{"id":581,"date":"2017-03-20T10:37:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T14:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsvensko\/?p=581"},"modified":"2017-03-20T10:37:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T14:37:21","slug":"news-from-mrs-venskos-room-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsvensko\/2017\/03\/20\/news-from-mrs-venskos-room-12\/","title":{"rendered":"News From Mrs. Vensko’s Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please put your child on readingeggs.com<\/a> at home and have them do a couple of lessons each night.\u00a0 This can count on the reading log in the homework for some of the nightly reading!<\/p>\n

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Upcoming Events<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

3\/20 \u2013 3\/24 PTA Popcorn Sales<\/strong><\/p>\n

3\/29 Conferences (Only for families contacted by teacher)<\/strong><\/p>\n

3\/29 PBIS Celebration \u2013 Game Day (puzzles and board games \u2013 no electronics)<\/strong><\/p>\n

3\/31 PTA Ice Cream Social<\/strong><\/p>\n

Agenda for the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading\/Writing:\u00a0<\/strong> We are still working on narrative writing. The children know that narrative writing is to tell a story and to entertain the reader. The children are practicing using transition words (first, next, then, last) to sequence events that happen. \u00a0We began using all of the information that we have brainstormed to complete our writing blueprint (graphic organizer).<\/p>\n

Spelling words for next week will be in the homework packet coming home on Monday<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Math:\u00a0<\/strong>We took our +9 math quiz on Monday<\/span> due to school being closed last week. We took it just to see how we could do and most of the children did a wonderful job!Friday<\/span>, we completed our +10 math quiz. Yesterday, I sent home the -0 flashcards for practice. We will take the -0 quiz on Friday, March 24th<\/span>.<\/p>\n

This week continued learning about comparing numbers using the greater than, less than, and equal to symbols. We also focused more on subtraction and different ways to decompose numbers. We practiced drawing the biggest number with circles and then crossing off the number of circles being \u201ctaken away.\u201d We also reviewed using a number line to subtract. We started practicing putting the biggest number in our head and the small number on our hands, then counting down<\/strong> to find the answer. Example: 7 \u2013 4 =? \u201cI have 7 in my head and 4 on my hands (hold up 4 fingers). Touch your head and say 7, then put down one finger at a time while counting down (backwards), 6, 5, 4, 3. Three is the answer.<\/p>\n

Please continue to practice counting by 1\u2019s, 5\u2019s, and 10\u2019s to 100 with your child at home. Also practice counting to 30 by 2\u2019s (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20\u2026..).\u00a0 Other activities you can practice at home are using tally marks to count objects, identifying 2D\/3D shapes around the house of community, and really making sure your child has good one-to-one correspondence when counting (this means that they touch each object as they are counting and count all objects correctly).<\/p>\n

Science: <\/strong>We are still learning about the basic needs of living things. This week we began comparing living and nonliving things. The children completed a book about living and nonliving things where the children had to complete the words of each thing that was living or nonliving by cutting out the letters and listening to the sounds they heard in the word.<\/p>\n

Social Studies: <\/strong>We began discussing maps. We talked about the shape of Michigan and located where we live on our hands! The children observed that our state looks like a mitten. We reviewed the name of our country and what the flag looks like. We will continue talking about maps and globes and complete activities to reinforce this topic.<\/p>\n

Housekeeping Items:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Children need a snack each day!<\/strong> Please do not send candy as a snack. The children need a healthy snack each day such as fruit, crackers, cheese, yogurt, granola bars, etc.\u00a0 As a reminder, no juice is allowed in class for snack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please put your child on readingeggs.com at home and have them do a couple of lessons each night.\u00a0 This can count on the reading log in the homework for some of the nightly reading!   Upcoming Events 3\/20 \u2013 3\/24 PTA Popcorn Sales 3\/29 Conferences (Only for families contacted by teacher) 3\/29 PBIS Celebration \u2013…
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