Dear families,
Just a few quick notes about this week in room 105!
In reading, we have continued to work on Book Clubs! We looked at literary language in our books including similes and metaphors. We discussed how in a series book we can predict how a story will work. We practiced with familiar characters - Frog and Toad. We discussed how authors bring a story to life with; speech bubbles, bold words, exclamation points, question marks, and sound words. We searched for them in our series books. Beginning next week, I will start doing some one on one assessments. We will have reading workshop, but take a break from book clubs.
In writing, we have been working on writing poems that use comparisons using similes and metaphors and we practiced using a comparison all the way through a poem. We will be having a Popcorn and Poetry celebration on June 3rd in the afternoon. Parents will join us in the classrooms and read poems. We will also have popcorn! Parents will be allowed to take children in the hallways to read other poems on display that day. If you are not able to attend, please let me know.
In math, we have been working on learning more about 3-D shapes and how to partition a shape into equal pieces. We will learn how to make arrays and use them to solve multiplication problems!
In science, we have had great success with our bulbs! Over the weekend our tallest bulb reached 11 inches - doubling in size from Friday to Monday. We also have seed pods that we will harvest on our Brassica plants. Our wheat seeds have sprouted. We measured and observed them.
In Social Studies, we read more about the Flying Dragon and the Walled Lake amusement park! We watched a video and discussed the problems that came with having an amusement park in the city and how it contributed to pollution of Walled Lake that lingered until the 1970's.
Upcoming events:
May 22nd - field trip, departing at 9:30 a.m.
May 24th - field day, half day with dismissal at 12:09.
June 3rd - Popcorn and Poetry celebration- time to be announced!
June 7th - circus day at Wixom
Have a great day!
Mrs. Scheck
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