Dear Family,
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Miscellaneous
Strong Kids with Amy Muldowney
Reading
Writing
Phonics
Math
Social Studies
Sincerely,
Your child
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Miscellaneous
- foreign language greetings: Mandarin Chinese, Hebrew, and Russian
- the poems of the week, February by Maurice Sendak and It’s 100 Days of School
- poems from Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
- watching the Lunar New Year parade
- trying Yoga with Cosmic Kids on YouTube
- seeing a play about the U.S. Constitution by Mrs. Kinney’s 5th grade class
- celebrating the 100th Day of School
- counting items donated to the Ilyse Marks Food Pantry
- exchanging Valentines with our classmates
- attending an all-school assembly about the Cougar value of the month: acceptance
- listening to a poetry slam performed by Sharon High School students
- hearing Mrs. Woods read poetry on Read Across America Day
- learning about the syllables in a haiku poem and keeping a poem in our pocket
Strong Kids with Amy Muldowney
- reading Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
- learning about the ABCs of Positive Thinking
- reading Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt
- talking about the difference between being scared and being worried
Reading
- wrapping up our unit on fairy tales
- reading and comparing versions of Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk
- looking at the character’s feelings as they change throughout the story
- thinking about different shades of feelings, for example: mad - upset, angry, furious
Writing
- writing opinion stories
- writing reviews on games, movies, restaurants, toys, places, etc.
- ways to convince our reader (talking back to the reader, quoting others)
- how to politely disagree
- how to grab our readers attention (share an interesting fact or ask a question)
Phonics
- wrapping up unit 8 on blends and beginning unit 9 on closed syllables
- counting the syllables in a word by clapping or putting our hand under our chin
- the rules for determining if a syllable is closed
- closed syllables have a short vowel sound
- new trick words: say, says
Math
- wrapping up unit 4 and beginning unit 5 with a closer look at place value
- solving teen addition equations and story problems with unknown partners
- solving teen subtraction equations and story problems
- exploring the Make a Ten strategy in addition and subtraction
Social Studies
- the book Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney
- finding our special place on the map
- our continent, our country, state, town, address
- creating our own Me on the Map books using the app My Story on the iPad
- the 7 continents
- cardinal directions
Sincerely,
Your child