Literacy Homework: Thursday, March 25

Today you will be reading about two other fabulous countries located in Europe: France and England!

a) Go tohttp://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/wr/article/0,28138,491279,00.html to read about France.

b) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal
1) What is Versailles? Would you like to visit? Wy or why not?
2) Name two facts about the Siene River.
3) What painting is recognized as the most famous painting in the history of art? Where is it found?
4)If you would like to visit the Arena (amphitheater) to what city would you go to?
5) If you had to decide whether to visit the city of Nice or Cannes, which would would you choose? Why?


c) Go to http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/wr/article/0,28138,605516,00.html


d) Answer the following questions:
6) Why is Liverpool most famous for?
7)Which city is the birthplace of the playwright William Shakespeare?
8)What are some of the many wonderful things you could see in London?
9)Why is the Thanes River known as "liquid history"?
10)What architectural landmark can you fid in Bath?

Science Fair Projects

I have posted a bunch of useful sites at the side of this blog. Please check these out to choose a Science Fair Project.

Remember:
- Your project must be a question; something you are trying to find out.
- You must use a question that you do NOT already know the answer to.
- You must be able to use the Scientific Method to test something to answer your question.
- Let me know your question once you have it.
- All experiments will have to take place IN school, as we are completing this project during class. This means you can't use big machines that we don't have access to in our classroom.

Happy Searching!

Literacy Homework: Wednesday, March 24

Finally!!! A different country!!!
a) Go to http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/wr/article/0,28138,1870511,00.html to read about Egypt's Great Sphinx, City of Cairo, Nile River, Luxor, Adriatic Desert, and Mt. Sinai.


b) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal:

1) Describe the Great Sphinx.

2) What is so special about the Nile River? Why is its water precious to the Egyptians?

3) State an example of how Cairo blends new customs with old traditions.

4) List two interesting facts about the Adriatic Desert.

5) As a tourist waht can you find in Luxor?

c) Go to http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/wr/article/0,28138,536075,00.html to read about a boy's life in Egypt.

d) Answer the following questions
6) What sounds enjoyable about Amr Adel's Day?
7) Just like you, Amr Adel goes to school! What is similar to your school? What is different?

Literacy Homework: Tuesday, March 23

a) Go to http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/wr/article/0,28138,726919,00.html

b) Click on Italy's 6 cities (Turin, Milan, Venice, Pisa, , Florence, and Rome), region(Tuscany) and mountain (Mt. Etna) to read about them.

c) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal:
1) What problems is the city of Venice encountering?
2) In what city did the 2006 Winter olympic Games take place?
3) What city is Italy's economic and fashion center?
4) Where can we find Micahelangelos famous statue, David?
5) If in Rome, what places would you like to visit?
6) List two interesting facts about Mt. Etna.


d) Go to http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/wr/article/0,28138,734211,00.html
to read about a girl's day in Italy.

e)Answer the following questions:
7) What did you like about Ilaria Ritzi's day?
8) How is her day similar to yours? How is it different?

PS. Promise next time we will read about other countries! I just love Italy! Don't you?

Literacy Homework: Monday, March 22nd

Today you will be reading two articles from the Time for Kids magazine! Remember to visualize! Enjoy!

a) Go to http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/wr/article/0,27972,1970540,00.html

b) Read the cover story of TFK magazine: Chile: A Shattered Nation

c) Answer the following questions on your reading journal:
1) What is the main idea of the article?
2) What is the epicenter?
3) The quake was extremely powerful!!! What difference this this earthqauke cause on our 24-hour day?
4) What other natural disaster followed the quake?

d) Now, go to http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/wr/article/0,27972,1970541,00.html

e) Read the article I am an Astronaut

f) Answer the following questions:
1) What is the main idea of the article?
2) According to Megan McArthur, how is exploring the ocean similar to exploring space?
3) In the year 2000, what did the NASA call Megan for?
4) What were two exciting things about traveling in space that Megan mentioned in the article?

Charla: "Preparando Hijos Adolescentes"

A reminder that tomorrow, Tuesday March 23rd, our school is offering a VOG presentaion: "Preparando Hijos Adolescentes", by Lic. Roger Martinez, at the Multipurpose Room, from 5:00-6:30 pm.

Week of March 22nd-26th

Literacy

Read Aloud:
We will finish reading Plantzilla, focus on parts of a letter and letter punctuation
We will also read Cinder Edna, by Ellen Jackson, focus on quotation marks and using context clues

Shared Reading:
IAW Charts- Plural Rules and Suffixes
We will be reading the two articles from TFK magazine assigned for homework this Monday to practice identifying the main idea.

Interactive Writing:
Suffix Chart- We will list common suffixes: -ful, -less,-er, -ly, and -ish. We will discuss and write their meanings and write various words that are written using the suffixes.

Independent Writing:
Continue Writing the final draft of the essay: My Favorite Rainforest Animal

Science Project: Students will finish working on the projects and display this week in class.

Oral Presentations:
Students will be presenting about their Favorite Rainforest Animal. We are hoping we can finish all oral presentations this week!

Students will also participate in Centers, Guided Reading, Independent Reading , and Book Clubs.

MATH:
We have been working lots on the Rules of Divisability. This was also sent home on a sheet to help students review at home. We reviewed it again today and students will be tested tomorrow. To review with them at home, do this 2 ways: by writing a number for them, and asking them to go down the list saying if that given number is divisable by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, or 10 (7 and 8 will not be test) and as well as telling THEM to draw the numbers: ex. "write a 4 digit number that is divisable by 3." or "write a 6 digit number that is divisable by 2."

Wednesday we will continue our new unit of division, looking at 'Exploring Division Patterns' and 'Estimating Quotients'. These two lessons will be quized Friday.

Timed Test: This week students will be tested on 4 as a divisor.

SCIENCE:
Monday (today) we attended a presentation on the Scientific Method. This is in preparation for the Science fair. ALL students will be required to work on a Science Fair project, using the scientific method. Students will be working on their experiments by themselves or in partners, and ALL work will be completed IN CLASS, including the display board. This week students will be choosing partners and experiments. After Semana Santa, students will begin bringing materials and starting their Scientific Experiment. Display boards may be brought in after Semana Santa

This week we are finishing our Rainforest Unit. Tuesday (tomorrow) is a quiz on the animal groups of the rainforest. This was an interactive editing lesson as a class, and then students were given the handout to complete the last groups on their own using interactive editing and finding key points. A great way to review this lesson would be to pull random facts from their page in their Science notebooks and ask which group that fact belongs to... example: which group of animals has hair? Which group has scales all over their body? etc.

Wednesday we will be finishing Lesson 5 on the food chain, predators, and prey. Thursday we will review and Friday will be the quiz.

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES:
This Friday will be early dismissal at 11:15am. Please take the time to sign up for a conference for this week. Ms. Leary's list is posted outside of the classroom and will take place Friday. Ms. Willett's sign-up is in the office. Please e-mail Ms. Willett (swillett@amschool.org) to set up a meeting time for any other day this week as well (instead of Friday).

Literacy Homework: Thursday, March 18th

a) Go to http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdking.htm

b) Read the biography of Martin Luther King

c) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal:
1) What does the word heritage in he second paragraph mean? Use a dictionary to help you!
2) What similar incident to that of Rosa Parks happened to Martin Luther King Jr. when he was in school?
3) The article says "Blacks and whites were segregated", state some examples of segregation that took place in those days.
4) Where did Martin Luther Kig Jr. deliver his famous speech "I Have a Dream" ?
5)What important action did Ronal Reagan take as a president to honor Martin Luther King Jr. ?

UPDATES for TESTING

The test for the Rainforest will not be this Friday. Due to photocopying problems, Father's Day celebration, and some lessons taking longer than originally expected, we will not be ready to write our test this Friday. Instead we will move the test to Wednesday of next week. Thanks for your understanding.

On another note, thank you for a wonderful Father's Day celebration. It was great to see so many special guests in our classroom today, and I know it meant a lot to the students.

Felicidades to all the Fathers. Happy Father's Day.

Father's Day Celebration & Empty Bowls

A few reminders:

Tomorrow, March 18th, we will celebrate Father's Day in our classroom from 9:00-9:50 am.

If they bought a t-shirt for Empty Bowls, students may wear it tomorrow (March 18th) with jeans. The Empty Bowls activity will take place tomorrow at 5:00 pm.

Literacy Homework: Wednesday, March 17

a) Go to http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdannef.htm

b) Read the biography of Anne Frank

c) Answer the following questions on your Reading Jouranal:
1) What did Anne's father decide to do for a living ( a job) when they moved to Amsterdam?
2) What did the Jews wear to be identified?
3) List some of the difficulties the Jews encountered when the Germans invaded the Netherlands?
4)How did they hide the door through which they entered their headquarters?
5)What did Anne mean by "nightly freedom"?
6)Where were the 8 peolpe taken when they were arrested?
7)What does the term "Holocaust" refer to today?

d) When you finish your homework you may play online games! There are plenty to enjoy: Jigsaw Puzzle, Crroword Puzzle, Word Search, Word Scramble, Matching, Flashcards, and the Concentration game! You may also view a slideshow. This is optional, however, they are lots of fun!!!

Ms. Leary - Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conferences will take place Friday, March 26th, 2010, from 12:00 to 3:30 pm. A sign-up sheet will be posted outside our clasroom on Monday, March 22nd. I am looking forward to meeting with you so we can discuss your child's progress. Thank you very much!

Special Requests

As the weather gets warmer, many students have been complaining of headaches or not feeling well. This are very much symptoms of dehydration. Students are not drinking as much water as they should be. It is recommended that we drink 6-8 glasses of water a day - more if we are exercising or it is warm outside.

Please ensure that your child is bringing a waterbottle to school every day, so that we may encourage them to stay hydrated, avoiding unneccessary headaches and sickness.

ALSO...

We have been going through MANY whiteboard markers, as students use them on a daily basis. Our supply has run short! Please send 2 whiteboard markers to school with your child so that we may replenish our stash.

Thank you for your assistance!

Literacy: Week of March 15th - 19th

Literacy
Dear Parents,

I am very excited after the opportunity of visiting several schools in California where they are implementing the Cell/Exll project our elementary school is working with. I aslo had the opportunity to meet other Litearcy Coaches. We shared experiences and I obtained feedback from them. Later, I presented in the International Literacy Conference in Mexico city. Overall, the experience was very productive and rewarding. I would like to thank you for your undestanding and support while I was away.

Sincerely,
Ms. Leary



This week we will be working on:

Read Aloud:
Plantzilla, by Jerdine Nolen, focus on parts of a letter and making inferences


Shared Reading:
Rainforest Poem, focus on elements of poetry

Interactive Writing:
We will be writing and understanding the plural rules and examples for each rule: when we add -s, -es, -ies, -ves, and irregular plural nouns.

Independent Writing:
Our students have been working very hard on their Father's Day Project and on the essay: My Favorite Rainforest Animal. They will be finishing both projects this week.

Students will also participate in Centers, Independent Reading, Guided Reading and Book Clubs.

Literacy Homework: Tuesday, March 16

a) Go to http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdtub.htm

b) Read the biography on Harriet Tubman.

c) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal:
1) What bad incident happened to Harriet Tubman when she was 12? What was the consequence?
2) What does the word covert on the 4th paragraph (besides the map) mean? Use context clues!
3) What did the slaves use as a guide when fleeing?
4) Why was Harriet known as Moses?
5) What different jobs did she undertake during the Civil War?

Week of March 15-19th

MATH:
Today we reviewed Perimeter, Area, and Volume in preparation for tomorrow's test. Students were informed Friday (and today) that there would be 2 parts to the test. The first part will be Volume and the second part an assessment of all 3: perimeter, area, and volume.
Wednesday we will be starting our next unit in Math: Division. We will be looking at rules of divisability then eventually into patterns in division as well as estimating. First test next week (not sure of exact date).


Timed Test: This week's test will cover 3 AND 4 as divisors. Please review these daily with your child.


SCIENCE:
We continue with our unit in Rainforests. Tomorrow we will discuss 'Animals of the Rainforest', Wednesday will be 'Food Chains'. Thursday will be a review day and then students will be tested on Friday. Next week we will hopefully be wrapping up our Rainforest unit.


PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES WITH MS. WILLETT:
Due to the amount of students and parents that I have, I would like to begin conferences before the scheduled date of next Friday, March 26th. If you would like to meet beforehand (especially those who know they are going away for Semana Santa and won't be able to make the conferences), please e-mail me to set up a meeting time (swillett@amschool.org). Meetings can begin after this Wednesday when students' third quarter grades have been input into the computer. Thanks.


FATHER'S DAY CELEBRATIONS:
We will be showing our appreciation to all Fathers this Thursday, March 18th from 9:00-9:50AM. All fathers are invited to join us for this special celebration!

Week of March 8th - 12th

MATH:
We finished our lesson in perimeter and have started on Area. We discussed area in general being the square units that cover a space by counting each square. Tomorrow we will be instead looking at the formula to find the area of a rectangle (Area=length x width, or A=LxW). We will continue and review this concept. The test will be Thursday. Friday we begin looking at Volume.
During the extra literacy blocks that we have once every 6 days, we've been having extra Math periods, during which time I have mostly been covering problem solving and word problems. Starting today, we are changing things up a bit and students will be working independently on Math centres, while I pull small groups for problem solving. I am hoping this will help to improve students' problem solving skills, but also gives students more one-on-one attention while others are reviewing past concepts in the forms of centres.

Timed Test: This week we continue with division: 3 as a divisor

SCIENCE:
Today we reviewed our first 2 lessons on the Rainforest. As stated last week, tomorrow will be the quiz for these lessons. In order for students to be able to study at home, I have made copies of both interactive editing/shared reading lessons that we used for these topics. They have glued them into their Science notebooks and have been reminded to take them home to study. Please review material with your child so that they are well-prepared for tomorrow's quiz.
Wednesday we will begin to dicuss (through an interactive editing piece) the Rainforest Strata (layers of the rainforest). Thursday, students will be working on an assignment where they have to draw the layers of the forest, including the plants and animals that live there. This will be done during class time. Friday will be a quiz on the layers (strata) of the rainforest.

LITERACY:

Dear Parents,

This week, I will be attending a Literacy Training in California and will be presenting at the International Literacy Conference in Mexico. I have planned projects, activities, and the daily homework assignment. Mrs. Bradley will be in charge of all these activities and will be teaching Literacy this week. We are very grateful for her help and hope she enjoys working with our students. As always, Ms. Willett and Ms. Aguilar are there for you if you need any help.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Leary

This week students will be working on:

Read Aloud
So You Want to be President?, by Judith St. George and David Small

Shared Reading
Fascinating Facts about the Rainforest, Animals, and Plants

Independent Writing
Father's Day Project
The children have been working with much effort and love on this project. They will continue to work on it throughout this week. Well done 4-A! Keep up the good work!

Rainforest Project
Students are working in groups on a Rainforest Project-My Favorite Rainforest Animal. It includes a written report and an oral presentation. The guidelines have been explained to the students in detail. They will have enough time to work on it at school. Other than to research online (to be done individually), it is not necessary to work on it at home.

Plato Test Results

Many teachers have been having problems collecting all the e-mails of parents in order to e-mail the plato test results for each child. Instead, we have decided to print out the results and send them home with each child. These results have gone home today.

I have attached this cover letter from the curriculum office that better explains the results of this test. Please use these results as a reference for the sections/areas where your child may be struggling. Remember that those areas may be things we have not yet covered.

If you would like to discuss these results more with me, please bring the paper with the results to the parent/teacher conferences and we can discuss them at that time. Please feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions or concerns (swillett@amschool.org)

Thanks,

Ms. Willett

Literacy Homework: Monday, March 15

a) Go to: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/education/story/alex/index.cfm


b) Read the story Alex Goes Exploring in El Imposible. Do the same as on the previous stories to go to the next page and the prevoius page.


c) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal:



1) Where does Alex live?



2) Why do you think El Imposible is a good name for that forest?



3) How or why did Alex become interested in the park El Imposible?



4) What interesting and strange animals did he see?


5) Oh, my! Did you see el rey zope? What can you tell me about it?



6) After visiting El Imposible, what does Alex want to be when he grows up?



7) What does Alex want to convince his friends Tirso and Luis of? Would you do the same?

Literacy Homework: Thursday, March 11

a) Go to http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/education/story/chayo/index.cfm



b) Read the story Chayo's Andean Home. Click on the illustartions to go to the next page. Click on the edge of the page with text to bo back to the previous page.



c) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal:


1) In what ways are you an Chayo alike? In what ways are you different?


2) Chayo is a very busy girl! Make a list of all the responsibilities she has on the farm.


3) Why is Chayo ALWAYS happy when school starts? Do you feel the same about school?


4) Of all the birds Chayo observes, which one do you like the most? Why?


5) Why do some birds live in Colombia for only half of the year?


6) Why do you think Chayo believes the Oso Andino should be called the spectacled bear? Look up the word spectacles on the dictionary if you do not have a clue! That will help you!

Literacy Homework: Wednesday, March 10

a) Go to http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/education/story/clara/index.cfm



b) Read the story Clara y El Armadillo. Click on the illsustrations to move to the next page. Click on the edge of the page with text if you need to go back to the previous page.



c) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal:


1) In what ways is Clara similar to you? How is she different?


2) What did Clara want to do with the armadillo?


3) What did the armadillo do every time it felt scared?


4) What did Clara do to become the armadillo's (Arturo's) friend and gain its trust.


5) What are some of the difficulties Arturo told Clara about when describing how dangerous his life can be?


6) What did Clara do to save Arturo from Sr. Matanzas' dogs?


7) What is the moral in this story?

Literacy Homework: Tuesday, March 9

a) Go to http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/education/story/ranger/index.cfm



b) Read the story My Dad the Ranger. Click on the pictures to move to the next page. Click on the edge of the page with text to move to the previous page if neccessary.



c)Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal


1) What is a reserve?



2) What does Akeem's father do in the reserve?



3)What are some of the things Akkem likes about being a ranger?



4) Why did Akeem say it is important to protect the red mangroves?



5) Of all the animals Akeem's has seen when in patrol which one would you like to see the most? Why?



6) Why do you think people are not allowed to fish near the islands that have corals?



7) Why do you think fishermen are not allowed to use nets when fishing?

Literacy Homework: Monday, March 8

a) Go to http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/education/story/manny/index.cfm

b) Read the story Manny Manatee and the Mystery of the Murky Water. Click on the illustrations to go to the next page. Click on the edge of the page with text to go to the previous page if you need to.

c) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal.

1) After reading pg. 3, what do you think the word murky means?

2) In the beginning of the story, what problems are the sea animals facing?

3) Why is Manny sent to the rainforest? What does she hear when entering the rainforest?

4) What causes Manny to fall asleep?

5) What news does toucan bring after investigating the cause of the murky water?

6) What different things does TIDE do for wildlife?

7) Do you think there should be more organizations like TIDE? Why?

Litearcy Homework: Thursday, March 4

a) Go to http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/animals.html



b) Click on the spider monkey, toucan, poison arrow tree frog, macaw, and sloth to read about these rainforest animals. It is 5 in total!! Or, you may click on the spider monkey first and then on next every time you are ready to read about the next animal.



c) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal.

1)Where do spider monkeys spend most of their time? Why?

2)Why are macaws diclining in number?

3)What are toucans distinguished for?

4)Why are toucans important to the rainforest?

5) Where did the poison arrow frog get its name from?

6) How do sloths sleep?

7) Which one of these animals do you like the most? Why?



Remember!!! Research on your favorite rainforest animal online. You will begin working on your project on Monday!!

Updates on Quizes

The perimeter quiz that was supposed to be Thursday, will be moved to Friday, as I would like to spend more time reviewing this with students before they are assessed.

Thursday's (tomorrow's) timed test was originally listed as 3 as a divisor (division) but we hadn't yet completed 2 AND 3 together on the same test, so tomorrow's timed test will be 2 AND 3 as divisors.

Monday was listed as a test for Science. This test will be moved to Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, depending on how long the interactive editing pieces in class take us.

Thanks for your understanding!

Ms. Willett

Literacy Homework: Wednesday, http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/endangered_animals/endangeredanimals_2.htm March 3

a) Go to http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/endangered_animals/endangeredanimals_2.htm



b) To read, click on each one of the animals. It is four animals in all, plus the map!! Do not forget to click on Australia's map!



c) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal.

1) Why do sea turtles return to shore each year?

2)When reading about sea turtles (second paragraph), use context clues to figure out the meaning of scramble.

3) Why are dugongs' habitat threatened?

4) What 2 talents do humpback whales possess?

5) State one reason corals die.

6) Write one interesting fact you learned about Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Virtual Manipulatives!

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/mathematics/ebook_assets/vmf/VMF-Interface.html

I've added this site to the side under our Math websites as well. Students can go here to play around with manipulatives like the geoboards and elastics that we used today in class to practice perimeter!

This is a great way to practice the skills learned at school and reinforce at home.

Literacy Homework: Tuesday, March 2

a) Go to http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/endangered_animals/endangeredanimals_3.htm

b)To read, click on every animal of the African Savvana. There are 5 animals in all. If you do not see the Black Rhinos, give it some time to come into view! Be patient! Click on the map of Africa! There's great information there too!

c) After reading, answer the following questions on your Reading Journal:
1) What are the different roles of male and female lions?
2) Why are there less zebras in the wild?
3)What fact did you like the most about the African Wild Dogs?
4) Why are African elephants hunted for?
5) Write 2 interesting facts about the Black Rhinos.
6) How were some parts of the African Savvana formed million of yeras ago?
7) How is a group of lions called? How is a group of elephants called?

Literacy Homework: March 1st

a) Go to http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/endangered_animals/endangeredanimals_1.htm

b)Click on each one of the rainforest animals you see on the screen to read and learn about it! Click on the map of America too!!! There are five animals in all, plus the map!!
c) Answer the following questions on your Reading Journal:
1) What is the difference between jaguars and leopards?
2) What is the most amazing fact you read about Golden Lion Tamarins?
3) Why are Hyacinth Macaws endangered?
4) What do Poison Dart Frogs do when they hatch?
5) Why doesn't the Three Toed Sloth have to eat too much food?
6)What do people get from the rainforest?

Week of March 1-5

MATH
We wrote our 3rd geometry test today, focussing on lines, and quadrilaterals.
Our next unit in Geometry will be exploring perimeter, area, and volume. Tuesday and Wednesday of this week we will focus on perimeter, Thursday will be a test on Perimeter. Friday and Monday of next week will be area, then a test will follow Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Then we will finish off volume next week as well.

Timed Test: This week's timed test will be division with 3 as a divisor.

Plato Results: As I posted on the blog last week, I am requesting that all parents send me an e-mail (swillett@amschool.org) to confirm your current (and functioning) e-mail address. I would like to then make a class list of these e-mails and sometime in the next week or so, Plato results for your child will be e-mailed to you. Thank you for your support in this.

SCIENCE
We finished our unit of the Southwest in Social Studies, and so this week we will be starting our next Science unit on The Rainforest. We will start by pulling from our previous knowledge of the rainforest from our last unit of Weather, when we talked about the climate zones. This week we will be looking at characteristics of the rainforest including the temperature, climate, and different layers. Monday of next week will be a quiz on these concepts. Please check the blog this week for any changes.
I have also added a GREAT website under the Science links at the side of our blog for more information and study of these concepts at home.


LITERACY

Read Aloud

The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds, focus on making connections.
Read Aloud for fun!!!! Math Curse, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
A Rain Forest Food Chain, by Rebecca Hogue and Donald Wojahn, focus on reading features of non fiction text ( table of contents, glossary, and index) and information resources ( maps, diagrams, and captions)

Shared Reading
Welcome to the Jungle, focus on identifying the main idea and supporting details

Interactive Editing
Welcome to the Jungle

Interactive Writing
Continue to write samples for our Father's Day gift.

Independent Writing
Students will be hard at work writing for the gift they are preparing for dad! Lots of writing and creativity are involved!

Students will also participate in the following: Independent Reading, Centers, Book Clubs, and Guided Reading Groups.