We are getting ready for another short week! I hope everyone was able to shovel out and
find a place to put all of this snow!
Hopefully you are going someplace warm next week for vacation. I know I have heard a few kids talking about going
away. Even though I am not, I can’t wait to hear all the warm weather
stories! J
Battle of the Picture Books
The kids have been working hard reading the 32 picture books
for our Battle of the Picture Books.
This week we will start voting for the BEST picture book! They have worked on taking notes about the
books, thinking about setting, characters, and theme. The kids have done a lot of deep thinking
about these picture books. It will be
fun to see what book comes out on top!
Wrapping up Geometry
Below
are some posters that explain how we have talked about angles and lines in our
Geometry unit.
We
will be moving right along into our next unit before the start of vacation. This next unit is all about Fractions. I did teach this specific unit of EngageNY
last year (as a trial) to my class. I
have never seen so much deep understanding of fractions as I did with this unit
last year. I know that many of the kids
overall have a much deeper understanding of numbers and math this year thanks
to EngageNY, but I am really hopeful that students will continue to have this
deep understanding about fractions. Last
year it really made a lot of sense to students in their understanding of
fractions.
Practicing Over Vacation….
Since
we have had so many snow days and February vacation is right around the corner, it
would be beneficial for all of the kids to continue to read over vacation. Reading even 20 minutes each day over
vacation is a simple way to help your child as a reader. We will talk this week about finding time to
read.
I
am attaching the February Vacation Reading Challenge that I will explain to the
kids this week!
The information below will be sent home with your child later this week.
February Vacation
Reading Challenges
We have more
vacation time coming our way. During
this time away from school, I hope that many of you will take advantage of this
time to do some reading. I know I will! To motivate some of you who may not open a
book, I have come up with two different challenges.
Challenge #1: Group Challenge – the girls against the boys. For this challenge, you’ll need to record how
much time you spend reading each day.
The team that averages more time reading each day will win!
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Challenge #2: This will be an individual
challenge – who can read the most books?
This challenge is simple! Read a
chapter book and record it below. Please
record the title and author. You can go
on a separate piece of paper if needed.
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Prizes will be rewarded for the readers who read! In order for your books to count, you must have this sheet when we come back
to school! Good luck, happy reading,
and see you in a week!
I hope everyone has a great week!
~Mrs. Lewis J
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