Happy New Year! It was a wonderful start to 2016 in our classroom this week. Everyone came back to school with such excitement. We spent time sharing about our vacations and getting back in the swing of things- before we knew it, we were off and so excited to learn.
Math
We wrapped up Unit 4 this week. Your child has worked so hard on telling time- being able to read the clock and then draw the time on a clock. We also talked a lot about AM and PM and what activities we might do during these parts of the day. Your child also demonstrated their skills on place value- by showing numbers in expanded form, using base ten blocks/base ten short hand and writing numbers in word form. We celebrated our new knowledge with math games and are ready to move onto Unit 5 which will further our understanding of strategies for adding and subtracting.
Reading
We have amped up our power in reading! The new year not only brought excitement for being back in school but 2D could not wait to get back into Reader's Workshop. It truly amazes me how much this group of students loves to read. We worked hard on fluency this week because we know that the more fluent we read, the more we will comprehend from our reading. We read to our reading partners and even started a fluent reader of the day time after lunch! We then looked at clues authors give us in text. We have been looking at dialogue tags and how they can change our expression. Have your child read these two sentences aloud and explain why dialogue tags are so important to pay attention to!
"I want to go home," she cried.
"I want to go home," she exclaimed!
Science
We are looking closely at liquids this week. We will look at consistency and density and continue to conduct experiments. It is so amazing to see the lab reports that we produce and everyone has come so far with their conclusions. We definitely love our science!
Writing
Along with our lab reports we will begin writing fictional stories with significance and meaning this week! The students love using their imaginations as they write and this will be such a fun mini unit for writing. It will be so great to see them use organizational skills that they learned in our last fiction writing unit.
Dragonfly News
We discussed New Year's Resolutions and the students took them very seriously. I have included some photos! There is no school this coming Monday- January 18th due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
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