Week Ending 3/23

This has been a busy week,

Important Information:

• Even with the temperatures becoming a bit warmer, be sure to still send snow pants and boots so your child can go on the field and the play structure at recess as it's still snow covered. 
• Friday, March 30, there is no school.

3, 2, 1 things you should know about our week...

3 math skills we worked on this week comparison number stories, understanding and discussing data, and stretching our minds with some more logical and thoughtful work.  

2 stories we focused on as we began our folktales tale unit were The Lion and the Mouse and The Ant and the Grasshopper.  We have been working on understanding what folktales are, comparing them to realistic fiction, and understanding the lessons in the stories we read.  

Ask your child what the difference is between folktales and realistic fiction and what the lesson was in The Ant and the Grasshopper. 

1 activity we did was fly to China.  We were visiting Mexico and now we've moved into China.  Perfect timing for our field trip today to the Chinese Cultural Center.
Ask your child 3 activities we participated in on our trip.

Week Ending 3/9/18

Hello families!
What  a busy week it was, even with a snow day.  I hope you all were able to enjoy some family time together and stayed safe and warm.

Important information:

• If we missed a conference due to the snow day, I'll be sending you an email from Sign Up Genius to reschedule.  
• Our field trip the Chines Cultural Center is on Friday, March 23rd.  More specific info to come next week.  
• Please remember boots and snow pants for days when there's snow on the ground.  Thanks!

3, 2, 1 things you should know about our week...

3 literacy skills we have been focusing on using the text Ivy and Bean have been making predictions using evidence from the text to show why you're making that prediction, identifying how the characters have stayed the same or changed so far in our reading, and understanding what a turning point is in the story.  

*Ask you child what the turning point was in our book.  (The turning point was when Ivy wanted to help Bean hid from Nancy and they began to become friends.)

2 math skills we've been working on (and are finishing up this week) are understanding how old someone is based on their year of birth and how old that person will be when we are their age.  

* Ask your child to figure out how old a family member is by giving them the year, such as 1958.  They will solve on an open number line starting at 2018 and working backwards to 1959 to determine that person's age.  THEN ask them to figure out in how many years your child will be that person's age.  Lots of math thinking and discussion happens here!

1 writing/social studies skill we're finishing up this week is completing our non-fiction informational books on Mexico.  We have brainstormed chapters, researched, and now it's all coming together for a final project.  It's so exciting!