REMINDERS
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday: No Library this week.
Friday: Homework due
February 3rd- Early Release Day (school dismisses at 12:45)
February 12th- Valentine's Day Party 1:30-2:30 (Look for a list of student names for Valentine cards in tomorrow's Tuesday folder.)
HOMEWORK
Look for leveled books today in the homework book bags. Remember these books are at independent levels and your child should be able to read them with little support. After your child reads the book have your child retell the story. Many students still require many questions and prompts to tell the whole story. Your child should start at the beginning of the story and retell all important information in the story in order. Your child should be able to include an ending, talk about inferred information from the story, make connections to the story, talk about the characters by name (if appropriate to the story) and describe a characters actions, reasons for their actions and feelings. Look for math homework in tomorrow’s Tuesday folder.
READING and WRITING
We will continue on our guided research. This week, we will learn how to pick a topic that we are interested in, think about what we want to know about our topics, look at different resources such as books, pebble go, and on-line encyclopedia to find the information. We will also learn how to jot important information in an organized way so we can use the information to answer our questions.
MATH
This week, we will use a variety of strategies to solve real world math problems involving addition and subtraction or finding differences. We will use, make 10 strategy or bridge to ten, number line, and counting up. We will draw a picture to represent the important information in a problem with pictures, or tens and ones. Using addition or subtraction number sentences, we will find the answer to our problem using numbers and words.
SCIENCE
In science, we will learn that our natural world is made up of rocks, soil, and water. We will learn that we can observe these resources in cycles and systems. We will learn that there are many uses for natural resources and therefore it is important to reuse and conserve them. This week we will focus on earth materials and products, rocks and soil. We will observe different kinds of soil and describe the properties of rocks and soil. We will explore and see what useful products we can make with rocks, soil and water.
THANK YOU!