Tonight’s homework asks students to find the pictures that show equal parts. Please watch the video below for additional information about fractions.
Our spelling pattern is adding a silent e to the end of a word to make the vowel say its name. The video below can reinforce that rule 🙂
Writing Topic: Write two facts about your topic (each student will bring home a nonfiction book).
Your child’s homework tonight is about fractions. Please watch the video below for extra learning.
Below is a video about suffixes. Suffixes are added to the end of a root word to change the meaning.
Writing topic: Write three things that plants need to survive.
Hello Families! This is our last week together before Spring Break, so I am going to make sure that all of my students have plenty of good fit books in their bags to read over the break. Here is what our week will look like:
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Words
1. five
2. drive
3. mice
4. dime
5. time
6. slice
7. been
8. work
9. off
10. cold
Reading: We are going to read informational books this week. We will revisit nonfiction text features such as glossaries, bold words, headings, tables of contents, photos, captions, and indexes in order to comprehend what we are reading. We read nonfiction books to gain information about a topic and this type of reading is very important in order to strengthen academic vocabulary and understanding. I strongly encourage you to visit libraries, bookstores and our myon site in order to provide opportunities for your child to read all sorts of books. This will make him/her stronger in reading and ALL subject areas.
Math: We will begin learning about fractions (equal parts of a whole). When wholes are divided into equal parts or fair shares, we can talk about these parts with fractions. The top number (numerator) tells what part is colored or missing and the bottom number (denominator) tells how many equal pieces the whole is divided into. I encourage you to practice fractions at home with your child. Divide shapes such as circles, squares, and rectangles into equal parts and color a fraction. Your child should be able to tell you the fraction that goes with each picture.
Science: Living Things: We are learning about the needs of plants and animals. We will read informational books about plants and study the plant parts. Students will learn that plants need air, water, space, sun, and nutrients to grow.
Social Studies: We are continuing to look at maps. Students should be able to identify the land and water on a map. Exposing your child to all sorts of maps is helpful for this unit and to develop his/her map reading skills. We will also look at human characteristics which are parts of our earth that humans have created such as buildings, roads, parks, etc. Physical characteristics are things that were created through earth’s natural processes such as mountains, oceans, hills, trees, and rocks.
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Hi Families! The homework tonight was another review for tomorrow’s math test. Below is a video to help with math story problems:
click here for story problem video
Writing topic: Make a map of your bedroom.
Below is a basic video about maps:click here for map video
I loved seeing some of you at book bingo 🙂
The homework tonight will be another review for our Math test. Below is a helpful video.
We are also learning that two “pushed” together is compound word.
Writing Topic: What is your favorite Daily 5 choice? You need a topic sentence, two reasons, and a closing sentence. Here is an example:
When it’s my turn to make my Daily 5 choice, I always choose Read to Someone. First of all, I love reading to my friend. We like the same kind of books. Another reason is that we help each other when we get stuck on words. Finally, its fun to read with different partners. All the choices are great, but Read to Someone is the best!
click here for compound word video
Have a great day and stay warm!!
Tonight’s homework is practice for our upcoming test. The difference is the answer to a subtraction problem and the sum is the answer to an addition problem. See the video below for reinforcement.
Have a great night! Enjoy the weather!
Hi Families!
Here is our homework and writing topic for tomorrow (Monday) 🙂
Our homework is a graph. Students have to read the graph and answer questions about it. There is a video to help with this concept.
click here for graphing video
Writing topic: I wrote it on their homework: What is your favorite kind of weather? Give two reasons.
Below is a video about syllables (word parts)
click here for syllable video
Have a great evening!
Hello Families! Why is it still snowing ?? I hope you are all staying warm. Here are our plans for the week:
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Words
1. make
2. take
3. name
4. game
5. page
6. race
7. their
8. sleep
9. wash
10. before
Reading: We are learning to identify the central message in the stories that we read. This is the lesson that the author teaches us through the characters. We are also continuing to identify the story elements: setting, characters, major events (beginning, middle and end), and problem/solution. We will look at ways that authors try to appeal to our five senses with words like: crunch (hearing), ouch (touch), beautiful (sight), delicious (taste) , “smelled like roses” (smell).
Math: We are continuing to distinguish between 2 D and 3 D shapes by looking at their attributes (numbers of sides, edges, vertices, length of sides ) etc. We are even building these shapes with materials such as marshmallows and toothpicks. We are also working on the make a ten strategy. Please watch the videos posted on the blog as the students find them so helpful to reinforce what we are learning about in class.
Social Studies: We are sorting examples and nonexamples of places with absolute location. Places with absolute location do not move and have an address.
Science: We will look at data about the relationship between the amount of daylight and the time of year. We will then create a graph representing this information and read and interpret the data to answer questions.
Writing: We are completing our opinion writing about our favorite special class. They did a really good job with this, so look for their published pieces soon.
I strongly encourage my students to go on myon, moby max, and khan academy at home. These are excellent resources that help reinforce the curriculum and extend their learning. I am always available for assistance, so please never hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
Have a great weekend!
Homework tonight asks students to look at 3 D shapes again. See the video below for an explanation of vertices, edges, and faces
click here for faces, vertices, and edges video
Below is a video about nouns.
click here for noun video
Writing topic: Do you like indoor or outdoor recess better? State your opinion and give at least two reasons.
Here is an example:
Recess is awesome, and I like indoor recess better. One reason is because we get to play with Legos and I love creating buildings. Another reason is because I love to do puzzles and Mrs. Klan has a ton of puzzles! Any kind of recess is great, but I like indoor recess best!
Many of our students do not have crayons. Please make sure that your child has a set of crayons as we need crayons for many of our assignments. Thank you for your cooperation!
Tonight’s homework is revisiting the “make a ten” strategy that we’ve been working on. They’re getting so much better at it!
See the video below for help with this:
click here for make a ten strategy
Tonight’s writing topic: Make a list of places with absolute locations. These are places that have addresses and do not move.
Please see the video below that reviews proper and common nouns.
click here for common nouns
If you are able to send in a box of tissues, that would be so helpful! Thank you!
Have a great night!