This week in literacy we will be discussing theme or the author's message. We will be using Leo the Late Bloomer as our text connections. Students will be working on transferring their thoughts into a written reading response using a topic sentence, details with supporting text evidence and a closing sentence. All guided reading groups will be starting new books this week and continuing their book group discussions.
In writing, we will continue working on our outdoor fun personal narratives. This week we will be focusing on the main event of the piece. We will also focus our revision on vivid verbs. Our lessons will concentrate on using different words for "said". We will also look at poetry and look at the technique of line repitition. Our grammar focus this week will be on the use of articles a/an.
In math, we will assess Unit 10 on Tuesday and begin Unit 11 on Wednesday. Unit 11 will focus on whole number operations. Our lessons this week will concentrate on addition and subtraction number stories using dollars and cents. As always, Fridays we will be used for small group review, preview and enrichment.
We will begin our social studies unit on timelines this week. We will use the text connection Diary of Worm to help kick off our unit. Students will be working on putting events in chronological order (also our vocab word of the week)
We are in need of a few classroom supplies to get us through the rest of the year. Any donations of paper towels, wipes and/or tissues would be greatly appreciated!
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