January 25th

Social Studies:

We took all of our notes and made flip books about Native Americans. Then, students conducted research with their partners and created a plan for how they began constructing a diorama of a Native American region to show what they have learned. They are excited about their projects!

 

Reading & Writing: 

This week we read the story Two Famous Inventors. We continued to work on the skills of finding the main topic of each paragraph, using text features, and identifying the author’s purpose. For phonics, we are learning about the vowel teams oi and oy.

During writing time, we wrote the two body paragraphs for our opinion pieces. Students are working hard on making sure they have a topic sentence, supporting details, and a closing sentence for each paragraph.

Math: 

This week we learned how to skip count larger numbers by fives, tens, and hundreds. We are also working on using mental math to add or subtract 10 or 100 to a given number.

January 19th

 Reading & Writing: 

This week we located important and unimportant details using a story called “A Lucky Accident.” We also talked about how events in a story are organized and connected. Also, we talked about making inferences using the story “Two Famous Inventors.”

During writing time, we wrote our introductions for our books about inventions. We practiced writing a hook and providing our opinion about the invention that we thought was the most important. 

Math: 

This week we focused on comparing 3 digit numbers using >,<, and = symbols.

Social Studies:

We wrapped up our regions and the Native Americans this week. Next week we will start making our dioramas to show what we have learned about one of the regions we discussed. Donations of the supplies listed below would be appreciated. Thank you!

• Felt 

• Beads

• Toothpicks

  
  

  
  

  
  

January 14th

Reading & Writing: 

This week we started our new unit. This unit is called “Solving Problems Through Technology.” This unit will focus on Nonfiction stories. Our first story was called “A Woman with Vision.” We talked about making inferences, and identifying the main topic.

 

We began learning how to write in cursive! A few of the letters we have been practicing include: e, l, i, t, and o. 

Math: 

This week we learned about place value of three digit numbers. Students are learning how to write numbers in different ways using: word form, place value charts, expanded form, and place value blocks.

Social Studies:

We are learning about different regions and the natural resources that can be found in those areas. So far we have learned about the Northeast, Southeast and Plains regions. We have learned about the food, shelter, landforms, transportation, and clothing of the Native Americans in these regions. 

We are in need of shoeboxes for our upcoming social studies project. If you have any you can donate, please send those to school. We also are looking for donations of supplies to make our projects. (See below)

• Felt 

• Beads

• Popsicle sticks

• Toothpicks

• Brown coffee filters

• Pipe Cleaners

January 6th

Reading & Writing: 

This week we read the story The Stone Garden. Our lessons centered on making mental images as we read, using the author’s word choices to help us comprehend, and thinking about the theme of the story. We helped welcome 2024 by brainstorming goals we would like to achieve during the rest of the school year. Students wrote about their resolutions and action steps. Our phonics lessons have focused on r-controlled vowel sounds: ear, ere, air, and are.

Social Studies:

We are beginning to learn all about different regions of Native Americans. We started by defining what a region is and coloring maps of the various regions we will study. For each region, students will explore the food, clothing, shelter, and tools used by the people that lived there. We will also identify the natural resources that Native Americans used to help them survive.

Math: 

This week we started a new unit on place value. Students are learning how to read and write three-digit numbers in place value charts and model them with base ten blocks.

Science:

Check out these pictures from our recent science unit where the students designed and tested out new tools that they designed.

Winter Party Fun: