I hope you have a great spring break ahead of you! I will spend mine snuggling with Chief, prepping some fun units for fourth quarter, and writing to you about each of your incredible kiddos!
Thank you all for the birthday love. You showered me with kindness and love, in the form of flowers, sweets notes, Cheetos, things that made my teacher heart sing (stamps, scented markers, post-its), and the perfect accessories for my blue kitchen! This is what my desk has looked like all week, these flowers have brought me so much joy!
Pictures from the fun had this week:
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| If practicing fractions with M&M's is wrong I don't want to be right. |
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| Writing can be a lot more productive with a change of scenery :] |
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| Teamed up with 5th grade to have a great discussion on criticism! |
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| Simple Machine Centers! |
Here is a look at our short week when we return from spring break:
Language arts: We will continue to read Sarah, Plain and Tall next week. In chapter 8 Sarah starts to feel sad, lonely, and homesick. We will discuss what we would miss if we moved and formulate a paragraph based on our list. In grammar we will review all the parts of speech we have learned so far. Ask your scholar if they can name all 6! (Cheat sheet: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, and pronoun.) We will review classifying sentences, and continue to build our own that follow the 5 rules of a complete sentence!
Math: We will hit the ground running after spring break with a new unit on TIME! We will do a review of concepts learned in first grade, and then dive into minutes before and after the hour. We appreciate your partnership in talking to your kiddos about what time they get up, what time you leave for school, what time you eat dinner, etc. That will greatly help us when we tackle our chapter on elapsed time!
Science: We will be ATTRACTED (hehe) to a new unit on MAGNETS! This will require a lot of exploration and experimentation with different materials. Can you scholar identify magnetic objects at home? What materials are these objects made of?
History: We will continue our journey forward in time as the scholars pioneer unchartered territory. Ask your scholar how the invention of the steamboat changed American life and enabled the growth of cities. Friday we will explore the Oregon trail!
