Important Dates/Events:
· Monday to
Friday, April 18th-22nd —April Break
· Thursday,
April 28th—Progress Reports
· Friday,
April 29th —Grandparent’s Day, Noon Dismissal
Upcoming Star of the Week: Cam
Upcoming Secret Reader: Dave
Silva
Upcoming Scientist of the Week: Elena
Math: We completed
unit 11 this week with an assessment on Wednesday. We have moved into unit 12 which covers
length. Students began this week by
comparing and ordering objects by length and using indirect measurement to
measure classroom items. Next week
students will work with estimating and measuring length with different units. This unit is short and will wrap up later
next week. Up next in unit 13 is time!
Phonics: We are continuing work in our tenth unit next week, which will focus on segmenting and blending five sound words, adding the suffixes ed and ing, and the vowel teams oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, and aw. This unit will span three weeks. We also continue work on recognizing contractions for reading and writing.
Science: This week in science students worked explore three types of rocks and evaluate their different properties. You can see photos and more information about this lesson on the blog below. Next week we will work on screening river rocks using mesh screens. Students will then organize the river rocks in to large pebbles, small pebbles, large gravel, small gravel, and sand. After this, we will sort river rocks by size. We are having a lot of fun.
Phonics: We are continuing work in our tenth unit next week, which will focus on segmenting and blending five sound words, adding the suffixes ed and ing, and the vowel teams oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, and aw. This unit will span three weeks. We also continue work on recognizing contractions for reading and writing.
Religion: Students
are continuing exploration of the Easter season. Next week we will work up to the
Pentecost.
Science: This week in science students worked explore three types of rocks and evaluate their different properties. You can see photos and more information about this lesson on the blog below. Next week we will work on screening river rocks using mesh screens. Students will then organize the river rocks in to large pebbles, small pebbles, large gravel, small gravel, and sand. After this, we will sort river rocks by size. We are having a lot of fun.
Have a nice weekend!
Alison
