Friday, February 22, 2013

February 22, 2013

READING                                             
            This week we will be reading two stories about dinosaurs.  Little Grunt and the Big Egg is a fiction story and Mighty Dinosaurs is a non-fiction story.  We will be comparing the literature and discuss cause and effect.
            In phonics  we will be focusing on words with nd, nt, mp, ng, nk and the vowel pairs ow and oa.
            Vocabulary words are disaster, earthquake, erupting, lava, pitch, volcano, fossils, packs, prey, remains and reptile.
            Comprehension strategies are cause and effect and drawing conclusions.
                        In grammar we will be working on singular possessive nouns and plural possessive nouns.
           
                               MATH
                                   
            We will be combining shapes to work on the vocabulary words slide, flip, turn, symmetry and congruent. 


  Student  of the Week
Tayler is the Student of the Week!  She likes to do gymnastics, read books and bake with her mom.   Her favorite animal is a cat.  Her favorite is blue.   When Tayler grows up she wants to be a Fashion Designer.



ANNOUNCEMENTS
Feb. 26 – Early Dismissal at 12:00
Mar. 1 – Reading Logs are due
Mar. 19 –Early Dismissal at 12:00
Mar. 25-Apr. 1 – Spring Break