasons
closing sentence
Tonight’s homework will be about place value. This video will help:
Our spelling pattern this week is ea. This video will help
Writing topic: Write one thing that was the same and one thing that was different about life in the past and life today.
Remember our concert is today at 2:30 . Hope to see you there 🙂
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you fantastic mothers! I hope you enjoy this beautiful weekend and a wonderful day in your honor. Here are our plans for next week 🙂
Spelling
Words
1. eat
2. seat
3. please
4. leaf
5. treat
6. read
7. myself
8. keep
9. drink
10. only
Reading: We are continuing to explore nonfiction (informational) texts during Daily 5. They are getting really good at using text features such as bold words, glossaries, tables of contents, indexes, captions, and photos to gather information about a topic. The subjects that we have been learning about include animal and plant life cycles and plant needs, animal characteristics and plant parts, and weather/seasons topics.
Writing: We are writing opinion papers, which must always include a topic sentence. This is where they state their opinion such as : I really enjoy going to recess, and playing on the swings is the most fun! They are asked to give reasons (three) to support their opinion and then restate their opinion once more at the end (closing sentence).
Math: We are learning about place value. This is tricky for many students. They must know that the value of a number changes depending on where it appears in a number. For instance, in the number 783, the value of the 3 is three because it is in the ones place. The value of the 8 is actually 80 because it is in the tens place and the 7 is worth 700 because it is in the hundreds place. We are learning to mentally add and subtract 10 to a number by increasing or decreasing the number in the tens place by one.
Science: We are exploring the life cycles of many living things. We learned that all living things go through changes and stages and this is called a life cycle. We are also comparing animal characteristics among parents and their babies by observing how many legs they have, body coverings, beak shapes, etc.
Social Studies: We are revisiting studying the past and present by comparing and contrasting schools, family life, and transportation then and now.
Please remember to send in a snack (or two) with your child as we no longer receive a snack from the cafeteria. I usually have cereal to share for those who forget their snack, but that goes very quickly with 26 students. If you are able to send in a healthy snack such as Cheerios, we would greatly appreciate it.
Let’s a have a great week!
Tonight’s topic is to make a BMME chart showing the life cycle of a butterfly. These vocabulary words might help: Caterpillar, egg, chrysalis, butterfly, pupa 🙂 I hope to see some of you at the ethnic dinner tonight 🙂
Tonight’s homework is a review for the next math test. They must add the tens and ones and then decompose numbers to add tens and ones.
click here for decomposing numbers
videosingular and plural nouns
Have a great day!
Hi Families!
Homework tonight will involve deciding which number represented with tens and ones is greater. See these videos below:-)
Below are examples of compound words:click here
Writing topic: What is your favorite sport? Write a topic sentence (It’s fun to play sports, but soccer is the most awesome) and give two reasons. End with a closing sentence (Soccer is the greatest game ever!)
Have a wonderful day !
Here is a video that will help with tonight’s homework concept:
click here for adding tens video
Here is a video showing our new spelling pattern “ee”
click here for spelling pattern video
Writing Topic:
Write and event that happened in the past and an event that is true for the present.
Here is a video showing some of the number grid patterns:
click here for number grid pattern
Here’s one more 🙂
Writing Topic: Do you like rainy days or sunny days? Give two reasons.
Good morning, families! Although we are done with our NWEA testing, I strongly encourage you to continue working with your child at home. I am making sure that they all have good fit books in their reading bags, and I will continue to send math stations home as needed. Many students are doing a fabulous job of writing in their notebooks about the topic I assign in class, yet several are not doing this. Please know this writing practice will help them become better readers and writers and I hope they also develop a love for literacy along the way. Here are our plans for the week:
Spelling
Words
1. feel
2. peel
3. deep
4. free
5. need
6. green
7. about
8. never
9. seven
10. today
Reading: We are continuing to explore nonfiction reading. We use text features such as captions, photos, glossaries, indexes, table of contents and heading to locate key details about a topic. This information helps us learn about topics such as plants, animals, and weather. We organize this information on a graphic organizer in order to show that we comprehend what we are reading.
Writing: We are revisiting opinion writing. We state an opinion about something, provide at least three reasons, and end with a closing sentence. This week, we are writing about our favorite type of reward party.
Math: We continue to look for shapes that are divided into equal parts (halves and fourths). Also, we are learning to use the number grid to look for patterns such as adding or subtracting ten to a number. Eventually, the goal is to be able to mentally add or subtract ten to a two digit number. We are practicing by using base ten blocks, illustrations, number grids, and number lines. Please let me know if you need materials to practice this at home.
Science: We continue to learn about plant and animal needs. We are learning that all living things go through stages or life cycles and we are comparing and contrasting these life cycles. Additionally, we are observing our “lawns” that we planted and cut. We will be planting wheat grass in straw and recording observations.
Social Studies: We are studying the terms past, present, and future. Additionally, we will learn how to use a calendar to distinguish between days, months, and weeks. Please take time to talk about and explore different types of calendars. These skills help us learn about chronological order and sequencing.
Have a fantastic weekend !
Tonight’s homework will be adding or subtracting ten using a number grid. Please watch the video below:
Here is a video showing that ou and ow can make the same sound. The ow sound is in our spelling pattern 🙂
What is your favorite subject in school? Write a topic sentence, provide two reasons, and add a closing sentence. Here is an example:
I love all the school subjects, but Reading is the best. First, I love reading all kinds of books, and Mrs. Klan has so many! Another reason I love reading is because I like to read with a friend. We get to do “Read to Someone” during Daily 5. Finally, practicing reading makes me feel smarter. Science and Math are fun, but Reading is my number one choice!