Welcome back from Winter Break! I hope everyone had a relaxing time with their families. We will get back into the swing of things here at school.
Math: Miss Montesarchio will start a new unit. Unit 6 is the last unit of Volume 1. I know the class is excited to start our second math book very soon.
Reading Workshop: Before break we were studying the genre of non-fiction. That unit of study culminated with a weeklong project called 'Buddy Study'. Now we will spend some time on a unit called "Word Power". This unit focuses on word patterns, word roots, prefixes, suffixes and vocabulary development. We will also learn about using context clues to help to figure out 'tricky words'.
Phonics/Spelling: This week's list is on words that have Y as a vowel: funny, my, why, many, try. Sometimes the y makes the sound of long e or long i.
Writing Workshop: Miss Montesarchio is going to start our next non-fiction writing unit called "All Abouts". During this unit we will learn how to use planning sheets to 'map out' our ideas. The goal is to publish a chapter book. For example, a book called "All About the Seasons" could have 1 chapter for each season. Another example would be a bood called "All About Cats" and the chapters in that book might be: The Body, Cat's Diet, Caring for Pet Cats.
Social Studies: We will be learning about our government and our nation's capital.
Homework
Monday 2/22
1. Read for at least 20 minutes
2. Purple Spelling Sheet
Tuesday 2/23
1. Read for at least 20 minutes
2. Ski Story
Wednesday 2/24
1. Read for at least 20 minutes
2. Math Riddles
Thursday 2/25
1. Read for at least 20 minutes
2. Study for tomorrow's spelling test
Have a great week!
