May 19-23

Reading and Writing

We have been working hard on our Readers’ Theatre and can’t wait to perform for an audience! This week we’ll continue to practice our dramas with our groups and draw/color our backdrops. This is a great way for students to practice collaborating and cooperating in a group setting, and they are doing an excellent job. Parents- Don’t forget to check the Tuesday folder this week for your official invite to our class’s Readers’ Theatre!

We will continue The Leader in Me, 7 Habits this week by creating a booklet with examples from this year.  I am proud of how well our class is using these habits at school and at home every day.  

Each day this week, students will work in their Reading A-Z books. This is a great book to practice skills such as synonyms, antonyms, silent letters, blends and digraphs, verbs, etc.

We will also work on a “time capsule” this week.  We’ll have pages inside that reflect on this year and predict the future!  These will come home and can be saved to re-open in 5th grade.  We’ll also kick off each day with some brain teasers.

Spelling

No Spelling

Math

It’s down to the wire and we want to make sure everyone is ready for third grade! This week we will be reviewing essential skills like place value, 3 digit subtraction, problem solving, telling time, and measurement.   

Science/Social Studies

This week in Social Studies we will discuss what a factory is and why is it important.  We’ll see how crayons, cheese and baseball bats are made in factories.  Students will discuss flowcharts and learn how the order is important and how a product is made more efficiently.  Students will discuss money, jobs and income and how they can save money and how they spend money. We’ll have fun getting with partners and creating a pretend business.  We’ll investigate how a product can go from natural resource to a finished product such as sheep wool to yarn.  At the end of the week, we will move onto community changes and discuss what it would’ve been like to live 100 years ago.  We will compare our lives to children from 100 years ago and the changes that have happened throughout the years.

Reminders

• Readers Theater Plays- May 23rd from 9:15-10:00 in our classroom and we would love for you to be part of the audience!

• Field Trip- May 20th
• Volunteer Breakfast- May 20th at 7:45- Please come and let us celebrate your help at Caraway this year!
• Ms. Hohmann’s retirement party- May 22 from 4:00-6:00 in the cafeteria
• May 26th- Holiday