This week in:
Shared Reading/Concepts-
We will learn about the groundhog and groundhog's day. We will also discuss light and shadows.
Daily 5 Reading-We will focus on the goal of expanding our vocabulary and the strategy of using prior knowledge and content to predict and confirm meaning. Context clues are the words, phrases, and sentences surrounding an unfamiliar word that give clues or hints to its meaning.
Daily 5 Math-We will continue to learn subtraction strategies and work on our subtraction fluency.
Writers Workshop-We are continuing to learn about and how to produce an information piece. This week we will think about our readers and define what we are writing about as well as list all necessary materials the reader will need to follow our how to books.
Reminders
*Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night is this Tuesday! Come eat dinner with Mrs. Hunt, Ms. Blum, and Mrs. McMillan!
*Look for a flyer coming home to explain OPES's personal care items to benefit the Fort Mill Care Center beginning Monday, February 1st.
*Everyone at OPES is invited to wear your favorite NFL team jersey or t-shirt on Friday.
Friday, January 29, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
MLK and the 100th Day!
This week in:
Shared Reading/Concepts-We will learn about Martin Luther King Jr's life and dream for America. We will also celebrate the 100th day of school! Your child is invited to dress up like they are 100 years old! We will do lots of fun activities with the number 100 including popping 100 balloons, reading the number inside the balloon and placing that number on a large 100's chart! We can't wait!
Daily 5 Reading-We will work on the goal of comprehension and focus on the strategy of recognizing and explaining cause and effect relationships.Readers understand that in-text events happen (effects), along with the reason why they happen (causes). When students recognize this relationship, comprehension is increased.
Writer's Workshop-We will continue to learn about information writing by focusing on how to books. This week we will learn that writers label their diagrams to teach even more information.
Daily 5 Math-We will continue to learn and practice subtraction strategies. We are very proud of the boys and girls!
Reminders
*No School on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King
Shared Reading/Concepts-We will learn about Martin Luther King Jr's life and dream for America. We will also celebrate the 100th day of school! Your child is invited to dress up like they are 100 years old! We will do lots of fun activities with the number 100 including popping 100 balloons, reading the number inside the balloon and placing that number on a large 100's chart! We can't wait!
Daily 5 Reading-We will work on the goal of comprehension and focus on the strategy of recognizing and explaining cause and effect relationships.Readers understand that in-text events happen (effects), along with the reason why they happen (causes). When students recognize this relationship, comprehension is increased.
Writer's Workshop-We will continue to learn about information writing by focusing on how to books. This week we will learn that writers label their diagrams to teach even more information.
Daily 5 Math-We will continue to learn and practice subtraction strategies. We are very proud of the boys and girls!
Reminders
*No School on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King
Fungi?
This week in:
Shared Reading/Concepts-We will learn what fungi is, where it can be found, what different types of fungi are, and observe different experiments designed to show fungi growth.
Daily 5 Reading-We will focus on the goal of comprehension and the strategy of compare and contrast within and between text. Readers understand new ideas in text by thinking about how things are alike or different , thus deepening their comprehension.
Writer's Workshop-We will continue to learn how to write information pieces by focusing on how to books. This week we will learn to give a definition of what we are writing about at the beginning of the book and to make a list of materials at the beginning in order to help our readers.
Daily 5 Math-We are continuing to learn and practice our subtraction strategies.
Reminders
*Family Literacy Night Thursday, January 29th 5-7. Hope to see everyone there!
Reminders
*Family Literacy Night Thursday, January 29th 5-7. Hope to see everyone there!
Friday, January 8, 2016
Penguins
This week in:
Shared Reading/Concepts- We will do a non-fiction study on penguins. We will also learn about and how to use non-fiction text features such as bullets, labels, illustrations, cutaways, photographs, etc...We will conduct a blubber experiment and turn ourselves into penguins by using pillows and a belt to see and feel how penguins walk and carry their eggs on their feet.
Daily 5 Reading- We will focus on the goal of expanding our vocabulary and the strategy of using pictures, illustrations, and diagrams. Readers increase their vocabularies by paying attention to pictures, illustrations, and diagrams. They use the context of the story, their background knowledge of what is being read, and at times infer to gain meaning of the word and text.
Daily 5 Math-We are leaning about subtraction, the math vocabulary, and the inverse operations of our addition strategies.
Writer's Workshop-We will continue to work in our new genre of information writing. This week we will learn how to envision the steps of the how to and revise if they don't make sense. We will also talk about labeling our pictures (diagram) to teach even more. We will also practice reading our writing with expression.
Reminders
*Map testing at 9:00 on Wednesday. Please be on time to school and have a healthy breakfast. :)
Wish List
*Skittles or M&M's
*can of Crisco for blubber experiment
Shared Reading/Concepts- We will do a non-fiction study on penguins. We will also learn about and how to use non-fiction text features such as bullets, labels, illustrations, cutaways, photographs, etc...We will conduct a blubber experiment and turn ourselves into penguins by using pillows and a belt to see and feel how penguins walk and carry their eggs on their feet.
Daily 5 Reading- We will focus on the goal of expanding our vocabulary and the strategy of using pictures, illustrations, and diagrams. Readers increase their vocabularies by paying attention to pictures, illustrations, and diagrams. They use the context of the story, their background knowledge of what is being read, and at times infer to gain meaning of the word and text.
Daily 5 Math-We are leaning about subtraction, the math vocabulary, and the inverse operations of our addition strategies.
Writer's Workshop-We will continue to work in our new genre of information writing. This week we will learn how to envision the steps of the how to and revise if they don't make sense. We will also talk about labeling our pictures (diagram) to teach even more. We will also practice reading our writing with expression.
Reminders
*Map testing at 9:00 on Wednesday. Please be on time to school and have a healthy breakfast. :)
Wish List
*Skittles or M&M's
*can of Crisco for blubber experiment
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Happy New Year! Let it Snow!
This week in:
Concepts/Shared Reading- We will kick off 2016 with a "noon" year eve party in our classroom! We will wear party hats, blow horns, and make resolutions! We will also read non-fiction and fiction books about snow! We will make magic snow and use it to build snowmen!
Daily 5 Reading-We are reviewing all of our reading strategies.
Daily 5 Math- We are focusing on subtraction. We will learn new math vocabulary and the inverse addition strategies.
Writer's Workshop-We will begin learning how to write a new genre call information writing. We will begin by learning how to write how to books. We will come up with a topic that we know about and write the steps in order using ordinal numbers.
Reminders
*Report Cards come home on Friday. Please keep the report card and return the envelope signed.
*Breakfast in the classroom starts this week! All students who were given parent permission are asked if they would like to order breakfast at 7:30. Students who would like to eat breakfast at school need to be here no later than 7:30.
Concepts/Shared Reading- We will kick off 2016 with a "noon" year eve party in our classroom! We will wear party hats, blow horns, and make resolutions! We will also read non-fiction and fiction books about snow! We will make magic snow and use it to build snowmen!
Daily 5 Reading-We are reviewing all of our reading strategies.
Daily 5 Math- We are focusing on subtraction. We will learn new math vocabulary and the inverse addition strategies.
Writer's Workshop-We will begin learning how to write a new genre call information writing. We will begin by learning how to write how to books. We will come up with a topic that we know about and write the steps in order using ordinal numbers.
Reminders
*Report Cards come home on Friday. Please keep the report card and return the envelope signed.
*Breakfast in the classroom starts this week! All students who were given parent permission are asked if they would like to order breakfast at 7:30. Students who would like to eat breakfast at school need to be here no later than 7:30.
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