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Happy Birthday, Alli!

Reading, Writing, and Science ~  My students have all worked so hard this year learning to be such great readers and writers!  We will now use our knowledge to research and publish our learning.

The students will research various areas of their choice in science.  They will then decide on ways to teach the other students about what they have learned.  They will be able to choose to write a book, create a poster, construct a game, publish an imovie, etc.  Please discuss the information they are researching with them.  This will keep them thinking and discussing the topic.

Topics to research will include the following:  weather, magnets, plants, animals, insects, fresh water, salt water, water cycle, rocks, moon, seasons, and food chain.  They will ask questions and answer questions they have using KWL charts to guide their learning.

Writing ~ Thank You letters for Earth Day/Park Day!

Reading ~ Continue to read each night!  This will ensure they keep their fluency, reading strategies, and comprehension skills progressing.  We will continue to have reading groups and book clubs.  They should be reading their books and/or a chapter each night in order to have good discussions about their books each day.

Phonics and Spelling ~ We will not be having anymore Spelling Reviews.   We will have spelling words each week to practice phonics spelling skills that our class needs.  I will be looking for them to apply these skills in their writing each day.

Math ~ We will begin our measuring unit this week.  The students will begin to understand the need to understand standard units of measurements and how it helps them in their own lives.

Homework ~
Math due each Friday.
Read each night.
Spelling practice of phonics patterns we are reviewing.  Locate them in your reading and write a sentence each night using the spelling pattern.

Assessments ~ Thursday we will have a reading passage and question assessment.
Friday we will have a math assessment over the problem solving and measurement skill we are learning.

We will have very busy weeks to come and I hope the students feel engaged in their learning with the new routine we will be a part of while using our station time and writing time to research and publish our learning.  Please discuss how important it will be to stay on task and work in cooperative groups!  The students are ready to be life long learners and be in charge of their learning.  I am so excited to see where their thinking takes them!  Thanks for all of your support!

The students used what they have learned about plane figures and solid figures to construct a playground.

Charles – Helpful Champ
Laney -Cafeteria Champ
Olivia – Great Thinking through Books!
Jack – Car Champ and Great Research!

A field trip note was sent home today.  The students will stay with their class at each station.  Each parent coming can stay with their child at that station to help and rotate with us.  We want you to enjoy the day with your child.  Please put sunscreen on your child before sending them to school.  They need to wear tennis shoes in order to enjoy the games.  We know it will be a wonderful day!

Reading:  PBL Projects/Main Idea of stories for review

Writing:  Small Moment Story  and PBL Projects

Phonics:  closed and open syllables
picnic and tiger
pic – nic = vc short vowel sound
ti-ger = v long vowel sound

Spelling:
New Words:  end, last, left, never, us

Math:  Continue geometry with 3d figures.

Homework:  Read each night.  Math homework due Friday.

Assessments:  Reading passage and comprehension on Thursday.
Spelling and Math Assessment on Friday.

Reading and Writing:  Continue Recycling PBL projects – Plan and publish using technology!

Phonics:  final stable syllables
-tion like in station and -le like in paddle
While reading see if you can locate words with these endings.

Spelling:
New:  line, set, own, under, read

Math:  Begin learning geometry.  We will learn about 2d and 3d shapes and how you can put it together the 2d shapes to create 3d solid figures.  We will learn the vocabulary and attributes of all shapes and solid figures.

Homework:  Time and coin work due Friday.  Read each night!

Assessments:  Reading passage on Thursday for a grade.  Friday we have our math assessment and spelling assessment.  Please be sure to be here each day unless you are sick.

Thanks for your support!

Revised: I am sorry, but the note did not get sent out today.  Just mark your calendars for April 22, 2014 if you can join us for the Earth Day field trip.  More information will be sent in a note very soon!  Please check your child’s folder and planner each night for important information and graded papers!

Please check your child’s planner tomorrow for an important note about our field trip on Earth Day!  I will post the note here, too!

Reading  and Writing ~ Continue research and writing about our recycling research in our Go Green journals.
The students will begin planning how they will teach others about recycling!  The have been given choice in how they want to use their voice to share what they have learned about recycling.

Math ~ Continue learning and using time.  We will discuss reasons we need to tell time and have time clock stops during the day!  We will need to understand time to the hour, half hour, quarter hour, five minute increments, and one minute increments.  Please review at home.  We will have a test on Friday.

Spelling:

New Words:  name, between, still, found, every

Review Words:  with, have, what, when, there, then, could, its, where, place, went, the, and, a, it, was, they, I, have, not, we, there, said, two, see, could, did, down, water, very, look, small

Extra Words:  clear, fish, green, hills, lake

Phonics ~ I will use the data from our TPRI spelling test to review skills that we need to work on as a class during our phonics and writing time. (Doubling consonant and adding an ending and drop the e to add -ed or -ing ending.)

Social Studies ~ continue PBL project

Homework:  Read each night and get your reading log initialed by your parents.

Phonics assessment on Thursday!

Math homework due Friday!

Spelling Test on Friday!

Upcoming Event:
April 22 we will take a trip to Pinic Park for Earth Day!  Please look for a letter and sign up to help.  We will need a background check completed and turned in at least 2 weeks before the event.  If you are interested please email me or write a note in your child’s planner.  I will then send you a form to complete if you haven’t already completed one.  Thanks in advance for your help!

Thank you all so much for bringing items, hiding eggs, and setting up the room for the party!  I am so blessed with awesome kids and their parents!  Happy Easter!

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