Monday, September 19, 2011

Week of September 19th

This week we will be continuing with our Daily 5. We can now read to self, work on writing, and read to someone for 20 minutes. We have added our 4th component which is word work. Students are able to build words with different manipulatives to practice spelling and changing letters to make new words.

We will not be having library time this week due to our Spanish schedule. If students return books this week I will be sending them to the library before school to check-out. Please watch for books in your child's backpack.

We have started our Balls and Ramps science unit. We will be studying the different materials that balls can be made of and how different balls move. We will be observing different traits that make balls unique or similar to other types. Towards the end of our unit we will also be building ramps.

We continue to use pictures of students for our social studies unit. If you have not yet sent pictures to school, please do so as soon as possible.

Important Dates for This Week:
Homework: 2.1 on Monday, 2.2 on Wednesday and 2.3 on Thursday
Spanish: Tuesday and Friday