This week we will continue to look at the strategy of determining importance in text. We will discuss the difference between important vs interesting pieces of information. Our text connection for the week will be Ibis. Guided reading groups will be finishing up their books before we head into the vacation week and will be working on some short non-fiction passages in their sessions this week.
Part of our writing block this week will be used to work on our social studies project. Last week we launched the project based learning experience on leadership. Students chose one member of the school or the community they felt was a leader and are set to interview them. Some students will be working in teams of two, while others elected to work alone. This week, students will be developing a introduction email to send to their leader and will be arranging either a sit down interview or an email interview. We will use this week to generate the questions for the interview as well as to schedule and conduct the interviews. So far, this project based learning experience seems to be generating a lot of interest and enthusiasm from the students! Please ask your child about it at home!
We will also be reviewing plurals and looking at irregular plurals during writer's workshop.
We will conclude unit 7 this week and will be able to fit our assessment in before the vacation. Right now, we plan on having the assessment on Wednesday. The rest of our unit 7 lessons this week will focus on measurement, data collection, graphing and finding the median number.
In science, we will be looking at different types of storms, specifically hurricanes and tornadoes. Students will be engaging in some hands on activities to simulate these storms as well as some different reading activities.
We will hold our Valentine's Party on Thursday afternoon at 1230. Students are invited to bring valentine cards for each student in the class that will be distributed during the party. If you need another copy of the class list, please let me know and I can send one electronically. As always, please send your child with a snack for the party, as food will not be provided.
We will have All School Meeting on Friday. Our book of the month for February is Odd Velvet, a story about acceptance of others.
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