Homework: Our writing homework is due by this Friday. The
reading log and math packet are due on Friday. Please return them in the yellow
folder. Please make sure you sign your child’s reading log.
Reminder: Tuesday is an early release day. We dismiss at 12:15.
Please send in a healthy snack for your child.
Language Arts: We will be working with oi/oy words in our word work. We will be working on ways to
share what we know about the continents. Opinion writing continues this week.
Last week we worked on whether we thought children should have a set bedtime or
not. We will be writing about a celebrity that we would like to have lunch with
and why. We will also start a piece on where is a fun place to go in
Shrewsbury.
Mathematics: We will be reviewing A.M. and P.M. We are also working
with elapsed time. Students are working on knowing how to read a time on a
clock and know what time is an hour (half hour) before or after this time. Also
they will do problems like it is 2:00. 1:30 is ______ minutes before or after.
The elapsed time is only expected to be known at a conceptual level. We will be
taking the test on time on Wednesday. We will begin chapter 17 on graphs and
line plots.
Social Studies: Students will be working together to make a project that
helps others learn about the continent they studied.
Science: We have a States of
Matter presentation from the Museum of Science on Friday.
Cursive: We are working on our kite string letters.
Ways you can help at home: Have your child
practice reading his/her writing assignment out loud to you. Practice using
expression, speaking loud enough and reading not too fast or not to slow. Look
for oi and oy words as you read.
Look for sight words that your child could practice. After you read a book
together talk about your opinion of the book and back the opinion up with
reasons and examples from the text. Talk about AM and PM as you go through the
day. Have your child read times from an analog clock and then say what time was
an hour (half hour) earlier and what was an hour (half hour) later.
