Week of Feb. 6th

This Week...

Writer's Workshop:
The kids will begin researching their animals this week and we will write Chapter 2 of our animal report. Chapter 2 will be about Prey and Predators, including who are my predators? Who are my prey? What adaptations help me get my food? How do I protect myself?
Monday- The students will go through their research and write down facts on a circle map (answering the questions above).
Tuesday- The students will organize their information on a tree map.
Wednesday- The students will write their rough draft by using their tree map.
Thursday/Friday- The students will edit and begin their final drafts of Chapter 2.

Project Group:
Each class is learning about a different habitat this week, taught by one of our teacher candidates.

Reading:

Mrs. Johns' Reading:
Miss Miller will be teaching reading for the next four weeks. This week the kids will be investigating the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts.

Book of the week: The Ants Go Marching One by One
Words of the week: zoo, thing, from, they, fun

Ms. Aguilar's Reading:
*Ms. Abeyta will be taking over reading these next two weeks.

Story of the Week: Rainforest Babies by
Genre: Non-fiction
Comprehension Skill: reread and retell

Word Wall Words: to, those, more, kicked, bug, sport

Reading Learning Stations (Students have a literacy menu they will need to complete by the end of the two week cycle. The will do two stations on Tues/Thurs.):

1. Buddy Reading: Students will read a book with a buddy in their group. Then they will make a flip book.
2. Research Station: Students will read an animal book and tell about the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
3.Computer Station: Students will read a book at their level on raz-kids.com. Then they will take a short quiz online to check their comprehension.
4. Word Work: On the smartboard students will practice writing their word wall words.
5. Writing: Students will write a creative story from their Squiggle book.
6. Reader's Theater: Students will read a Little Bear story to practice fluency and retell the story by acting it out

Mrs. Sullivan's Reading:
Word family - ee words: see, seed, seen, seep, deep, speed
ea words: eat, tea, sea, seat, neat, peas
High frequency words: green, didn't, don't, it's can't
Dictation sentences: I can't find my mean, green, clean machine. Have you seen the jelly beans? I don't know where I put anything!

We are in week two of our unit on reading nonfiction books. We have centers that work on reading fluency, nonfiction vocabulary, using a website to find research and information, filling out a fact sheet on an animal, recording the main idea and supporting details of a nonfiction book. We are also making a construction paper display board on one animal to share with you at the summative.

Math:
Mrs. Johns' Math: Ms. Boswell will be teaching Math for the next four weeks. This week the kids will be exploring measurement tools, as well as how and when to use them. They will use inches, centimeters, feet, and meters.

Ms. Aguilar's Math: In math this week Ms. Abeyta will be taking over. She will introduce and teach about standard units.
Monday: Students will compare inches and centimeters.
Tuesday: Measurement centers
Wednesday: Measurement centers
Thursday: Different tools of measurement
Friday: Measuring how tall I am

Mrs. Sullivan's Math: In math this week Miss Zuccaro is teaching symmetry. We will also take an assessment to make sure students have learned the skills we taught so far this quarter. On Thursday we will practice math facts so that they are more automatic. Friday we will begin a unit on fractions.