March 16, 2018 Newsletter & Gala Info
Hello Parents,
Let’s talk about our great week!
Reading: This week, students have been practicing buddy reading. With this practice, students are developing skills related to fluency and comprehension. Students are reading elbow to elbow, knee to knee. As they read, they are asking each other questions and expressing elements that they find interesting. Every day, we have had a guiding question that students have been focused on. They have been journaling their responses and are practicing this so they can become experts at retelling stories and showing their understanding!
Writing: This week, students continued their opinion writing relating to animal body parts. We were thinking about if we had animal eyes, which would we want to have and why. Students create a circle map about their ideas and facts. After this, we are practicing our online skills by typing our findings into multiple paragraphs. By the end of this project, students will have a total of five paragraphs.
Math: Geometry is in full swing right now. Students have been identifying different shapes with angles and sides from 3 – 10. In addition to this, students are becoming pros at finding area within a shape.
Science: This week, the class studied tornadoes! The students were so excited to learn about this fascinating weather pattern. Students read articles, researched online and watched quick videos about this weather pattern. Next week, hurricanes will be researched.
Announcements
Our Gala Basket theme has changed. Our new theme is baking! I am going to create an AMAZON wish list. If you wish to go online and purchase an item or two for our basket, I would SO appreciate it! You can have the item shipped to yourself or to me at Pine Ridge! Also, if you wish to hand deliver the item, Lisa Mata at the front desk will gladly accept these items as she is compiling them to create the basket. If you prefer to do your own shopping for this great cause, no problem at all! Remember, this great basket is supporting PRE’s new book room for teachers and students next year! What a wonderful project to help start up!
The Amazon Wish List can be found at : http://a.co/fDF4UvH I will be adding more items to it as time goes on.