Sunday, April 3, 2016

Happy Monday!  We made it through the long month of March and look forward to an April full of sunshine and warmth (hopefully!).   Here is a look at what we have planned for this week…

For writing time we will finish up and bind our poetry books.  We’ll then be moving on to an informational writing unit.  During this unit the children will be writing information about a country of their ancestry.  They will be doing research about topics that interest them most about their country of origin.  Thank you to all who have turned in their ancestry information.  We would like those back for Tuesday so that the librarians can begin pulling books.

The children did a nice job over the past few weeks with paraphrasing.  Reading time this week will be spent discussing Main Idea and details that support that main idea.  We’ll do some whole group and small group lessons to practice this comprehension skill. 

We’re moving on to our 5th continent already in Social Studies- Antarctica!  We’ll get to know a bit about the continent during our lessons over the next few days.  The coolest part about this continent is that no one actually lives there!!  We will discuss why.  In addition, we’ll talk a lot about which animals inhabit Antarctica.

We got off to a great start last week on Unit 8 of our Everyday Math program.  Please continue to reinforce the ideas of parallel sides and square corners with your child.  These are newer concepts for some.  Our lessons this week will continue to talk about 2-D shape attributes.  We will also begin discussing 3-D shapes.

Important Reminders for this Week:

Tuesday, April 5th is School Store for Grade 2

Thursday, April 7th will be our first opportunity to walk the Robifulli Trail and meet our 3rd Grade Buddies.  We will be visiting Crisafulli to see the 5th Grade Chorus perform.  Please watch the weather so that the children are prepared for an outdoor walk (the performance is first thing in the morning).  Thank you!


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