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Upcoming Dates:
April 21- Field Trip, Beach Clean Up and Tide Pools
Here's where we are headed:
Reading: The focus has been on imagery and words that help us create pictures in our brain. This has also been the lead in to poetry. We will be focusing on Acrostic, Couplet, Sandwich, and Cinquain poems. I will be compiling some of their pieces into an anthology booklet for them to keep.
Writing: We have discussed parts of a sentence at length and how to build a powerful sentence and the teachers and I have decided to break away from that and focus on how to write a story by using text as a mentor. Basically, we read a text such as Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and we mock our own stories with the focus being on sequential order of a story and describing words. We will continue along those lines, using different texts to highlight different areas of writing.
Math: We have moved back to math facts adding and subtracting but this time up to 20. It helps if they know there 10+ facts like 10+6=16 and so on. This will help them when they are adding three numbers and can make a ten first and then add that 3rd number. We have also been adding doubles first when adding three numbers together because they should know their double facts with ease up to 20. Again key strategies are counting on and back, making a ten, using doubles and doubles plus one.
Art: We hav finished with art. You will see this grade on the final report card.
Health: We have covered two chapters since the last update. Chapter one discussed Our growing bodies and how they change. Key terms: heart(muscle that works harder and beats faster the more you exercise), blood vessels(carries blood through body) lungs(breathe in/out through mouth and nose), digest(starts in mouth by using teeth to break down food and swallow with the help of tongue), skeleton(protect and support bones). Chapter 2 discussed how to protect and keep skin safe and clean. Wash hands with soap and water to get rid of germs. Wear sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, clothes, use umbrella...to protect skin from the sun. Labels will tell you what is in a prodcut, how much to use, and you can compare and contrast with other similar products. An ad is a message that tries to get you to buy something and does not always tell you all you need to know.
Science-Your child will be looking at life science this last report period. There will be lots going in on Mrs. Gonzalez's class.
Social Studies- Mrs. Flores has provide me with a page of guiding questions. Feel free to take a look at them and ask your child what's happening in social studies.
Key terms for teeth were primary teeth, permanent teeth, biting teeth, chewing teeth, dentist, dental hygienist, mouthguard. Ideas: how to brush teeth and when, when to floss, and how to protect teeth.
WISH LIST
Thank you to those of you who picked up a wish
list item at back to school night.
We are truly fortunate to have very generous families.
A few remaining items if you are interested,
but by no means necessary, are the following:
Reams of paper for copying hw packets and other things. We've been rationed
5 reams for the remainder of the year.
Clorox Table Wipes
Gloves for beach day clean up
Chunks- $27.99 at www.educatorsoutlet.com, #25407
Phonics Make a Match Middle Sounds- $19.95 at Lakeshore, #DD-897
Sound Switchin' Game- $24.95 at Lakeshore, #FF-692
Monkey Mayhem Building Word Families- $24.95 at Lakeshore, #FF-811