Week in Review, January 23-26, 2024

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Please look for 100th Day of School Activities (snack and collection) and Valentine's Day information (card prep) coming home in your child's zippy pouch Monday. You can also find the information here. Thanks for your help!

In Writing, we continued writing "All About" books to teach readers about different topic. Students learned how to keep the reader in mind as they write by thinking of questions the reader might have. We also learned how to write a twin sentence to help our reader better understand the topic. 

• Example of a twin sentence:
• An otter is a mammal. Mammals have fur and warm blood.
• A tiger is a carnivore. Carnivores eat meat.  

Watch these videos for a quick review of how to write All About books:

• Episode 1-What Is It?
• Episode 2-Choosing a Topic
• Episode 3-Making a Plan

In Reading, we continued reading Non-Fiction books and learning about Non-Fiction Text Features. This week students learned how to:

• Read fluently with proper stress and intonation.
• Ask and answer non-fiction questions. 

This week we zoomed in on the following Non-Fiction Text Features: different style and size words, diagrams, headings, and maps. We also attended the Grade 1 January Assembly. 

In Word Study, we learned that vowels in words ending in ild, old, ind, olt and ost will make the long sound. We also learned that when "y" is found at the end of a one syllable word it will make the long "e" sound. The new heart words both, four and fourth were introduced. Please practice the following this week:

In Math, we learned how to (1) read and write comparisons using <,>, or =, (2 ) how to to compare and order numbers based on the value of the tens and ones digits, and (3) how to understand that a two-digit number can be represented in different ways using tens and ones. 

In Science, we had a STEAM lesson on Parent and Offspring. We built and coded a spinning game where we matched animal parents to their offspring. 

We also continued to notice that parents and offspring are similar, but not exactly the same. Students took a formative assessment to demonstrate their understanding of Bend 2. 

Upcoming Events:

• February 1-EAA Season 3 registration opens tonight.
• February 2-Swim for PE. Please send your child to school in their swimsuit. Thanks! 
• February 7-100th Day of School (bring collection and snack), Chinese Red/Cultural Dress and Chinese New Year Celebration at 2:00! A PM snack will be provided. 
• February 8-12-No School! Chinese New Year!
• February 14-Valentine's Day! Bring cards to give to your classmates. A PM snack will be provided. 
• February 19-23-Festival of Reading Week!