Weekly Update for the Week of May 8th

     Welcome to Ms. Davis' Class 

Special Schedule:  Monday - STEM  Tuesday -Art   Wednesday - Music Thursday - STEM

                               Friday - Music

Lunch:  Monday - egg and cheese sandwich   Tuesday - turkey dinner   Wednesday - salad

 Thursday - mini ravioli    Friday - pizza

 

  •  I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day and enjoyed the beautiful weather.
  • Several students have taken their headphones home.  If your child is one of them we need them back by Tuesday, May 16th because we are starting Iready testing, and I don't have enough extra headphones at this time for every student that needs a pair.
  • Monday, May 15th is book check-out day so pack those library books.
  • Everyone is invited to the Second Grade Music Concert in the Auditorium on Thursday, May 18th from 9:15 until about 9:35.
   
Reading -
  • Finishing the "le" syllable 
  • Chunking longer words into smaller parts to help with decoding and spelling.
  • Continuing to learn about the 6 syllable types. We have learned closed (cat), open (hi), magic e  (bike), r-controlled ( bird), double vowels (out) and the le syllable (little).
  • Continuing to work on activating background knowledge, identifying main ideas, determining what is most important in a book, questioning and making connections to self, a book, or the world.

Writing -

  • Finishing opinion writing.  They get to choose their topic this week.
  • Working on group opinion paragraph and starting independent opinion paragraph.
  • Always looking at grammar e.g. uppercase letters, end marks, nouns, verbs, adjectives and the 4 types of sentences.

Math -

Number Corner for May-
  • Addition and subtraction facts.
  • Reading and writing numbers to 1,000.
  • Skip counting by 10s, 100s, and 1,000s.
  • Adding and subtracting within 1,000.
  • Line plot.
  • Measuring lengths to whole units.
Bridges - Finishing unit 7:  
  • Adding, subtracting, skip counting with numbers up to 1,000.
  • Using open number line,  base ten manipulative  , and pictures to help solve 3-digit word problems.
  • Estimating.
  • Measuring and comparing inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
  • Working with 1/2s, 1/3s, and 1/4s. 
  • Introduction to division.

Social Studies  - Learning about what is a need and what is a want.

Science - Learning about animals and plant life.  Our marigolds and sunflowers are growing.


We had fun measuring in feet and inches with our 5th grade buddies and our new kindergarten friends.









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