March 5th - 9th

Friendly Reminder:  Please return signed report card envelopes to school!  Also, if you would like your child to particpate in the "Trash Free Tuesday" filming, please return the signed waiver to school by Monday!!
Reading Workshop - Good Readers...

• Use a reading mat to keep track of the books that they have read AND the books that they need to read.
• Tell their buddy about one of the books that they are reading.
• Make text-to-self and text-to-text connections.

Writing Workshop - Good Writers...

• Write an "About the Expert" page for their How To books. 
• Fix and fancy up their writing for publication.
• Celebrate all of their hard work!

Math...  We finished our Cathy Fosnot unit; Bunk Beds and Apple Boxes.  Students created their own "Apple Box" problem.  We will continue to explore number combinations.  We are starting a unit on 2-D shapes.

Word Study/Sight Words...Word sorts were sent home this week.  We worked on individual sight words in class.

Social Studies/Science..We continued to talk about and look at maps.  We learned about a map key and how it helps us read maps.