Thursday, April 6, 2023

Weekly News- April 6, 2023

  Ask Your Child About...

  • Community Building 
    • Team Building Games for Morning Meeting 
      • Boggle, Hot Seat, Word Chain, & Spot the Difference 
  • Reading
    • Started Unit 4
      • Historical Fiction Book Clubs- Ask your child which novel they're assigned to!
        • Creating a group constitution to establish norms
        • Close reading to use observations as notes
        • Defining what it means to be an active listener 
  • Writing 
    • Started Unit 3
      • Literary Essays
        • Practiced using a question to prompt close reading 
        • Identifying character traits and supporting evidence 
        • Chose a book or short story we read as a class to analyze 
  • Read Aloud
    • Fox by Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks
  • Word Study 
    • Started list #9: Copy of words sent home in folder 
  • Math
    • Playing Color 10 (fraction game)
    • Beginning the April Calendar Collection - A Decimeter a Day
    • Playing Target 5 (finding the difference between two 5 digit numbers)
    • More Distance Challenge
      • Liquid volume units and converting between liters and mL to find different amounts of water needed for a certain numbers of runners
      • Mass units and converting between grams, kg, ounces, and pounds to figure out how much watermelon is needed for the runners
    • Measuring Hand and Arm Spans
  • Science/Health & Wellness
    • Mrs. Velez's Lesson on Organization
    • Drawing Self Portraits - half actual facial features and half about their identity
Announcements:
  • April 7th - 10th: NO SCHOOL for Easter Weekend
  • April 14th: Friday Lunches provided by Quiana Adams will begin! Respond to this week's email to sign your child up for Friday Lunch!


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