Picture day is this Friday. Remember to bring a smile!
Math: We will finish up our unit on addition and subtraction of larger numbers. We will test on Wednesday. On Thursday, we will begin multiplication. We will talk about how many things come in groups. For example, things that come in 4's: seasons in a year, legs on a dog, quarters in a dollar.
Science: We will continue our discussion on matter and its properties. We will also measure the mass of some objects we can find around the classroom that will fit on a double pan balance. We will also measure volume using a graduated cylinder.
ELA:
We will continue to read Charlotte's Web. With partners we will reread and find specific evidence showing how the author, E. B. White uses his words to let us know how Wilbur is feeling. At this point in the story Wilbur is feeling quite gloomy, sad, hopeless, and depressed. Poor Wilbur...
Fortunately, Wilbur will make a new friend, Charlotte the Barn Spider, in our reading on Thursday. The author teaches us many facts about spiders in this fictional text. We will continue learning how authors use words to cause us to make judgments about characters.
Click the picture of Wilbur to link to a site where you can create your own comic strip using the characters, speech bubbles, objects, and various settings from Charlotte's Web! Think about the plot of the story and retell a scene you think is important to the story. We have started work stations during our reading block. Students rotate to activities such as FCAT Explorer on the computer, reading poetry for fluency practice, working with vocabulary words, creating literary mood webs, small group reading with me, and writing.
During our writing time, we have created lists of the best and worst times of our lives. We have tried to think of important smaller moments rather than complex moments such as a week long vacation. After choosing one memory to write about, we are planning and organizing the elements of our personal narrative:
- characters
- setting
- problem or challenge
- solution or how the challenge is overcome
- the time frame of the story
Resources:
Tiberio:
Tuesday- P.E. (wear tennis shoes)
Wednesday- PLC (resources for 2 hours -- be sure to wear tennis shoes)
Kluge:
Monday- Art
Wednesday- PLC (resources for 2 hours -- be sure to wear tennis shoes)
Thursday- P.E. (wear tennis shoes)
Friday- Media (remember to return all library books)
