Week of February 8-12

Happy Snowy Week!

Reminders:

Blizzard Bag's are due the day after a BB Day.
Online options are linked to this blog. --->

Scholastic Book Orders are due on Friday, don't miss out on the opportunity to use the free book coupon!

This Week:

Math: We have started Topic 8: Groups of Tens and Ones.

Win: We have switched up WIN groups for the next couple of weeks. Students are either working on understanding money in a math group, researching and writing about penguins in a writing group, or reading Charlotte's Web in a reading group.

Reading: Students have new books to bring home this week! Please review these books each night with your student. We will also be talking about "Magic E" and learning about contractions.

Spelling: Students did very well on their spelling words last week, I hope this is a sign of things to come! We have been practicing our words every day at school too.

Writing: This week we are talking about inventions in honor of Thomas Edison and the lightbulb.

Science: This week we start talking about the rock cycle.

Have a great week, and stay safe in the snowy weather!

Week of February 1-5, 2016

Reminders:

Report Cards go home Friday, if you would like to set up a time to meet, please feel free to email me.

Vacation is the week of February 22nd-26th.

Jump Rope for Heart fundraising packets went home last Thursday.

This Week:

Math: We are working on skip counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's.

Reading: We are working in small groups to read at our levels, we are working on new centers that focus on vowel sounds.

Writing: Our writing topic this week is on what it means to have a heart of gold.

Spelling: We had a big change in spelling this week, students are only going to have one week to study their words.

Author of the Month: Our new author is Maurice Sendak.

Social Studies: This week we are focusing on Sedimentary Rocks and will begin discussing Metamorphic Rocks by the end of the week.