Archive | March 2016
Updated Reader Schedule
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 @ 9:00: Maya’s mom
9:10: Adam’s mom
3:10: Zein’s mom
Thursday, March 24, 2016 @3:10: Layla’s dad
Week of March 21
Happy Spring!
Four days this week. Short week-Spring break begins Friday, March 25. Students will return Monday, April 4th.
We planted our flowers last week, so why not dive in and learn about different kind of flowers????
Reading: We will read Sunflower house, The Garden Grows, and the Elephant and the Rabbit.
Writing: We will be writing a description about a particular flower. Students will pick a flower and write its description. Sentence stem: ____ are ____. Examples include: roses are red. Roses can have sharp thorns. Roses are beautiful.
Word Family: (-un) bun, fun, sun, run, stun
Spelling words: little, said, here, was, bun, fun, sun, run, plant, grow
Spelling Test Thursday!
Math: Subtraction practice. Students will practice decomposing number 10 using manipulatives. 10-7=3, 10-6=4, 10-5=5
Science: Plant parts and planting investigation continued. We will create diagrams of a plant and labeling its parts. We will continue to monitor plants currently growing.
Students of the Month of February
Congratulations to the students of the month of February:
Celine Soueid
Naveen Alkadi
Tristian Lahay
Keep up the great work!!!!!
Week of March 14th
Literacy Unit: How plants grow?
Reading: We will be reading Seed Secrets, Poems: In my garden, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, The conceited apple branch
Writing: How seeds get to certain places. Sentence stem: Seeds travel____.
Word family: -ug ( bug, hug, plug, tug, mug, shrug, snug)
Spelling words: here, was, hug, tug, bug, mug, plug, plants
Math: review base-ten counting, clocks to the nearest hour, add and subtracting fluently within 5, greater and less than within 5. Math test Thursday. Study guide was sent last week for review. If you need the study guide, refer to last post.
Science: We are planting! We are investigating plant needs for survival and plant parts.
Keep in Mind:
- Late start, Wednesday, March 16th.
- Last day for 3rd card marking period- Friday, March 18th.
Updated Readers Schedule:
Friday, March 18, 2016 @ 9:00: Ali D.’s mom
9:10: Naveen’s mom
3:10: Nora’s dad
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 @ 9:00: Maya’s mom
9:10: Adam’s mom
3:10: Zein’s mom
Thursday, March 24, 2016 @3:10: Layla’s dad
Thanks to our second round of readers!
Important things coming home today!
- A Study Guide for your child’s math test was sent home today. The test will be Thursday next week. We will review all concepts next week. Please practice and get your child prepared.
- Note for Skate night by the PTA came home today.
- Picture day is Tuesday, March 15.
- Late Start is Wednesday, March 16.
-Ms. Mohamed
Week of March 7th
READING-Week 1 of Unit 8 How Trees Grow
COMPREHENSION STRATEGY-Recognize text structure
COMPREHENSION SKILL-Retelling, sequencing
WRITING-STEPS IN A PROCESS (First,__. Next,___. Last,___.)
WORDS-little said
LETTERS-K k Ck
SPELLING WORDS- up down cop hop mop pop stop grow trees
MATH-Money!! Adding coins quarters, nickels, dimes, pennies-Let them count your change. Like many other things in life, practice, practice, practice!!
Writing numbers 0-100
SCIENCE-We’ll be observing plants. Observation is a keep step in the Scientific Process.
Updated Schedule for parent readers:
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 @ 9:00: Deanna’s mom & Xavier’s mom
9:10: Jake’s aunt
3:10: Nora’s mom
Friday, March 11, 2016 @ 9:00:Hassan’s mom
9:10: Ali Y.’s mom
3:10: Ali C.’s mom
Friday, March 18, 2016 @ 9:00: Ali D.’s mom
9:10: Naveen’s mom
3:10: Nora’s dad
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 @ 9:00: Maya’s mom
9:10:
3:10: Zein’s mom
Notes:
- No homework this week. Read the books in the bag and record your minutes daily. Turn in your reading tickets on Friday!
- Practice Spelling words this week. Test on Friday!