Scientists at work

Look who’s 6 years old…

Ameer Fakhoury                                           Eman Abdullah

Derek Mincey           Hussein Sobh

Hooray for Easter and Spring Break!!! I wish everyone a safe travel to Florida (and other places that the kids have been mentioning to me) and to Grandparents, friends, and family homes.

When we return, here’s what will be happening…

READING-Unit 9  AMAZING CREATURES   Our theme for Week 1 is Interesting Insects.

COMPREHENSION STRATEGY-Asking Questions

COMPREHENSION SKILL-Classifying and Categorize

SPELLING WORDS-he  she  yes  no  insects  wig  rig  big  jig  twig  (10 words this week)

WRITING-We will be generating questions and researching for answers.   Of course, we will do our regular routine of…

Mon., -Introduce

Tues-whole group writing,

Wed.-Prewrite

Thurs.-Revise and Edit

Fri.,-PUBLISH WRITING and Share with Class

After reading a play about An Ant and The Grasshopper we will create a Frayer Diagram to record characters, setting, Author’s Purpose, and a favorite part of a story.   Lots going on in here.

MATH-We’ll be working with subtraction,  using 10 Frames, and we’ll play a Math Game with our Buddies.  Please work with Subtraction at home.  Use real happenings in your home to illustrate/use subtraction.  

SCIENCE-We planted some seeds last week.  As SCIENTISTS, while wearing our lab coats and safety glasses, we observe our plant, check for similarities from last week, look for differences from last week, and record our observations in our Science Journal.  We date each entry, draw a picture of what we see, and write 2-3 sentences about our findings.  We are real Scientists!  I’ll post some pictures from today.

Again, have a Blessed Easter and Spring Break.

Mrs. Smith

A short week this week but, as usual, I will try to fit in 5 days’ worth of learning and lessons into 4 days!

Here goes…

READING-Unit 8 Week 3 (Week 3 of each unit is always the REVIEW week of weeks 1 & 2).   What’s in my Garden?

COMPREHENSION STRATEGY-Recognize story structure

COMPREHENSION SKILL-Draw Conclusions

LETTERS-K  k   U  u

SPELLING WORDS-here  was   said  little  bun  fun  sun  run

WRITING-a poem

MATH-A Function Machine  ???

SCIENCE-Seeds and Plants    We planted some seeds today.  We entered our observations in our Science Journals.  We are SCIENTISTS!

This week…

Wednesday-Library Book Due

-Evening conferences    (I have contacted those parents that will be coming in for a conference.)

Friday-No School

Happy Easter and Spring Break!

Mrs Smith

WRITING-We will be writing Similes.  Once they understand them, my kids enjoy writing with similes.  Look for some to come home.

MATH-We will continue to decompose numbers less than 10, into pairs, in more than one way.   For example, 7 can be decomposed (broken apart)  into 3 + 4    or  1 + 6  or   0+ 7 

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Also, make 2 groups of spoons, shoes, bracelets, paper clips,…

Compare the groups as “less than, greater than, or equal to.”

For example, make 2 groups of pencils.

The first group has 8 pencils.  The second group has 6 pencils.

The first group is greater than the second group.

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Thirdly, practice composing numbers 11-19 using 10’s and 1’s.

For example,  17  is  1  10   and  7  1’s

or      10  is   1   10  and  0   1’s               

Shhh…I think Spring is on it’s way!  We are enjoying these warmer temperatures by having Recess!!  Yipee 🙂

READING-Unit 8  Week 2  SEEDS AND PLANTS  

ORAL LANGUAGE-Building Background

COMPREHENSION STRATEGY-Recognize text structure

COMPREHENSION SKILL-Retelling

WRITING-We’ll write an Informational Book.

SPELLING- Thank you for your help at home with the spelling words.  Not only does it help your student to do well on the weekly tests, but it shows and teaches them good study habits and the importance of completing assignments.  In addition to our reading unit words,  we will be working with the “ug” chunk.  Look for some words in your daily/evening reading with your child.  Here’s this week’s list:

                              here  was  bug  hug  mug  tug  plug  plants

MATH-A Study Guide went home today…VERY easy.  I will be checking them next week for those concepts on the Study Guide.  Simple Addition/Subtraction, > < =, missing numbers in a sequence, 10 frames (back side of Guide).  Again, VERY easy!  The students are doing quite well in MATH and READING/WRITING.  Thanks Parents!

SCIENCE-Plants 🙂  What do plants need to live?  We’ll make a flip chart.

What grows from seeds?

What are some different ways seeds travel?  How do they get from here to                                   there?

Looking Ahead…

3/15  Spring Pictures

3/18  Roller Skating Party (P.T.A. sponsored event    A Flyer went home today with details.)

End of third quarter

3/25-4/1   NO SCHOOL   Spring break

I think that’s it for now.  Stay well.  I have fever, flu, strep and ear infections in here.

Enjoy your weekend and Keep Reading!

Mrs. Smith

We finished our unit about WEATHER and now move on to Unit 8 PLANTS.

READING-Week 1 of Unit 8  How Trees Grow

COMPREHENSION STRATEGY-Recognize text structure

COMPREHENSION SKILL-Retelling

WRITING-STEPS IN A PROCESS

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!!  

SCIENCE-We’ll be observing plants.  Observation is a keep step in the Scientific Process.  

Since March is Reading Month, I would invite some “guest readers” to come in and read a story for 10-15 minutes.  Days and times are:

9:00-9:15    Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays,or  Fridays

3:00-3:15   Mon-Friday

If you are interested in reading a short story to the class, please see me to schedule a time.

Enjoy the remaining snow??

Mrs. Smith