Classroom News

Reading: We continued reading our nonfiction texts and worked on comparing and contrasting two different mammals that we read about.  As we read we continued to to focus on what the mammal eats, its’ characteristics, where it lives, and other interesting facts we heard along the way.  A few of the interesting facts we learned this week were that Beluga Whale’s live in the icy Arctic waters and use echolocation when they are in the deep dark water so they can see how far away an object is.

Math:  We are continuing along in Chapter 7.  Students are doing well understanding the concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to.  To understand these concepts we look at the tens and ones place to determine which number is larger.  If the numbers in the tens place are different we use the tens place to determine which is larger, if they are the same we look at the ones place and determine the larger number in the ones place to decide which is greater.

Writing: Students are really working on choosing just one topic for their “teaching” books.  We are focusing on the table of contents and headings as we work on them.  The table of contents helps the reader to know what they are going to be learning about on each page.  Students are applying this skill to their own “teaching” books.  It is taking lots of practice but we are getting the hang of it!

What We’re Learning Next Week:

Reading: Next week we are going to be beginning a new theme.  We will be starting a winter theme!  During this theme we will be reading all sorts of books that have to do with winter.  A few of the stories we will be reading include, The Three Snow Bears, Rabbit’s Snow Dance, and 50 Below Zero.  While reading the stories we are going to be working on asking and answering questions about a text, retelling stories and including key details in that retelling, and describing major events, characters, and settings.  This is going to be a busy unit!

Math: We will be finishing up Chapter 7 next week and having our math test on Thursday.  We will complete the last lessons that have to do with problem solving and looking at numbers that are 10 more and 10 less.  We will then do the chapter review and have our test!  We are confident students will do great on their test!

Writing: Students are going to work on picking one topic and really making it into a piece they would want to publish by perfecting their table of contents, headings, and title for their story.

Important Information

Fluency Poems

Students received new fluency poems this Friday!  They are to practice all week long and have them ready by next week Friday, January 30.

We love hearing the expression as your child reads! 

Important Dates:

1/26: Report Cards Go Home