Monday, February 8

 Monday, February 8 

Popcorn Word: not
Number Word Focus: one
Phonics: -ed Word Family
Our Reader's Theater book that we will work with this week is called In the Sea.

Before reading the script, we will create a concept web (like this) that displays what we know about sea life.

 Writer's Workshop: Drawing People, Animals, or Items From a Different Point of View
We will use the book Red Rubber Boot Day by: Mary Lyn Ray to demonstrate how this is done.
DAILY 5

SMART Room: Race to My Heart!
~Race cars follow the paths to get to the heart.

Music Today
 Math: Numberline Subtraction-Day 4
Science: The Sun and Other Stars
We begin this unit of study by talking about what we know about stars and place those thoughts on a chart. Over the next few weeks, the kids will learn about these key points:
• Stars have 3 physical attributes: size, pattern, and brightness.
• Stars change color, density, size and mass as they age.
 • There are 400 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
• The nearest star to the Earth is the sun.
• Stars do not actually twinkle. They appear to twinkle due to turbulence in the Earth’s atmosphere deflecting the light that reaches our eyes.
• Stars are giant balls of gas.
 • A star is formed when dust and gas swirl in one area. As more mass is collected, it becomes heavy and then it becomes hot. If it gets hot enough, it becomes a star. This is called nuclear fusion.
• A shooting star is not a star. It is really a meteor.
• Stars emit energy by converting hydrogen to helium

~Check out what your child did on Doodle Buddy here
~Late start is tomorrow...Have your child wear their Irish Pride shirt.
~The book order is due Wednesday.
~I am hoping your Valentine boxes are going well. Please have them here by Wednesday. Thank you!