Week 36

 Dear Parents,

    This week in math we focused on our economics unit with saving, spending and lending. We also had two days to take out End of Year CBA which had 25 problems to show all the skills we learned in math this year. 

     In writing they have been having fun writing their individual information booklets on their animals. I hope they are having fun making their habitat boxes. We can’t wait to share them on Tuesday!

     In reading we read the story Sea Otter Pups and reviewed our anchor chart about monitoring and clarifying as we read. We  could reread, look at the visuals, remember what we already know, and asked questions. We also read a Scholastic News article called “Save the Sea Cows”. We answered comprehension questions about the article. We also had a map skills page (Social Studies) on which we reviewed the states that border Texas. We saw that Texas borders a body of water and another country.

      In science we wrapped up our food chain unit and went into our last unit which is focused on environmental effects on animals. We are learning quite a lot about all kinds of animals and the children find it very interesting.

      I need to have a HUGE shout out to my field trip chaperones: Mr. Restorff, Mr. Nguyen, Amber Rice, Yessidey Stevens and Michelle Douglas!  You all are rock stars! We had a wonderful time and were able to stay dry as we had so much fun! 

      My second HUGE shoutout is to the parents who worked on our pillowcase project Mr. Restorff, Amber Rice, Michelle Douglas, Mrs. Maeng, and Yessidey Stevens. I could not do this job without all your support! It is greatly appreciated! Thank you for helping me give your children  fun and support while they learn.

Week 35

 Dear Parents,

       This week in math we finished up our unit on graphing and took our assessment! We are very good at analyzing and interpreting graphs. We know how to ask many questions using the data from a graph!

        In writing we finished our informational writing on the Great White Shark and published it. We chose our own animal and began researching it at school. I hope you are having fun creating the habitat box at home. Let me know if you need any supplies- but my shoe boxes have all been taken. This project is due Tuesday, May 16^th.

         In reading we reviewed story structure and figurative language as we read Abuela and the three Bears. We read a Scholastic News article about making Crayons and answered comprehension questions. I loved the names they came up with for the blue crayon! On Friday we learned all about Cinco de Mayo as we tried some tortillas with honey!

         In science we finished learning about animal characteristics and behaviors and took our assessment. We are excited to start our next unit on food chains. I can’t believe how quickly this last nine weeks is going- I don’t even want to think about saying good-bye to this amazing group of students!

 

• Pillowcases are going home today to the parents who are helping write the poem on them with a Sharpie Marker- I appreciate your help, more than I can say! I got 5 volunteers so you each have your child’s pillowcase and 3 more. 

 

• FIELD TRIP IS MONDAY- your child brought home a letter on Thursday about reminders, and one for my chaperones. I have attached them here in case they were not seen. We are excited to go to the Perot Museum!