We have a busy week back! This week we began drafting our informational pieces about animals. Students used the research that they had collected to draft a chapter about habitat and a chapter about diet. They are off to a really great start. We picked up where we left off in math, working in our measurement unit. This week we wrapped up our graphing portion of this unit. The last part of this unit is measuring with a ruler and solving word problems involving measurements. Encourage your child to tell you the time frequently throughout the day (off of an analog clock) so that they can continue to practice this skill. We are working on non-fiction reading right now and our focus is on identifying main idea and supporting details. We will continue to work on this skill throughout the next two weeks. Students will also learn how to compose a text dependent analysis over the next few weeks. They should be continuing to read their good fit books for 20 minutes each night as well. I love this point in the year because their reading really takes flight. Students are pulling some really fun and interesting books and I am seeing a large increase in reading interest! Genius hour will take place on Thursday this week instead of Friday. Thank you for encouraging their creativity and sending in so many materials along the way. We are going to work on making a large class plan that students will have the option to participate in. In the coming months, I will be asking for volunteers during genius hour. If this is something that you are interested in, let me know. I will be looking for someone to help with sewing interests, general building/engineering ideas, and research help. It is a really fun time in our classroom! Please take some time to review our pictures. Some of these pictures are from before break and the activities that took place at that time. Others are from the work students did this week. Have a wonderful week! Reminders: PE - Monday and Friday Math page - due Friday Tuesday - Parent club meeting @ 9:00
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