Week in Review, April 22-26, 2024

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What a FUN week! We started our ABC Countdown and enjoyed the company of a stuffed animal at school, came to school in backwards dress, and crazy hair. Our ABC Countdown continues this week with only 23 days of school till summer!

In Writing, we learned fun ways to end our story (by having a lesson learned, sharing how characters feel, or by making our reader laugh). We fixed and fancied up Book 1 and are ready to start book 2 next week. We also learned how to do the following, to bring our stories to life:

• Unfreeze people-make them move and make them talk.
• Bring out the inside-make feel and think.
• Tell small steps.
• Add POP-OUT words.

In Reading, we picked a character for our Character Study. Over the next couple weeks we will be reading all the books in their series to get to know them even better. This week we worked to identify some traits of the character we have been looking at for our Character Study. We also learned how to find evidence of our character's feelings (making inferences).

In Word Study, we learned diphthong "ou" and "ow". They make the same sound. The "ou" spelling can come at the beginning or end of a word, like in the word "out" or "loud". The "ow" spelling can come in the middle or end of a word, like in the word "town" or "now". We also learned about the silent letter in the following combinations: "kn", "wn" and "mb". Please practice the new heart words "eye", "heart" and "about". 

In Math, we sorted and described two-dimensional shapes. We also learned how to draw two-dimensional shapes based on shared attributes. We zoomed in on the defining attributes of the triangle, rectangles and squares. We learned that a square is a special kind of rectangle. 

In Science, we used what we've learned about sound and vibration to design a musical instrument. Student went to the STEAM Lab, and used the design process, to construct their instrument. We also conducted our final sound investigation. Students worked to prove that sound makes material vibrate.

 

We also started the light bend of our Sound and Light unit. We entered a dark Science Lab on Monday and found a note over the light switches that read, "Do NOT turn on the lights! We are experiencing an electrical circuit issue!" We found that we couldn't see in the dark and brainstormed some ways to see. We found some flashlights to help us complete our lab work. We learned that we need light to see (light illuminates objects).

Upcoming Events:

• April 29-D Day! Donuts and Dance Party!
• April 30-E Day! Exercise Day!
• Music Informance from 12:40-1:20 in Ms. Sawada's Music Classroom (C207). 
• May 1-No School! Labor Day!
• May 2-F Day! Free Choice Time (extra)!
• May 3-G Day! Go Noodle and Games!
• May 11-Mother's Day!
• May 20-Eagle Field Day!
• May 22-Vesak Day! No School!
• May 23-Reading and Writing Celebration! Parents, please join us at 1:30 for a Readers Theater and Book Series share.