Theme: Seeds and Plants Reading Workshop This week we will be focusing on non-fiction text structures and information, doing real research! We tried it out last week, we are making some changes and doing it again this week- pretty fun and amazing how capable these kiddos are!! Math Here are the concepts we will discuss in math this week: survey data, decomposing numbers, number stories Writing This week, we will send home the published How-To stories, and we will start persuasive/opinion writing. It is SO fun, and sorry in advance for teaching them the art of persuasion :) | THINGS TO PRACTICE AT HOME: 1. Popcorn Words: I, am, the little, a, to, have, is, we, my, like, he, for, we, me, with, she, see, look, they, of, you, are, that, do, so, at, can, no, love 2. Counting by 1's to 100 Counting by 2's 5's and 10's 3. Counting backwards 4. Name Writing- with one capital letter at the beginning only (first and last name) 5.Addition and Subtraction fluency- within 5 6. Two digit number recognition and writing THINGS SENT HOME THIS WEEK: Mother's Day Invitation Donations: Traditional Clothespins (at least 100) Goldfish (regular flavor) Pin backs (25) *let me know if you're interested in donating, let me know before you purchase, so we don't get too many of certain items. |
(these are IMPORTANT dates, please reserve them on your calendar)
May 12th: Mother's Day Tea- 9:30
June 2nd: Father's Day Picnic- 11:45
June 9th: End of the year BOOKnic- 11:45
Check out the pictures below. We worked hard on learning about Rabbits this week, through non-fiction texts. We also paired our rabbit studies with a fiction story: The Tale of Peter Rabbit. We had tons of fun with our hand-on learning, we used teamwork, and LOTS of critical thinking skills! Pretty impressive work!