READING
Next week we will be reading three biographies. We will learn what makes a good biography and trying writing a biography including a time line of the person's life.
In phonics we will be focusing on the r-controlled vowels and the final syllables -tion and -ture..
Vocabulary words are biograph, event, information, champion, fact and president.
Comprehension strategies are rereading for understanding, evaluating, and visualizing.
In grammar we will be working on nouns and pronouns.
Our new chapter is about solid figures. We will be identifying, sorting naming attributes of solid figures. Some of our new math vocabulary will be sphere, cone, cube, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism, face, edge, vertex and vertices.
Crystal is the Student of the Week! She likes to swim, play soccer and eat pancakes. Her favorite animal is a dog. Her favorite colors are red and green. When Crystal grows up she wants to be a CSI agent.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Feb. 20 – President's Day – No School
Feb. 23 – Spring Picture Day
Mar. 5 – Casimer Pulaski Day – No School
Mar. 7 – Report Cards go home
Feb. 28-Early Dismissal at 12:00
Mar. 9 – No School – Parent/ Teacher Conferences
