Phonics: Each week we have been focusing on a vowel pattern such as –ar, -ir and –or, that can be heard in the words car, bird, and corn.
Students practice spelling and sounding out different letter combinations that
make the vowel pattern. At the end of the week each student takes a peer
spelling check.
Reading: Our focus has been on making predictions and comparing and contrasting.
We read various stories about the three little pigs and tried to make
predictions about what would happen next. We read The Three Shapely Pigs,
The Three Little Javelins, and The True Story about the Three Little
Pigs. It was interested to compare how the stories were different and the
same. During reader’s theater performances students have been practicing using
intonation and inflections to make their part sound more exciting.
This week we are
comparing and contrasting the plants and seasons. We read a story about how
plants change in each season and made a KWL chart to about what we learned.
Writing: We have been all about writing informational reports. Students are
getting better at remembering to start the report with a title and topic
sentence. As a class we wrote an informational report about the savanna. In
media with Mrs. Seeger students typed, formatted, and added a picture from the
internet to their report. Students have been meeting in small groups to
research a habitat and using books from the library learn facts about their
habitat. Ask your child about the report we wrote up about the savanna!
Math: Our main focus has been on shapes. Students have practicing identifying
three-dimensional shapes including the cube, cylinder, pyramid, cone,
rectangular prism, and sphere. We compared the similarities and differences of
the sides, faces, and points of each of the shapes. In the next unit we will
review money and begin talking about equal shares and fractions.
Hospital Field Trip: Please check
our classroom blog for pictures and information about what we did at the
hospital!
Important Dates Coming Up:
No School-April 18th
Reader’s Theater-May 27th
Author Visit Amy Pleiming-May 29th
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