Week in Review, January 8-12, 2024

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In Writing, we took this week to publish our Book Reviews. We look forward to sharing them with you during our next Student Led Conference in March. Next week we will take our pre-assessment and start our third writing unit, All About Books (Nonfiction).

In Reading, we launched our fourth reading unit, Readers Learn About the World (Nonfiction). We learned how to take a sneak peek and how to study each page carefully. We saw that non-fiction books have different text features than fiction. Here are the features we will be taking a closer look at throughout this unit:

In Word Study, we learned about syllables and trigraph "tch". We learned that a syllable is a word or part of a word with one vowel sound. An open syllable has a long vowel sound. A closed syllable has a short vowel sound. We also learned that "tch" is used at the end of short vowel words. The "t" is silent. We learned the following heart words: been, into, friend, because, woman & women. Please practice the following this coming week: 

In Math, we continued learning about larger numbers in Unit 4, Numbers to 99. This week we learned how to read two-digit numbers and saw that all two-digit numbers are composed of tens and ones.

We learned how to interpret and make different base-ten representations of two-digit numbers (drawings, words, and addition expressions).

In Science, we started our first Science Unit-Let's Ask Nature. We read Ada Twist Scientist and Rosie Revere Engineer. We saw that scientists observe, wonder, and ask questions in order to solve problems. 

Upcoming Events:

• January 16-Happy Birthday Wang Xuanyou! WXY will be sharing treats during PM snack. 
• AIMSWeb Math Assessment today at 8:10am. Please go to bed early Monday night and eat a good breakfast Tuesday morning.
• January 18-Happy Birthday Ian!
• AIMSWeb Reading Assessment today at 8:10am. Please go to bed early Wednesday night and eat a good breakfast Thursday morning.
• January 22-No School! Faculty Inservice Day!
• January 23-International Spirit Week-Vintage International T-Shirt Day. Wear your shirt from prior years.
• January 24-International Spirit Week-Country T-Shirt Day! Wear a shirt to represent a country you love!
• January 25-Swim for PE. Please send swim gear in the blue SAS swim bag. Your child needs a doctor's note if they are not going to swim. 
• International Spirit Week-2024 International T-Shirt Day! Wear your 2024 shirt. Order it here by January 19th.
• January 26-International Spirit Week-Eagle Dress Day! Go crazy with red, white & blue!
• January 27-International Fair 10am - 4pm in the High School!
• January 30-Swim for PE.
• February 1-EAA Season 3 registration opens tonight.
• February 2-Swim for PE.
• February 7-100th Day of School, Chinese Red Dress and Chinese New Year Celebration at 2:00!
• February 8-12-No School! Chinese New Year!
• February 14-Valentine's Day!
• February 19-23-Festival of Reading Week!