Genre Study

This quarter we will be exploring a variety of genres. Students identified the characters, setting and sequenced the events in the fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea." Ask your child to retell the story using sequence words such as first, next, then and lastly.

The students have also been identifying character traits using text evidence to help build comprehension. Ask your child a character trait that describes the following characters and make sure they tell you "why" using an example from the text.

Red Ribbon Week

Our school celebrated Red Ribbon Week this week. Red Ribbon Week is a drug-prevention program. As a school community, we celebrated being drug free through spirit week and a poster contest. Cross your fingers that we win!!!

Natural Resources

Yesterday the students learned about natural resources. Below are pictures of a model the students made to observe how groundwater flows into a well. Ask your child how the water moved in their model.

During math play, students made a water well out of blocks.

Earth and Sky

We are starting a unit on the earth and sky. Students created a graphic organizer with a partner to list statements they know about the earth and sky and questions about the earth and sky. Discuss with your child their statements and questions.

Pumpkin Exploration

On Halloween we used adjectives to describe the inside and outside of a pumpkin. Then, the students created a pumpkin diagram and labeled the parts. Ask your child to use your five senses to describe the pumpkin and tell about their experience.

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Exploring Plants and Soil

We used our five senses to compare and contrast planting, lumus and clay soil. Ask your child how they are alike and different.

After the unit study of plants. Students choose their performance assessment. The choices were; vocabulary flip book, informative story or poem about plants. As a class, we read a variety of stories to use a mentor text. We used Scholastic News, "Plant to Seed" by Gail Gibbons, "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle and our science textbook.

Learning about fire safety

One of our parents came to teach us about fire safety. Ask your child about their favorite part.

Welcome!!!

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