Newsletter 2/24

Our Weekly Learning        2-24-17
News and Information    Dr. Seuss Week is next week.  Please see the attached list for dress up days. Parent-Teacher conference information will be coming home soon.   Conferences are scheduled for March 28 and March 30th. Keep Reading!!! Our reading challenge ends March 9th.
Language Workshop This week we began our unit on plants. We read Tops and Bottoms.  We learned about adjectives and how they describe nouns.  We found many adjectives in our story.  We also tested on story comprehension and story elements.	Math Workshop We continued Topic 8-- “Tens and Ones” this week.  This week we spent a lot of time learning how to show different ways to make the same number.  We used our 10s and 1s and did lots of hands on practice.
Writing Workshop This week we introduced informative writing.  The first type of informative we are doing is “How to”.  Students will be picking a topic to write a “How to”.	Word Study Next week we will focus on the words many, grow, and tree.
Next Week Next week we will begin our unit on plants.  In Math, we will finish up Topic 8, “Tens and Ones”.  Math homework will be coming home for review before the test.  For writing, we will continue writing “How to” stories.	Important Dates March 13-17  Spring Break