This week we will celebrate Read Across America day! We will have fun reading activities all week to celebrate reading. Dr. Seuss' birthday is March 2nd. As part of our week we will learn about this amazing author and read some of his stories! We look forward to celebrating reading with fun activities! We will have a Read-a-Thon on Friday, March 3rd. Please allow your child to bring 3-5 books from home for this event. Please make sure their name is written inside the book.
Reminders:
Monday (2/27): Six Flags forms are Due.
Mrs. Letende invited us to the library today, due to tomorrow's author visit for the older grades. If your child had not returned their books, return them Wednesday and they may check out then.
Tuesday (2/28): Tuesday folders will come home today. Please return Wednesday. Look for Tic Tac Toe and books.
Wednesday (3/1):
Thursday (3/2): Dr. Seuss' Birthday
Friday (3/3): Read-A-Thon
Looking ahead:
Thursday, March 2 Mrs. Byrne will be out for the day for team planning.
Spring Break - March 13-17
This week in Reading Workshop...
We will be diving deeper into Poetry. We will read and analyze different types of poetry and begin to discuss the meaning of specific poems. We will explore poems and notice how poems make us feel.
This week in Writer's Workshop...
We will be composing poetry utilizing strategies poets use such as
- finding a big topic that gives them big, strong feelings
- finding a small object or moment or detail that holds the big feeling
- looking with poet's eyes at the world around us
- writing about our feelings and how we see ordinary things in new, fresh ways
-finding ingredients for poems
-Showing, not telling
This week in Math...
We will wrapping up our unit on Making 10 and equality. We will practice problem solving this week as we pay close attention to the questions being asked. We will review all of the strategies we have learned for addition to find the ones that work the best for us as individuals.
This week in Social Studies...
We will complete our unit on Economics. We will discuss the importance of saving and spending. This will help us learn to be smart with our money.