Coins: In
math we will begin a chapter on money. Using real coins benefits our learning.
To help students practice counting coins please send in the following coins:
15
pennies
20
nickels
15
dimes
5
quarters
Please
send the coins in a baggie labeled with your child’s name by Wednesday, March 2nd.
The coins will be returned at the end of this chapter. Thank you in advance for your help with
this.
Homework: Our writing assignment is due Friday along with the
math packet and reading log.. Please return it in your Yellow Reading Log/Math
Homework Folder. Please make sure you sign your child’s reading log.
Basket Raffle for the Fun Fair: There is still time to help our class build a
wonderful arts & craft basket to raffle. Please bring send in any supplies
for our basket. Thanks to those who have already contributed to our basket.
Language Arts and Science: We will continue to be learning about weather through
our reading and writing activities. Our long a word sort work will continue
this week. The students are doing a great job writing about their favorite
sport or hobby for our informational writing. We will begin to research storms.
Then students will write an informational piece on the storm they studied.
Mathematics: We will be reviewing our mental math, rounding and
estimation skills. We will begin chapter 11 on Money. Please see the Family
Letter about this chapter and ways you can help at home.
Ways you can help at home: Continue to watch the weather
together. Describe your observations. Watch a meteorologist on tv together. Talk about
the key words he or she used to tell about the weather. Read books and poems
about the weather or seasons. Practice counting coins and bills. Talk about how
to write it in dollar and cent notation. Show different ways to make the same
value. Look for long a words in your reading. Continue to read aloud to your
child and have conversations about what you read.
Video of the Week
Our World:What is Weather- See the video link list on the right.
