Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Weekly News

Important Dates:

Feb 28- Early Day
March 1- Early Day
March 5- Favorite Person Day
March 5-7 Parent Teacher Conferences
March 8- No school


Announcements:
Don't forget that both Thursday and Friday are early days so we can work on report cards.

English: 

Our question of the week is, "How do changes in the weather affect us?" We will be reading, The First Tortilla.  
Writing skill: We will be writing thank you letters.
Our phonics /spelling pattern: syllable patterns ue, oo, ui, ew
Comprehension skill: We are learning about plot and theme.  We will also be talking about how we can monitor our understanding as we read, and what we can do to clarify if we don't understand something. 
Conventions: Adverbs that tell how, they usually end in -ly
Vocabulary skill:prefixes
Fluency skill:expression


Math:

 We will be reviewing symmetry, rounding and fractions.  

French:

We are learning the /gn/  sound this week.

 Science:

We are talking about the moon.