Reading:  We will be working on reading and understanding informational text.  We will focus on the special text features of informational texts including bold text, glossaries, table of contents and captions.

Writing:  We will be focusing on informational writing.  This week we will begin with writing a “how to” piece.  We will be writing “how to make a snowman”.

Math:  We will be focusing on word problems, adding and subtracting and money.

Science:  We will be learning about the properties of water: solid, liquid and gas.

Social Studies:  We are learning about locations and human and natural characteristics.

Spelling:  we will have a spelling test this week.

Yesterday your child brought home their science test.  Most of our students did an awesome job!

I have a great group of little scientists!

Please look at the test and talk to your child about it.

Next week our testing window opens for the NWEA.  Hopefully you attended Mr. Awada’s parent meeting last week that explained the testing to you.  My students attended a similar meeting today with Mr. Awada.

Please make sure your child is reading each night for at least 20 minutes.  Please make sure your child is practicing basic math facts and operations as well.

I hope to see lots of progress in your child’s results on the test this time around!

My apologies for the late blog post, I had some difficulty logging in this week due to some district server issues:

Math:  we are learning about place value, base 10 and greater than/less than.

Reading:  we are continuing to practice reading strategies in decoding and comprehension.  We are also taking the DRA this week.

Writing:  we are continuing to write opinion pieces.

Social Studies:  we are learning about equality and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Science:  we are learning about weather and meteorology.

Spelling:  we have no new words this week

Tomorrow if you are bringing food for the cultural celebration tomorrow, please bring it in the morning.  We need to see how much food we will have to share.  Also, your child may wear any special clothing that represents your family culture.

Thank you,

Mrs. Rydlicki

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This week I will begin DRA testing.  Students should test at a level 8 or higher in order to be at grade level at this point in the year.

We will take our social studies assessment and begin our science assessment as well.

NWEA testing will begin later this month.

We are writing opinion this week in writing. We are continuing story problems, place value and greater than /less than in math.

I hope everyone had a wonderful break!  Now that we are back, it is time for end of semester testing!  We will be doing the DRA test, NWEA test, and end of unit tests for Math, Science and Social Studies.  Please continue to read with your child and complete homework on a daily basis.