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