Reading
We are beginning a new unit this week. We will study characters' role in a variety of texts. We will learn about character traits and how to support our thinking using textual evidence. We will also use characters' actions and dialog to infer character traits. During this unit we will read The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo.
Writing
In addition to working on our personal narrative unit we will begin a mini-unit on paragraph writing. Our work will include how to write a focused topic sentence, a body, and a closing sentence. We will also practice writing complete paragraphs together. My hope is to begin putting our Friday Letters into paragraphs this week.
Science
We will begin our Plant Growth and Development unit this week. We will be planting our seeds this week and we will set-up our observation journals.
Social Studies
We will complete our Maps and Globe unit this week. We will finish making our globes, explore the different types of maps, and create a landform dictionary.
Math
We took a test our first math test on Friday. This test will come home tomorrow. I am asking that students correct their mistakes, have a parent sign the test, and return it to me by Friday. This week we will learn how to round numbers to the nearest ten and hundred. We will also estimate sums and differences. We will also play some place value games to keep our newly learned skills sharp.
Word Work
We will conclude our work with nouns this week, by learning the remaining rules for plural nouns. We will also work with words in the "-at" pattern.
Finally, this month we will be focusing on the second trait from the Seven Habits of Happy Kids. Our focus with this trait will be goal setting in the classroom.
Some photos from our time with George Steele.
Thank you to our Mystery Reader, Mr. Tuman.
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