Week of February 21

Writer's Workshop:
The kids will complete Chapter 3 and begin Chapter 4 - Interesting Facts
Tuesday- Final drafts of Chapter 3
Wednesday- The students will go through their research and write down interesting facts about their animal on a circle map.
Thursday- The students will add details and start rough drafts.
Friday- The students will edit and do their final drafts

Project Group:
The kids will begin their projects, working in small groups to design and create backdrops for our ASU Prep. Zoo habitats.

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.

There is no dictation test this week because of the short week.

Book of the week:
Words of the week:


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

Story of the Week: The Bee by Sabrina Crew
Genre: Non-fiction
Comprehension Skill: main idea and details

Word Wall Words: off, clock, shook, it's, will, rain

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 insect book and will write a book report on the book they read.
3.Computer Station: Students will read a book on tumblebooks.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 - NO DICTATION THIS WEEK
High frequency words:
Dictation sentences:

We are reading a Jr. Great Book story Eeyore Has A Birthday And Gets Two Presents. We are also practicing our readers theaters for the summative!

Math:
Mrs. Johns' Math: Ms. Boswell will be teaching Math. This week the kids will continue exploring fractions. The kids will look at fractions that are more than one part of the whole (ie: 2/3, 3/4)

Ms. Aguilar's Math: In math this week Ms. Kelly will be taking over. She will introduce and teach about shapes and their attributes.
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Shapes- students will practice sorting shapes.
Wednesday: Studente will begin to discover 3-D shapes by exploring with geo-blocks.
Thursday: Students will use 2-D shapes to create a polygon picture.
Friday: Students will use 3-D shapes to create a building.

Mrs. Sullivan's Math: In math this week Miss Zucarro is teaching fractions. We are learning about halves,thirds, and fourths. We will also talk about equal parts, parts and whole. We will take a short assessment on Wednesday and start measurement on Friday.