April 1st- 5th

I hope that everyone has a relaxing Spring Break!  Here is what we will be learning about when we return on April 2nd!

*Language Arts/Reading: In addition to completing phonics activities, we will be using our Language! curriculum to practice our reading comprehension, nouns, verbs, and answering open ended questions in complete sentences.
*Math: We will be practicing/reviewing money this week.  Tuesday and Wednesday will be coin review and then the rest of the week will be adding and subtracting dollars.
*Social Studies: In lieu of Social Studies these next two weeks, students will be reading novels and completing comprehension activities.  The novels will be assigned according to individual reading levels.
*Social Skills: We will be spending the next three weeks learning about careers, how they relate to us, and what future careers students may be interested in.  The unit will conclude with a project where students will be researching and presenting about one career of their choice.

Have a wonderful break!!!!

March 18th-22nd

Here is a peek at what we will be doing in Room 117 next week!!

*Language Arts/Reading:  In addition to finishing up Singular Plural and answering open ended questions, we will be beginning main idea/detail using our Language! program.  We also will be reading a fun story, in honor of National Peanut month, on Thursday before our community trip.

*Math: In math, students will continue to work individually on the concepts that they have been practicing these past few weeks.

*Science: The students have completed their U.S. Regions projects and I will be linking them to my blog soon!! Everyone did a wonderful job!  We will be spending this final week, before break, doing mini-lessons on weather.  We also will have a quick review of the seasons, as well are beginning spring this week!!

**Reminders:
-Early Dismissal Day on Tuesday, March 19th
-Community trip to Walmart on Thursday, March 21st (Students will not need to bring money unless they would like to purchase a snack.)

Have a wonderful week!!

March 11th-March 15th

Here is a preview of next week's schedule!

*Language Arts and Reading:  This week we will be completing a combination of Language! lessons (singular/plural and answering open ended questions) and St. Patrick's Day reading comprehension activities.

*Math: Students will continue to work independently on various skill areas.

*Social Studies: This week we will finish reading our U.S. Regions book.  Students will be introduced to their US regions project on Tuesday.  The rubric is included below.  Tuesday-Friday will be work days for the students.

U.S. Regions Power Point Rubric

Title Page

*Name of Region

*Your First and Last Name

States

*Names of all states in your region

*Two state pictures

Weather

*Type 2 facts about the weather in your region.

*Include 1 picture illustrating the weather of your region.

Place of Interest #1

*Name and describe one place of interest in your region.

*1 picture of this place of interest

Place of Interest #2

*Name and describe one place of interest in your region.

*1 picture of this place of interest

Place of Interest #3

*Name and describe one place of interest in your region.

*1 picture of this place of interest

Fun Facts

*Two additional facts about your region (animals that live there, plants that grow, etc.)

March 4th- 8th

I hope that everyone had a great snow-filled week!
Here is a look at next week's agenda....

*Language Arts/Reading:  In addition to reviewing nouns, verbs, and singular/plural words in our Language! curriculum, the students will be reading a story titled, "Batty about Bats."  We also will be spending time practice our vocabulary skills.
*Math:  The students will continue to work independently on math this week on various skill areas.
*Social Studies:  In continuation with our U.S. Regions unit, the students will be learning about the Midwest,  West, and Northeast regions.


*Dates to Remember*
- Monday is the last day to donate money for our Cancer Smashers Fundraisers!!!
- Monday through Thursday is ISATS/IAA assessments.  Please make sure to eat breakfast each morning and get plenty of sleep!

Have a wonderful weekend!