Weekly Update

Hi Everyone!

Happy Friday! I feel like we had 3 weeks off from school with our snow days this week! What a nice way to ease back into a school routine.

Mid-Year Literacy Testing:
I have started our mid-year literacy assessments this week. Please be sure that your child is reading every night, and is practicing retelling stories in sequence using the characters' names and providing as many details as possible. Please refer to the front of your child's weekly homework packet for more specific information about reading with your child.

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Reading- We will begin our nonfiction reading unit. We will read nonfiction books about a variety of topics. We will study nonfiction text features such as table of contents, glossary, photographs, diagrams, bold words, index, labels, and captions. We will summarize books by stating facts we learn from the book. 
• Phonics- We will be studying words closely and reading across the whole word. Some lessons we will be learning: investigating the different sounds that -ed makes at the end of a word, tricky y, blends at the ends of words, reading words part by part.
• Writing-We will begin writing nonfiction chapter books. We will choose topics in which we are "experts" in. We take on the role of becoming a teacher to teach someone about our topic. 
• Math-We will continue to learn about measurement. We will continue to use nonstandard units of measurement to measure height, length, and with. We will also practice using a ruler to measure inches and feet. We will also learn about capacity, weight, and temperature.
• Science- We will continue discussing winter changes and adaptations people, plants/trees, and animals make to prepare for the winter. 

Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. 

Have a wonderful warm weekend!