Dear Parents,
I hope everyone is enjoying a little extra time with family. I haven't heard from parents so I hope that means Digital Learning Day is going well. Again, here is the link to all the resources: http://bit.ly/2F6UI3j
Curriculum:
Science & reading-We are studying the sun, moon, and stars. We will have an activity to help reinforce the phases of the moon since this is such a difficult concept. The students will be learning about the shadows made from the sun when we create a gnome sundial outside and the students will see how the shadow changes from 8:00, 11:00, & 2:00. We will be reading about the sun, moon and earth in reading as we are learning about text features and text structure with our nonfiction reading. We will have an activity to help reinforce the phases of the moon since this is such a difficult concept. In reading the students visited our reading café in our Learning Lab and sat down at a table and feasted on the nonfiction books they wanted to take a "bite" out of. They formed book clubs and they enjoyed reading and learning together.
Writing-Students have been learning about how to write a science lab report. We are thinking like a scientist when we write. They are learning about what is the important question to ask, hypothesis, materials, plan/procedure, results, and conclusion. They wrote and experimented to see how far a glue stick would roll off a ramp. They also wrote a lab report about what would happen to a marshmallow when you put it in the microwave. The students loved this!! This week we will be changing up one thing in one of their experiments to see how their results change.
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For word work this week we are continuing to study the /oo/ sound and review since we only had 3 days last week. I want to review the /old/, /nt/, /th/ and several other phonics skills we had some difficulty with. Look at last weeks email for the quiz skill words and red words.
Math: We will have a quiz on Friday or Monday, depending on how much we get covered this week. For 2.2 we are going to be learning about dividing a shape into parts, understanding how this relates to fractions. The vocabulary for this week is horizontal, vertical, array, pentagon, polygon (they get these confused)
3.2-We will finish geometry and begin fractions, relating how divided shapes make fractions. We will eventually get into equal fractions, adding and subtracting fractions.
Vocabulary-numerator, denominator, pentagon, polygon, quadrilateral, parallelogram, parallel, perpendicular, acute, obtuse, right, isosceles, scalene, and obtuse triangles.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Laura
I hope everyone is enjoying a little extra time with family. I haven't heard from parents so I hope that means Digital Learning Day is going well. Again, here is the link to all the resources: http://bit.ly/2F6UI3j
Curriculum:
Science & reading-We are studying the sun, moon, and stars. We will have an activity to help reinforce the phases of the moon since this is such a difficult concept. The students will be learning about the shadows made from the sun when we create a gnome sundial outside and the students will see how the shadow changes from 8:00, 11:00, & 2:00. We will be reading about the sun, moon and earth in reading as we are learning about text features and text structure with our nonfiction reading. We will have an activity to help reinforce the phases of the moon since this is such a difficult concept. In reading the students visited our reading café in our Learning Lab and sat down at a table and feasted on the nonfiction books they wanted to take a "bite" out of. They formed book clubs and they enjoyed reading and learning together.
Writing-Students have been learning about how to write a science lab report. We are thinking like a scientist when we write. They are learning about what is the important question to ask, hypothesis, materials, plan/procedure, results, and conclusion. They wrote and experimented to see how far a glue stick would roll off a ramp. They also wrote a lab report about what would happen to a marshmallow when you put it in the microwave. The students loved this!! This week we will be changing up one thing in one of their experiments to see how their results change.
/
For word work this week we are continuing to study the /oo/ sound and review since we only had 3 days last week. I want to review the /old/, /nt/, /th/ and several other phonics skills we had some difficulty with. Look at last weeks email for the quiz skill words and red words.
Math: We will have a quiz on Friday or Monday, depending on how much we get covered this week. For 2.2 we are going to be learning about dividing a shape into parts, understanding how this relates to fractions. The vocabulary for this week is horizontal, vertical, array, pentagon, polygon (they get these confused)
3.2-We will finish geometry and begin fractions, relating how divided shapes make fractions. We will eventually get into equal fractions, adding and subtracting fractions.
Vocabulary-numerator, denominator, pentagon, polygon, quadrilateral, parallelogram, parallel, perpendicular, acute, obtuse, right, isosceles, scalene, and obtuse triangles.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Laura