Weekly Update

Hello Families,

This update will get you caught up with what’s been going on the past two weeks. We had a fantastic day at the Minnesota Zoo last Friday. Thank you to all of our chaperones who came with us! We lucked out with the beautiful weather. If anyone has pictures,  feel free to email them to me, and I’ll post them on the blog. J

Math

Math Workshop is going well, and we’ve all adjusted to the new routine. We finished out unit on money and also have finished a unit on time. We will be testing time on Monday. Children need to be able to tell digital and analog time to the hour and half hour. We also practiced reading schedules and using calendars.

Reading Workshop

Great readers make inferences when they read. We make inferences when author’s clues and our schema come together to figure out what the author hasn’t told us. We practiced inferring character traits. We dug deep in the Little Rabbit’s personality as well as her mom and dad’s personalities. This is great to practice when reading with you child at home. We will test on inferring Monday and begin our last unit on determining importance on Tuesday.

Writer’s Workshop

Our research reports are coming along nicely. Everyone is working so hard is so proud of their work. We should be finished with these reports this week.

 

 

 

This Week I Really Learned!

Thank you for writing to your child each week. We really do enjoy hearing all of the letters written each week. I am only able to check some letters each week. If your child’s letter is not adequate you are more than welcome to have him/her re-write it at home and/or write a letter back to your child stating expectations for next time. J

Word Workshop

We continue learning about r controlled vowels. Last week we learned the /er/ sound is spelled with ur, er, and ir. This week our sound was /or/ and we learned that can be spelled with or, ore, oor, or oar.

Grammar

We learned about subjects and predicates. Students caught on quickly to subjects, but we’re having a little more trouble with predicate. I believe it’s the word “predicate” that is most confusing. If possible try to use this word when talking about sentences at home.

Other

Tissues

We are out of tissues. If you have an extra box you’d like to send, we’d be very thankful! Thank you for those that have already come in! J Also, thank you to all of the families who sharpen pencils for us! I can’t tell you how much it helps us out every day. J

Water Bottles

Please remember that water bottles may only contain water. If you would like your child to drink something other than water at snack, please send a small amount (no more than 6 ounces) of a beverage that does not contain sugar. I’ve asked the students to bring their water bottles to school empty and fill them with water in the morning. I’m hoping this will eliminate the bathroom “emergencies” we’ve been having lately. Thank you very much for your help with this! J

Have a wonderful weekend!