{"id":1620,"date":"2016-04-01T11:38:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2016-04-01T11:38:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:38:54","slug":"week-of-april-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/2016\/04\/01\/week-of-april-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of April 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome\u00a0back! I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable holiday and break.<\/p>\n<p>Coming this week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We are starting a new unit called <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Amazing Creatures: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Week1<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>-Interesting insects<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reading:<\/strong>We will read plenty of informational and non-fiction books about all kinds of insects this week. We will read to collect information to guide our writing. \u00a0We will also read\u00a0a play about An Ant and The Grasshopper\u00a0we will create a Frayer Diagram to record characters, setting, Author\u2019s Purpose, and a favorite part of a story.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comprehension strategy: Asking questions<\/li>\n<li>Comprehension skill: \u00a0Classify and categorize<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Writing:<\/strong> Its all about informational writing! We will be asking questions about insects and answering in complete sentences. \u00a0We will ask a question and research an answer using the text provided or the infamous Google.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For example:\n<ul>\n<li>Can a lady bug fly? Yes, a ladybug can fly.<\/li>\n<li>Can bugs live in the water? Yes, some bugs can live in water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Word Family:<\/strong> (-ig) big, fig, gig, jig, pig, rig, twig<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spelling Words:<\/strong> he, she, yes, no, insects, jig, big, wig, rig, twig<\/p>\n<p><strong>Math:<\/strong> We are starting a weaving project. \u00a0We will also practice basic addition and subtraction. To practice with your child make sure they pay attention to the symbol (+,-).\u00a0 We will also review reading clocks to the nearest hour. We will also continue practicing writing number 0-100.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science:<\/strong> We will continue our investigation about plants. Some plants have sprouted! We will observe how much our plants have grown over break and record our findings in our science journal. We will continue to identify what plants need for growth and create a flip book. We will also discuss what photosynthesis means to plants. Photosynthesis means the process of how plants make their food.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is a really cool game to play under class links called <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Growing Plants<\/span>. I introduced it in the classroom. Your child will love it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have a great week!<\/p>\n<p>-Ms. Mohamed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome\u00a0back! I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable holiday and break. Coming this week&#8230; We are starting a new unit called Amazing Creatures: Week1-Interesting insects Reading:We will read plenty of informational and non-fiction books about all kinds of insects this week. We will read to collect information to guide our writing. \u00a0We will also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":756,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/756"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}