I hope everyone has been enjoying the nice weather have been having! This weekend has been beautiful.
As you may have noticed, the homework for this week was sent home on Friday and graded on accuracy. We will continue to keep this routine through the rest of year.
On Friday of this week, we are going to be doing an activity similar to what the students did in second grade last year (coffee talk). Our activity will be called POP TALK. In this activity students will work in groups to create a foldable based on certain objectives in the book (i.e main idea and details, character analysis, story sequencing etc.) This will be their test for the book and will be graded on accuracy and completion (each student has their own foldable). They may bring 1 snack based on the book however; the only food that will be provided is popcorn hence pop talk :)
Spalding: We are currently working on section R
Grammar: We will be working on identifying conjunctions/compound parts in sentences, reviewing parts of speech, using helping verbs, main verbs, verb phrases, interrogative sentences, and using object pronouns in sentences.
Writing: We will be using the writing process to write a book review and will compare and contrast types of writing (narrative, persuasive, informative).
Literature: Identify and explain text features found in an informational text, compare and contrast stories with the same author, determine the main idea of an informational text, sequence events in order using the vocabulary first, next, then, last, and POP TALK.
Science: Observe that sound originates from vibrating sources. Compare high-, low-, and medium-pitched sounds. Students will hear the frequency of vibrations made by various sound sources producing different pitches. Explain the pitch of a sound to the physical properties of the sound source. Students will record observations and comparisons of sounds and use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations. We will build explanations: observing and communicating.
History: Students will understand that Inuit are not considered “Indian”, discover the Anasazi as descendants of Paleo-Indians and explore their significance, and will be introduced to our new History Project (The Native American Tribe Project). In this project we will begin this week by Introducing research as students will gather information about their assigned tribe.
Have a lovely week!
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