READING and WRITING
This week we will begin a new genre, my most favorite of all, Poetry. We will learn about the features of poetry. Poems have short lines with no punctuation most of the times. There are repeating words or phrases in poetry. Poems sometimes rhyme and sometimes they don't. Poems have rhythms, some are songs and some could be silly and funny. We will think about how poets see the world in different, fresh and unusual ways. The students will make inferences with poetry as a strategy to comprehend the poem. We will also discover sensory language in poetry and understand that sensory images help us visualize the poem and make it more interesting for readers. In writing we will “See with Poets’ Eyes” as we begin writing about ordinary objects in different ways. We will learn that poems are big thoughts in little packages.
This week we will begin a new genre, my most favorite of all, Poetry. We will learn about the features of poetry. Poems have short lines with no punctuation most of the times. There are repeating words or phrases in poetry. Poems sometimes rhyme and sometimes they don't. Poems have rhythms, some are songs and some could be silly and funny. We will think about how poets see the world in different, fresh and unusual ways. The students will make inferences with poetry as a strategy to comprehend the poem. We will also discover sensory language in poetry and understand that sensory images help us visualize the poem and make it more interesting for readers. In writing we will “See with Poets’ Eyes” as we begin writing about ordinary objects in different ways. We will learn that poems are big thoughts in little packages.
MATH
This week we will learn about 3-D shapes. We will identify three-dimensional figures such as spheres, cones, cylinders, rectangular prisms (including cubes), and triangular prisms and describe their attributes using geometric language such as flat surface, curved surface, having corners or not any corners, being able to stack or not. We will look at everyday objects around us and compare them to the 3-D shapes that we are learning about.
SCIENCE
This week we will learn about plants, their parts and the function of each part. We will compare and contrast the parts of one plant to another and find the similarities and differences. For example, we will compare the roots of carrots and radish and see how the stem of celery and parsley can be different.
This week we will learn about 3-D shapes. We will identify three-dimensional figures such as spheres, cones, cylinders, rectangular prisms (including cubes), and triangular prisms and describe their attributes using geometric language such as flat surface, curved surface, having corners or not any corners, being able to stack or not. We will look at everyday objects around us and compare them to the 3-D shapes that we are learning about.
SCIENCE
This week we will learn about plants, their parts and the function of each part. We will compare and contrast the parts of one plant to another and find the similarities and differences. For example, we will compare the roots of carrots and radish and see how the stem of celery and parsley can be different.
HABIT #4: Think
Win-Win: I balance the courage of
getting what I want with consideration of others.
REMINDERS:
*Specials- A Group: PE on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
B Group: PE on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
**Wear tennis shoes for sure on these days!!!!
*Library- Tuesday 11-11:30
*Send orange folders and homework bags back every day.
*Send a healthy snack with your child every day. We will eat snack at 10:30
DATES to REMEMBER:
*Specials- A Group: PE on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
B Group: PE on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
**Wear tennis shoes for sure on these days!!!!
*Library- Tuesday 11-11:30
*Send orange folders and homework bags back every day.
*Send a healthy snack with your child every day. We will eat snack at 10:30
DATES to REMEMBER:
April 20-23: STAAR testing
May 1: Field Day
May 4-8: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7: Field Trip to Austin Nature
Center
May 11-15: Book Fair
May 14: Caraway Fine Arts Night
May 21: Volunteer Breakfast
May 25: No School, Memorial Day
June 5: Last Day of School, End of
the Year Party
No comments:
Post a Comment