Friday, February 27

          Friday, February 27

Sight Words: use, your

Writer's Workshop: Again, using the story The Enormous Watermelon, the kids will write a review. This time they will write what character they liked least and tell why. (We did not get to this yesterday.)

 Math: One thing that mathematicians do is they gather data and then learn what they can from it. The kids will have a partner and take turns spinning a spinner until they each had 5 turns and marked each turn with tally marks. After each turn they will take the shape spun and analyze the data. They will count the shapes, answer the questions, and graph the shapes. (This will make much more sense when you see the sheet they bring home today.)
Library Day
DAILY 5
PhyEd Today
 Art: Drawing Lesson-The Cat in the Hat
Step by step directions are given for the children to draw the Cat in the Hat. These will be hanging in the hall for Monday's celebration of Dr. Seuss.

~Keep track of your reading minutes on the purple calendar and turn in next week.
~Have your child wear red on Monday for Dr. Seuss day.
~Have a fantastic weekend!

Thursday, February 26

Thursday, February 26

 Sight Word Focus: your
Phonics: -it Word Family
Number Word: six
 Language Arts: Make Predictions
Using the poster Bear's Lunch, the kids will learn strategies for analyzing questions and finding answers, clues, and evidence. 

Writer's Workshop: Again, using the story The Enormous Watermelon, the kids will write a review. This time they will write what character they liked least and tell why.

 Math: Today I want the kids to build their own rooms to compare 'area'. They will use 20  1" squares. They can use them however they want to build their rooms.
For instance, I may say something like this: "I think I will make room #1 with some of these squares and I will make room #2 with the rest of the squares. Let’s count each room to make sure we have 20 in all. Now I want to make 2 rooms that have the same number of squares and area, but I want their shapes to be different. Today you and your partner will build two rooms that have the same area. This means that each room will need to have the same number of squares." 

Computer class today.

DAILY 5

SMART Room 

~The children enjoyed Freddy Frog and hearing Nurse Sarah talk about keeping our teeth healthy...

 ~Brush, brush, brush...

~Dress up as a Mad Scientist or come with wacky hair tomorrow.

Wednesday, February 25

Wednesday, February 25

 Popcorn Word: your
Number Word: six
Phonics: -it Word Family
 Language Arts: Make Predictions
Using the poster Clouds, the kids will make predictions using clues and evidence in a passage and what they already know.

Writer's Workshop: Using the story The Enormous Watermelon, the kids will write their first review! They will write what character they liked and why.

  DAILY 5

Smart Room

PhyEd Today
 Math: We will work with 'area' again today as we compare two different sizes and how many 1 inch squares it takes to cover each.
**Zero the Hero visits for our 110th day!**

~Remember to log your reading minutes!

Our Classroom Wish List 

Clorox Wipes

Tuesday, February 24

 Tuesday, February 24 

Popcorn Word: use

Phonics: -ig Word Family
Number Word: five
 Language Arts: Make Predictions
Using the poster Rabbit's Ride, the kids will make predictions using clues and evidence in a passage and what they know.

 Handwriting: lowercase l & words with 'l'
 We are looking forward to having Nurse Sarah present a lesson on brushing our teeth and good oral health.

 Smart Room 
Music Today

DAILY 5
 Math: Introduction to 'Area'
Another way to measure is by finding the area of something. Today, the children will find out how many tiles it will take to cover a specific area. How many more tiles will it take to fit in that same area if the tiles were smaller?

~Tomorrow is Wellness Wednesday. Have your child wear their workout gear!