In Math Workshop, students used their math schema to make sense of decimals. As a class, we identified place value to the right of the decimal and explored the relationship between decimals, money, and fractions.
In Writers' Workshop, students continue to publish their literary essays. Today, students learned to "clue the reader in" when writing literary essays; using commas to include a brief description after characters' names.
In Readers' Workshop, students closely read The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss. They payed special attention to color in illustrations and dialogue to infer the changes in mood throughout the text, and grow ideas about the central message of the story.
Following our close read, students engaged in dialogue regarding environmental preservation and what they can do to help. Specifically, students made personal goals for Earth Day (April 22) about how to help our environment. Ask your child their goal!
Reading Week Schedule:
- Friday: Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character
Homework:
- Multiplication facts 0-9: 10-20 minutes
- Read: 20 minutes
- I will be out of the room tomorrow afternoon. Please direct any changes in dismissal, etc. to the office. Thank you!
- Reading Fair: Tonight, 6-7:30 PM
- Scholastic Book Fair: Tonight, 6-7:30 PM
- Bank is tomorrow. Please make sure you've initialed/ reviewed your child's planner.
- Missing classroom books:
- Exclamation Mark
- Our classroom is short on dry erase markers. Any donations are very much appreciated! Thank you for your continued support.
Thank you,
Ms. Smith
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