We will be having a Hat Day tomorrow, Friday, to raise funds for our PBiS store.  Pay $1 to wear a hat all day in school.  Help support our school store! Thanks!

Reading: all about ocean animals

Writing: Sharks and whales informational writing

Spelling: him, his, dad, had, bad, tad, lad, sad, glad, mad

Math: mixed addition and subtraction (pay attention to the symbol)

Social Studies: Timelines- yesterday, today, tomorrow

Upcoming events (6 weeks of school left) : 

Mothers’ Day Tea: Wednesday, May 9th

Field Day: Friday, May 11th

GreenField Village trip: Wednesday, May 23 (note coming home soon)

Kindergarten Picnic: June 12th

Last day of school: June 15 (half day)

Note about Field Day:

Dear Howard Elementary Parents & Guardians,

We’re excited about this year’s Field Day event! It is going to a fun-filled day for all of our students. The big day is scheduled for Friday, May 11, 2018. This event will include a variety of fun and team-building games and activities. All parents are welcome to attend. As you know, in order for Field Day to be successful, we need the help of many parent volunteers. Below you will find the schedule for the day. We will need volunteers for both the morning and afternoon. Please return the bottom portion of this form by Friday, May 4, 2018. You may also sign up via Sign-Up Genius at www.SignUpGenius.com/go/409054BAEAF2EA6FC1-howard1 .

We hope to see you there and we appreciate all of your support!

Have a wonderful week!!

Ms. Mohamed

Reading: Beetles; The ant and the grasshopper; The elephant and the bees; Insect Hide and Seek

Phonemic awareness:

• Long vowels and short vowels review
• CVCE: hope, cape, cute, ripe etc
• S-blends: sl-, sc-, sn-, sw-

Spelling: what, bug, hug, tug, slug, rug, mug, jug, plug

Writing: we will be writing a riddle about an insect or any other object of interest. It will state as follows:

I am an insect. I am ___. I can __. What am I? Hint: I can/have __.

Math: geometry- 2d and 3 d shapes: identify sides, faces, corners/vertices. build a a 3d shape using playdough and toothpicks.

Social Studies: take a stand on the an issue in our world. Students will work in groups to come up with a slogan and create a poster together. examples include:

• Don’t be a litterbug
• Never let the water run
• shut off the lights when you leave the room

No need to bring in money. A form was sent out for a choice in poses. If you don’t make a choice, the photographer will make a choice for your child. Pictures will come in and you may get to see them in advance. If you like them, then you purchase them online or send in money. You can buy all of them or a few pieces. Any pieces you do not like, please return them. If you do not like them, then you can return them.

READING: Sunflower House; Anasi and the melon; Poem-In my garden, Mary Mary Quite Contrary;  The rabbit and the elephant

STRATEGY OF THE WEEK: Making connections-self to text connections: This story reminds me of ___.

PHONEMIC AWARENESS: s-blends- st-, sm-, sp-, sk-

SPELLING: as, pot, got, not, rot, forgot, spot, trot

WRITING: Informational descriptive writing- students will pick a specific flower and describe how it looks like. A __ is a flower. It is a plant. It has _(big/small/many/few)__ petals. etc.

MATH: graphing- we will explore, create and analyze graphs. Focus will be on bar graphs and pictographs.

SCIENCE: Continue to observe and document growth of our sunflower.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will introduce Earth Day. We will identify an issue that is happening on Earth and come up with ideas to help save the Earth. Topics we may cover:

• types of pollution: air, land, water
• the 3 R’s- recycle, reduce, reuse
• saving the Earth’s water

Have a wonderful week!

-Ms. Mohamed

If you can donate snack, that would be greatly appreciated!

-Ms. Mohamed

Welcome back!!!!

Reading: We will be reading Seeds Secrets; The Conceited Apple Branch, Poem: Acorn, The Talking vegetables.

Comprehension Strategies:

• collecting new information and creating a thinking web
• collect new vocabulary
• practicing rhyme
• creating speech balloons/dialogue between characters
• identify the genre of the text read aloud along with authors purpose.

Spelling words: he, she, out, sit, pit, wit, fit, kit, slit

Writing: We will be writing an informational about flowers. We will learn about writing a topic sentence and expanding on our thought about flowers. Sentence stems: Flowers are plants. It needs__. It has _.

Math:We will learn about forming numbers in different modalities. For example: if your child has the number 12 then your child will need to create a flower with petals attached. On each petal will be a different mode of the specific number your child will get. 12 would have 2 tens and 2 ones, 12 tally marks, 12 on a double ten frame, 12 on a 2 dice, 12 pictures of an object.

Science: We will be planting a flower and document its growth. We will plant the seed and measure its growth. We will record it as data.

Happy Monday!

-Ms. Mohamed

Enjoy your spring break! Homework is just read and enjoy reading with your family each and everyday 😊

-Ms. Mohamed

Reading: We will read The tiny seed; How a seed grows; I’m a seed; From seed to plant (mostly these are informational text so the purpose will be to inform).

Comprehension: Author’s purpose- P.I.E: Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Phonemic Awareness: R-blends (cr-, pr-, fr-, dr-)

Spelling/sight word/word family: when, ten, men, pen, hen, yes, no

Note: Spelling Test will be on Thursday

Writing: Opinion- Which Dr. Seuss was your favorite? Students must state the book they like the most and reasons why. Sentence stems:

My favorite book was___. I like the part when ___.

Math: More number bonds/part-part-whole. Students will continue to build and create number bonds in many ways and use multiple manipulatives such as unifix/linking cubes, objects, pictures, fingers, numbers and base ten blocks to complete number sentences. We are reviewing  composing and decomposing within 6, 7, 8, 9.  This will help with completing missing addends coming soon.

Science: Students will learn about-Living and non-living things, Plant needs to survive (soil, air, water, space, sun) and plant parts (roots, stem, leaf, petals, seeds).

REMINDERS:

• No school Friday, March 30-April 8-Spring break

Spirit week:

Monday- Pajama day & know what country your family originated from

Tuesday- Mismatch day & receiving a template of the flag your from color and return tomorrow

Wednesday-Wacky hair day or Hat day & turn in flag colored

Thursday-Sports day