Upcoming this week:
4/2- Classes back in session :)
Math- For the next two weeks we will be completing a review of what we have learned so far. One, to be ready to continue our work; two, to help the students hopefully feel more prepared for the Iowa Assessments coming up in April. We will start by reviewing place value (2 days), then addition (1, 2, and 3-digit), and subtraction (1, 2, and 3-digit) this week.
4/6- No School
Math- For the next two weeks we will be completing a review of what we have learned so far. One, to be ready to continue our work; two, to help the students hopefully feel more prepared for the Iowa Assessments coming up in April. We will start by reviewing place value (2 days), then addition (1, 2, and 3-digit), and subtraction (1, 2, and 3-digit) this week.
Reading-
This
week we will read Operation Rescue by Christina Wilsdon. This is a nonfiction
selection about the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska in 1989.
Students will learn that oil spills can kill the sea animals who get caught in
them. The author’s careful explanations and excellent photographs show
different methods used to clean and care for otters and sea birds pulled from
the area of a spill.
Text Talk- This week we will read Angel Child, Dragon Child. Book Summary from Scholastic: Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the United States, is lonely for her mother left behind in Vietnam. She has difficulty adjusting to her new life, and her classmates do not accept her because she is different. Then she makes a new friend who presents her with a wonderful gift. A heartfelt, gentle, and realistic story. Our text talk words are: tilted, tender, yearn, gleam, mumbling, and cooperative.
Text Talk- This week we will read Angel Child, Dragon Child. Book Summary from Scholastic: Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the United States, is lonely for her mother left behind in Vietnam. She has difficulty adjusting to her new life, and her classmates do not accept her because she is different. Then she makes a new friend who presents her with a wonderful gift. A heartfelt, gentle, and realistic story. Our text talk words are: tilted, tender, yearn, gleam, mumbling, and cooperative.
Writing-
April is National Poetry month. Therefore, this month we will be taking a look at different forms of poetry and creating our own. This is one of my favorite units! :)
Upcoming this month:
Upcoming this month:
4/16-4/20 ITBS testing (Please have students get A LOT of rest and eat a good breakfast!)
4/24- Mrs. Clark and I will be gone to a meeting (afternoon only)
4/25 & 4/26- I will be gone to work on PBIS (our school's behavior plan) at Grant Wood AEA (all day, both days)
4/27- I will be gone once again! Oh my... but will be happy to return to school on 4/30.
Have a great week!
