February 27th- March 3rd

Writing and Reading
We're starting poetry this week. We will get in touch with our 5 senses and use them to write several kinds of poems. We will use our poet's eye to see things in a new light and come up with different descriptions. We will also read lots of poems to get inspired. After reading, we will look at the different rhythms and rhymes a poem can have as well as dissecting the meaning of a poem.  

Math:
3 digit addition will continue this week as we take what we've learned and apply it to word problems. Toward the end of the week, we will start 3 digit subtraction. First we will practice regrouping with base-ten blocks and move into using the traditional algorithm. We will play games and work on word problems to practice what we've learned.

Science:
We are finishing up the water cycle with our water cycle ballet! After a short assessment, we will move into weather. We will review the seasons and the science behind the seasons. We will also create our own meteorologist report based on the upcoming weather.

Reminders:
Mrs. Alden will be out on Wednesday. Call the office if you have a change in transportation.

February 13-17

Writing:
Persuasive continues this week as we finish up our letter to the city. We will also plan our own dream room and write a letter persuading you why it's a great idea. We will write a rough draft, fix up our writing, and make a final copy.

Reading:
This week we are thinking about what fills our heart. We will decorate a heart with things we love and then write a short story to tell everyone about them!

Math:
We're back to measurement this week as we tackle the metric system. We will learn about centimeters and meters and decide when to use each. We will also measure the same thing in both inches and centimeters and figure out which unit we need more of and why it's different. We will also practice solving word problems with length as the topic. Then at the end of the week, we will take an assessment over everything we've learned.

Social Studies:
We're continuing our pirate maps this week. We've made our island and now it's time to bury the treasure! We plot out instructions using cardinal directions so that we don't lose our pot of gold!

Reminders:
Valentine's Party on Tuesday. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to bring items.
Library day on Friday.
No School on Monday, February 20th.

February 6-10

Writing:
We are continuing persuasive writing this week. We will finish our letter to the city about adding some safety features in our neighborhood. We will also read several persuasive books, including "I Wanna Iguana" and "I Wanna New Room." After that we write our persuasive letter on the topic of our choice.

Reading:
This week we are focusing on the difference between a fact and an opinion. We will play several games and do a few activities to help us decide is that something that can proven or is it someone's personal thought. We will use what we learn to help in our persuasive writing, using facts to prove our point and opinions to convince our reader we are right.

Math:
Area is the focus this week. We will learn how to partition objects into units and count the units to find the area.

Social Studies:
Ahoy Matey! Thar be me buried treasure! We're pirates this week who have buried a chest of precious treasure somewhere on a deserted island. So that we don't lose our treasure, we will be making a pirate map of the island, including land forms and other important land marks. The pirates will make a path that leads right to the treasure so we can come check on it anytime.

Reminders:
Skate Night: Wednesday, 2/10 at 5:30.
Valentine's Boxes due on Friday: 2/10.
Valentine's Party: 2/14 at 1:30.