Welcome back!

We will begin Unit 7-WEATHER.  This week’s theme is Kinds of Weather.   We will read a non-fiction book called A Rainy Day. During the week we will discuss the difference between weather and temperature.

We will also recognize and produce rhymes.

LETTER-  “E  e”

WORDS- This  this   Do  do”

WRITING-We will work on writing a weather report.

I have developed a writing workshop and my students are now in full swing of the writing process. My weekly writing routine is–

Mondays I introduce our writing focus for the week. Tuesdays we work on the focus together and find examples in our reading or how we use the writing in every day life.  Wednesdays the students do their prewrite.  Thursdays I revise and edit with each student.  Fridays we publish and share our writings.  As you can see, they are very busy with reading and writing. My students have been using this routine for several months now and are comfortable with new weekly expectations. (For example, students now know that all sentences begin with a capital letter, have spaces between words, and end with punctuation.  They also know that certain words, like our Reading Words, need to be spelled correctly.  They know where to find them around the room.  Students also know to use good, new, descriptive vocabulary and correct grammar.) It’s so exciting to watch them grow into becoming readers and writers.  I was reading their Journals recently and was noticing with pleasure how far they have come and we’re only half-way through the year!

SPELLING WORDS-We will work with the et word family.

           get   met   pet   set   this   do

I have a”helper word” for each of the short vowels.  Their “helper word ” for the short e is “egg.” 

short a is “apple”     short e is “egg”    short i is “igloo”

short o is “octopus”   short u is “umbrella”

MATH-We will work with the dime.  We’ll also play a coin exchange game. We will review number stories and the hundreds chart.

SCIENCE-We’ll be discovering materials that help with waterproofing.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will dive into maps and interactive maps. We will discuss the compass rose (north, south, east and west)

Tomorrow is the 100th day of school. You can send in an item that can fit in a Ziploc bag  count with friends. This is completely optional.

Thanks,

Ms. Mohamed