This week will be very busy as we mix learning with Valentine's Day fun! Please feel free to send in valentines at any time this week. We will have a small class party on Friday afternoon. Tuesday is a half day due to parent conferences. We will meet with our buddies on Wednesday afternoon for a Valentine's Day craft.
Reader's Workshop
We will head into our second week of biographies. The students are reading a short biography with a partner and using post-its to make note of important facts and events about their person. We will use an organizer to sort our notes and create a timeline. At the end of the week the students will begin reading a full length biography about a person they will be studying for the remainder of this unit.
Writer's Workshop
We will work on completing the first draft of the informational writing project. We will revise and edit our first few chapters and begin writing a final copy. We are working on using creative and interesting ways to organize our chapters.
Math
We are beginning our fraction unit this week. We will learn what a fraction is and play with fraction pieces to discover the meaning of numerator, denominator and equivalent fraction. We will also work on dividing regions into equal parts.
We will also continue to learn about perimeter. We will learn about which tools could help us find a perimeter and how to find the perimeter of common shapes. I was very impressed with the students' work with perimeter last week.
Science
The students have enjoyed the beginning of our Solar System unit. This week we will continue our fun by reading about the planets' movement and the sun. When we return from the break we will begin a major research project on the Solar System.
A few important notes:
-We will not have a Friday Letter this Friday.
-We will not bring home a spelling list this Friday. The new list will come home on Monday 2/24.
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