2/22 to 2/26

 Happy Monday!

It is about that time of the year where we start to dwindle on our supplies here at school. We are in need of a few things for our classroom at this time. We are in need of black dry erase markers and post-its. If you are willing to donate an item, that would be great!

Spelling Words this Week:

• favorite
• reason
• great
• away
• nothing

Upcoming Events:

2/22-3/12: Bring in helmet and pads for gym class (we will keep these things at school)

2/24: Wear yellow or purple

3/4: Virtual Family Night (see below)

3/26: Early Release

Math:

This week in math we will be finishing our big unit that included: subtraction, story problems, solving with money, and number families. We will take the test on Wednesday and be reviewing for a few days.

Social Studies:

We have started our new unit: Our Place in the World. We are studying our community including it's history and geography. We will study what makes our community unique from others.

Photos from February:

2/15 to 2/19

 Hello,

We had a busy couple of days but lots of fun! It was fun to celebrate 100 days at school and have a Valentines celebration. 

Spelling Words this Week:

• Earth
• different
• learn
• answer
• dear

Upcoming Events:

2/15: No School

2/16-2/19: Penny War: Bring in coins

2/19: Dress like your future job

2/22-3/12: Bring in helmet and pads for gym class (we will keep these things at school)

2/24: Wear yellow or purple

3/26: Early Release

Writing

In writing we continue to write opinion pieces focused around the books we read.  We have talked about how you can share your opinion about the characters, favorite parts, and pictures.  We often talk about our audience. We want to give them enough information but not tell them everything.

Ways to talk about this at home:

--What book did you recommend today in writing? Why did you recommend it?

--After reading a book together at home you could say, “Boy this would be a good book to recommend.  What might you share with your audience to get them excited to read this book?”

Reading

Last week we learned all about the characters in our books.  Getting to know them, identifying how they respond to different situations, noticing similarities and differences of a character across a series, and using what we know to predict what our characters might do. 

Students started their book clubs and had so much fun talking about the same book together!

Ways to talk about this at home:

--What book did you read today?  Are there more books in that series?

--Tell me about your favorite character in your book?  Would you want to be friends with them? Why or why not?

--What book is your book club reading?  What was something new you are thinking about from your book club conversation?

Math

In math we are starting to work on transferring our skills of adding and subtracting multi digit numbers into story problems.  Story problems tend to present more of a struggle for students. We working on stopping to study a problem before trying to solve.

2/8-2/11

 Hello,

Hope you are staying warm this week!

 Spelling Words this Week:

• Earth
• different
• learn
• answer
• dear

Here are a few fun ways to practice spelling words at home:

Upcoming Events:

2/10: 100th Day of School! Students can dress like they are 100!
2/11: Wear red or pink
2/11: Valentine Celebration: Students will not be able to bring valentines from home but we are doing something as a school to help make the celebration special!
2/12: No School

2/15: No School

2/16-2/19: Penny War

2/19: Dress like your future job

2/22-3/12: Bring in helmet and pads for gym class (we will keep these things at school)

2/24: Wear yellow or purple

Writing

We are starting an Opinion Unit in writing.  This unit will have students reflecting on their reading, writing letters to others to recommend books, and helping them be able to build reasons for their opinions. 

Reading

We are also starting a new unit in reading.  This next unit helps students dig into series book clubs.  Students will work with peers to converse and grow their knowledge about the books they are reading.  We will also work to stick with a series to get to know the characters and use what we know to be able to predict what will happen.

I want to encourage you students to continue reading 20 minutes a night.

2/1-2/5

 Hello,

Thank you for doing the weekend homework of interviewing your family. If you did not get a chance to do it this weekend, please try to get it done soon! We are going to put together a Family Slideshow!

And I am sure you heard at home but if you didn't... we welcomed a new pet to our classroom. A fish! We named him Silver Cutie Tuma. There is a picture of him below!

We also welcomed back some students from virtual school these past few weeks. It is so nice for students to have more friends to play with and to fill up our room a little more!

 Spelling Words this Week:

• world
• different
• down
• answer

Upcoming Events:

2/1: Report Cards Sent Home (check for these in folders)

2/10: 100th Day of School! Students can dress like they are 100!
2/11: Wear red or pink
2/11: Valentine Celebration: Students will not be able to bring valentines from home but we are doing something as a school to help make the celebration special!
2/12: No School

2/15: No School

2/16-2/19: Penny War (see below)

Penny War

It’s a Penny War! 

Student Council is sponsoring a Penny War from February 16th-19th to raise money for Pillars Warming Shelter. Students can bring in pennies to earn points for their own class and silver coins to subtract points from other classes. 

Photos From January: