In our
phonics lessons this week, we learned about
digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch, ck). Then
we hunted for them in books we were reading during Reading Workshop. We also read a classic nursery rhyme and
highlighted all the digraphs. Be on the
lookout for digraphs while reading at home!
In
Handwriting this week, we continued our discussion on punctuation. We examined various poems and noted that
poets don’t always follow punctuation rules!
We also learned about quotation
marks and why they’re used. Then we
searched for them in books we were reading and had fun using character
voices. Keep an eye out for quotation
marks, too!
We
reviewed numeral formation and worked on addition equations both horizontally
and vertically.
We are
becoming such persuasive writers! We
read I Wanna Iguana and The Lorax and learned that we need to
include A LOT of reasons if we want our reader to make a change. We are writing letters, essays, posters,
songs, - anything to prove our point!
Who is
growing and changing over time? WE ARE! This week, we examined how living things
grow. We had so much fun looking at all
of our baby pictures and seeing how we’ve changed! We also looked at various animals’ life
cycles. Lastly, we made glorious sunflowers (complete with seeds!) to brighten our classroom! Thank you to all the volunteers this week!
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| The flower part of the plant makes the seeds! |
Our class will visit the Book
Fair and write our wish lists NEXT MONDAY. Look for it in your child’s backpack mail.
