What a wonderful long weekend we had! I heard some wonderful stories and
I hope that everyone had a nice, extra day! We are in the last few weeks of
school and we are still working hard! We have some exciting events around the
corner, I can’t wait! For now, here is what our week looks like… Oh and remember no visitors in the building Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday. We need to respect the integrity of the STAAR test and the students
taking the test!
April 21-25, 2014
Math: This week we will continue learning
about fractional parts. We will work
with halves and fourths this week. We
will apply the knowledge we have gained about fractional parts when we solve
word problems in our math notebooks.
Again, anything you can do at home to pull this concept into the kiddos’
daily life is great!
Reading
and Writing Workshop: This week in Reading and Writing workshop, we will be reading
Expository texts to become experts about an animal. We will be using the
Research Process to help us. The students were allowed to choose an expository
text about an animal from the library last week, and we will be using it and
kid friendly research engines such as www.pebblego.com
to learn about the topic. All of the
kids picked different animals to research, so I am excited to see what we can
all learn!
Research Process:
- Pic a topic to research
- Activate prior knowledge (What do you already know
about your topic?)
- Ask questions (What do you want to learn about your
topic?)
- Read Expository texts (books, websites, magazines,
newspapers)
- Record the information found
- Reflect (What did you learn about your topic?)
Science: This
week in science we will learn about the different natural resources, what they
are used for, and how we can help by conserving them. On Earth Day (April 22) we will focus on what
reducing, reusing, and recycling and we will discuss how those 3 things can
help our beautiful planet, Earth.
Reminders:
*Please remember to send a healthy snack every day. Snack
time is @ 9:30am.
*Make sure your child wears tennis shoes every Tuesday,
Thursday, and Friday.
*Library day is Thursday.
*Please remember to send back your child’s orange
folder every day.
Dates to
remember:
April 22-24
STAAR Testing-NO VISITORS
May 1: Field
Trip to ZACH Theater
Talent
Show (K-3)
May 2: Field
Day
Talent Show (4-5)
May 5-9:
Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7: Early
Release Day
May 9: Career
Day
May 12-16:
Book Fair
May 26: No
School-Memorial Day
May 30: End
of the Year Party
Last day of school!
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