Dear Room 112 Families, March 27, 2017 wk 28 issue 28
April showers bring May flowers! We will be going outside unless it is raining. Outdoor grounds are muddy. Wear appropriate shoes. Reminders:
THIS WEEK IN: WORD STUDY Students will be doing sorting activities throughout the week in their word study notebooks to prepare for their spelling test on Friday. Monday- regular sort, Tuesday- Speed sort, Wednesday- Word Hunt, Thursday- Blind sort, Friday- Glue Sort & Test. READER’S WORKSHOP This week we will read I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff. We will be coming back to this text each day as we read and learn something new from it during the week. We will discuss the meanings of the vocabulary words, identify the setting, characters and story parts in the text. It also goes nicely with our Writer’s Workshop unit VOCABULARY OF THE WEEK: sensitive, adorable, mature, concern, trial WRITER’S WORKSHOP Our next unit will be a unit focused on persuading our readers. Persuasive writing is always a fun one for first grade. This week, we are exploring samples of persuasive writing and planning our own persuasive writing pieces. MATH This is our last week on Unit 7. Students are working really hard to master their math facts, doubles facts, and strategies for solving double digit addition and subtraction. Their mental math is improving, as well. Ask them about the game, Beat the Calculator! SCIENCE Our next unit will be plants and animals. Just in time for Spring! We will begin planting grass seeds after Spring Break. In the meantime, we will do some STEM class challenges to further develop our inquiry and collaboration skills that are so important in Science. SOCIAL STUDIES We begin our unit of families around the world. Monday, 3/27 Tuesday, 3/28 Wednesday, 3/29 Thursday3/30 Friday, 3/31 Music Gym (Health) Music Warrior Wednesday! Wear Green! Gym March Birthdays Class Celebration Math Test Reading Comprehension Test Spelling Test If you read until the end, remind your child to whisper in my ear “newsletter” for an additional 10 class dojo points!!!
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