Another week has come and gone and we were so busy that I forgot to post my blog!! Sorry!

Here’s what’s coming up this week…

READING-Sea Creatures   We’re starting with SHARKS today.

WRITING-Informational Writing about Sea Creatures   We’ll be gathering information about the creatures of the sea, organizing the information, use proper grammar and punctuation, etc for this week’s writing.

I will be giving them a lot of information and, as always, I will be checking for comprehension.

SPELLING- “ad” chunk words  Dad (MUST begin with  a capital letter, it’s a name), mad, sad, glad, pad, bad, lad, tad      him   his

MATH-In anticipation and preparation for NWEA (week of May 14) I will be doing reviews of several MATH concepts, units, etc.  This week I will be reviewing addition and subtraction problems and I will be stressing to  check the sign. Look for the +  or – sign.

SCIENCE-Sea Creatures

SOCIAL STUDIES-Timelines    Yesterday, today, Tomorrow

Have a great week and enjoy this beautiful Spring weather!

Mrs. Smith

“Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.”  -Dr. Seuss

Tomorrow is Spring Pictures Day.  A form went home on Tuesday.

We are sooooo busy in here!

Our main focus right now is SCIENCE.  Last week we planted sunflower seeds.  As with all SCIENTISTS, we are learning how to observe, record our observations, compare data, and predict.  The students are so excited each morning to see the growth of their plant.  We have made entries for 2 weeks now and I am impressed with their observations.  Good SCIENTISTS in here.

READING-Seeds   We read The Sunflower House.

WRITING-INFORMATIONAL (with descriptive words about a specific flower.)

MATH-Graphing   We will be making different kinds of graphs (in order to set them up as reviews for NWEA in a few weeks) and comparing the graphs.  we started today with a pictograph of different pets.

SCIENCE-Seeds and Plants

SOCIAL STUDIES- Taking a stand on an issue  (on report card)

I tired to take some pictures of them “observing” and recording information with their plants today. I know I didn’t get each student this time but you’ll get the idea.

Stay dry, warm, and I hope you have power.  🙂  About 3/4 of my class was without power this weekend!

Mrs. Smith