Math
In our current unit, students are exploring shapes. Specifically, they are learning to explain the properties of both 2-dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes, and are learning to identify and create shapes that have lines of symmetry.
What can we do at home?
Explore the games and activities on Blackboard. Look for shapes in and around your homes. Have your child describe the shapes using property words like angles, right angles, vertices, flat faces, curved faces, and edges.
Reading
This week we are wrapping up our Reading Street unit on working together. In our next unit, we explore a variety of texts on the importance of creativity. In this unit, students will practice the comprehension skills of describing fact and opinion, comparing and contrasting stories and ideas, and using clues within a text to draw conclusions. At this time, we are also reading Mr. Popper's Penguins as a whole group.
What can we do at home?
Read with your child each night. Take turns reading and asking each other questions about the text. Allow your child time to explore the at-home connections on Blackboard. Allow your child to re-read or pre-read leveled texts on Blackboard.
Writing
As a tie-in to our current science unit, our class is working on a variety of expository writing opportunities. We are using the design process, as well as the scientific process, to write reflections and science booklets.
What can we do at home?
Find a fun and easy science experiment to do with your child. Write about it together!
Science
Today in class we finished our Dyson Idea Box engineering project. Your child's commercial will be on Seesaw by the end of the week, so be sure to check it out! Next week, we will explore famous inventors in history and brainstorm ways to improve and test various existing inventions.
What can we do at home?
Look over the instruction sheet your child brought home about our next at-home connection project on inventions!
Upcoming Dates - Mark Your Calendars!
February 12 - Valentine boxes due...please do not send valentines with your child before this day!
February 14 - Valentine's Day Parties
February 16 - No School - Teacher Work Day
February 19 - Invention projects due
February 21-22 - Parent Teacher Conferences - Sign up on Skyward!
February 22-23 - No School
February 28 - Birthday Breakfast - Happy birthday, Van!
