Weekly News for April 1st- April 5th:
Learning Goals:
Reading: This week in reading, we will finish up our latest round of informational book clubs. Students will practice comparing and contrasting information learned in their book club books as well as information from their own lives. At the end of the week we will have a reading celebration where we show off our learning with posters for our kindergarten buddies!
Writing: This week in writing, we will finish writing and editing our biographies. Students will review rules of capitalization, punctuation marks, and the spelling patterns we've learned to publish great biographies. As you may have noticed our assignment of biography photos was sent home a little later than expected, thus we've extended the time students have to get photos. Please send in or email at least 3 pictures of your child's biography subjects by 4.1.19. Thank you to all families that have already sent them!
Math: This is an important week in our problem solving development! First, we will begin by solving multi-step word problems. For example: Ava has 12 balloons all together. She has 4 red balloons and 2 green balloons. How many balloons does Ava have that are other colors? Later in the week, we will practice adding numbers using a method called "Partial Sum Addition." Essentially, this method involves students adding by place value: adding the hundreds place together, adding the tens place, adding the ones place, then adding all together. If you'd like to see an example of this method click this link.
Social Studies: This week in social studies, students will begin learning more about Ann Arbor's history. Students will once again use a combination of information learned from our community interviews, community timelines, and fact sheets to get a picture of important historical events in Ann Arbor.
Announcements:
Report Cards: A reminder that report cards will go home this upcoming Friday 3/22/19. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns. I'm happy to meet with you and talk more about your child's progress and goals moving forward!
Spring Break: Just a reminder we will not have school next week 3/25-3/29. School will resume on 4.1.19.
Scholastic Books Orders: If your child would like to order books this month please order online using our class code (P93YR) or send in your child's order to class. I will submit all orders at the end of the month.
Class Wish List: I have created a short amazon wish list of odds and end items that would benefit our classroom. I will be adding to this periodically as our classroom needs develop. Please click the link to the right to see our class list: a.co/8fPKjiV
Reading: This week in reading, we will finish up our latest round of informational book clubs. Students will practice comparing and contrasting information learned in their book club books as well as information from their own lives. At the end of the week we will have a reading celebration where we show off our learning with posters for our kindergarten buddies!
Writing: This week in writing, we will finish writing and editing our biographies. Students will review rules of capitalization, punctuation marks, and the spelling patterns we've learned to publish great biographies. As you may have noticed our assignment of biography photos was sent home a little later than expected, thus we've extended the time students have to get photos. Please send in or email at least 3 pictures of your child's biography subjects by 4.1.19. Thank you to all families that have already sent them!
Math: This is an important week in our problem solving development! First, we will begin by solving multi-step word problems. For example: Ava has 12 balloons all together. She has 4 red balloons and 2 green balloons. How many balloons does Ava have that are other colors? Later in the week, we will practice adding numbers using a method called "Partial Sum Addition." Essentially, this method involves students adding by place value: adding the hundreds place together, adding the tens place, adding the ones place, then adding all together. If you'd like to see an example of this method click this link.
Social Studies: This week in social studies, students will begin learning more about Ann Arbor's history. Students will once again use a combination of information learned from our community interviews, community timelines, and fact sheets to get a picture of important historical events in Ann Arbor.
Announcements:
Report Cards: A reminder that report cards will go home this upcoming Friday 3/22/19. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns. I'm happy to meet with you and talk more about your child's progress and goals moving forward!
Spring Break: Just a reminder we will not have school next week 3/25-3/29. School will resume on 4.1.19.
Scholastic Books Orders: If your child would like to order books this month please order online using our class code (P93YR) or send in your child's order to class. I will submit all orders at the end of the month.
Class Wish List: I have created a short amazon wish list of odds and end items that would benefit our classroom. I will be adding to this periodically as our classroom needs develop. Please click the link to the right to see our class list: a.co/8fPKjiV
