Week of January 26th

Reading: R controlled vowels are the new topic being introduced this week.  Those pesky r's cause vowels to make different sounds and we have to recognize when those sounds are in words.  This will be a long process as we are now getting many rules and patterns to recall while reading.  We will read Snow Day during class this week.  This great book will get us prepared to play in the snow and excited for winter activities.  We work on understanding what we read, but an emphasis will be placed on using text evidence to support our answers as well reading with a purpose for the overall story and on specific pages.  This purposeful reading will encourage us to be more careful about reading closely for understanding.

 

Writing: Writing steps or in a sequence to enjoy a snowy day outside will be our task this and next week.  We will follow the writing process and create an illustration to enhance our writing.  Building on previous learning and improving our writing content, spelling, grammar, and punctuation will be the focus for this week and the rest of the school year.

 

Math: Topic 8 will investigate the tens and ones places.  We will read numbers in standard form (44), expanded form (40 +4), words (forty-four), and pictures (longs and cubes to indicate tens and ones places).  Any games you can play at home to help reinforce the place values would be great.
 

Social Studies and Science: Science learning will be revolving around the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas.  Social Studies will be focusing on getting along with others and treating others with respect.