Welcome back! I hope you had a chance to spend some time with your child over the last week. The students seemed to come back well rested and refocused. I think the slow shift in warmer weather should help! Here's a look at this week's learning:
Reading:
This unit students are learning about compound words including the ones that follow the rules: are+not=aren't, do+not=don't..., and "trickers": will+not=won't, can+not=can't... Students will also be working on compound words such as: rain+bow=rainbow, butter+fly=butterfly, mail+box=mailbox. Some reading groups have been shifted slightly but most students remain in their same reading groups. Keep up all the great reading at home!
Writing:
Students have started their realistic fiction writing. We are working on interior and exterior character traits, setting, problem/solution and story events. There is a focus on story elements and then the students will be putting the pieces together to write their story. They are doing a great job developing some very interesting characters right now!
Math:
Students have started geometry. We are looking at 2-D and 3-D shapes and their attributes. Students are learning vocabulary like: side, vertex/vertices (for 2-D shapes), and corner, edge, face (for 3-D shapes). Students will start to learn about halves and equal parts toward the end of the week and into the following week.
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