March 31-April 4

Math: We will begin working with arrays. We will learn a new math game, Array Games.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week all have vowel patterns, ei or eigh.
ceiling      neighbor      either          eighteen      height
neither      weight        leisure          protein      freight
receive     weigh          deceive        sleigh        conceited
receipt      eightieth      neighborly    deceitful    featherweight

Language Arts: We will learn how to sequence events in stories and draw conclusions about them as well. We will also learn about comparative and superlative adverbs. Our vocabulary words this week are: braided, boils, batch, ingredients, bakery, and mixture. You can listen to our grammar jammer about adverbs by clicking on this link: Grammar Jammer: click on Language Arts

Reading: Our story of the week is Jalapeno Bagels.

Writing: We will continue writing a story about catching butterflies.

Social Studies: We will finish using maps to learn about parts of the United States. We will begin learning about natural resources.

Handwriting: We will learn uppercase cursive I and Z.

Last Week in School...

Mrs. Aman came in and read our class a story called The Sandwich Swap. In the story, a girl was eating a hummus sandwich, and Mrs. Aman brought some hummus for all the students to try. 

We solved math story problems using many different strategies.

 We used square inch tiles to relate multiplication to area.

 We had a family literacy night where parents came to the school to play literacy games with their children.

We partner read our story of the week, Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong.

March 24-28

Math: We will continue solving multiplication problems. We will also begin working with arrays.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week all have vowel patterns.
because      though        taught            bought         touch
would         author        could             enough        sausage
fought        should        faucet            daughter       brought
laundry      distraught   afterthought    auditorium    overwrought

Language Arts: We will learn how to sequence events in stories and draw conclusions about them as well. We will also learn about adverbs. Our vocabulary words this week are: raindrops, memories, homesick, farewell, airport, cellar, curious, delicious, and described. You can listen to our grammar jammer about adverbs by clicking on this link: Grammar Jammer: click on Language Arts

Reading: Our story of the week is Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong.

Writing: We will write a story about catching butterflies.

Social Studies: We will use maps to learn about parts of the United States.

Handwriting: We will learn uppercase cursive G and S.

Last Week in School...

We created adjective posters about our classmates. We rotated around the room and wrote a polite adjective on each student's poster.

 We made Shamrock people with our Kindergarten buddies.

We wrote what we are lucky for on a shamrock and then decorated them. 

We made contraction caterpillars. 

 We made suffix and prefix trees. Each student chose a prefix or suffix and wrote words with it on the leaves of their tree.