Book Fair

Book Fair Browse Day - Wednesday, January 30 at 8:45

Book Fair Buy Day- Thursday, January 31 at 9:45

Please send money with your child on Thursday if you choose to have he or she buy books during our buy time.

Partner Reading!

Today we reviewed science content by partner reading our non fiction text.

Partners took turn reading aloud while the other partner followed along.

We discussed the importance of reading the text, looking at the pictures, and using the captions to learn more about the pictures.

They did a great job of staying on task with this and working together!

Nikolaos and Charlie acting goofy for the camera.

Catherine and Sage working together on reading the text, the captions, and discussing the pictures.

Mixing It Up!

Jeremy and Spencer creating their mixture.

Sage, Archer, Bailey creating their mixture.

Hayden recording data after separating the mixture.

Nikolaos recording data after separating the mixture.

These are all pictures of our class learning about mixtures!

They combined different edible matter into a trail mix like mixture in bags.

They observed that matter does not change when in a mixture. The cereal is still cereal, the M&m's are still M&M's, the popcorn is still popcorn, and the pretzels are still pretzels.

They then separated the items back out into separate piles. They discovered that matter in a mixture can be separated back to it's original parts.

What a great day of science learning!

Mystery Reader

Thank you to our past two mystery readers, Heather Regnault and Joanna Irwin!

Weekly Updates - Weeks of January 21 and 28

I am going to outline the next two weeks in one post. I apologize for not updating at the end of last week, as I went out of town for the weekend.

Math

Chapter 6 in Everyday Math focuses on Whole Number Operations and Number Stories.

We are working on different strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems, including solving word problems.

This chapter will also introduce the underlying concepts of multiplication and division. We will be working on arrays and sorting items into equal groups.

Language Arts

We are slowly beginning to learn dictionary skills. Guide words are a very hard concept for many students to grasp right away. We are trying to work on putting words in ABC order as a foundation for this.

Reading

At the end of this week we will begin to learn how to infer in our reading.

We will do a "What's in Ms. Perlman's bag" activity this week to infer what different items in my bag might mean about me.

Spelling

Our currently spelling words follow the rule that in a 2 syllable word that ends in a y, the y makes the long e sound.

Science

We will be learning about how the states of matter can change.
Mixtures, evaporation, condensation, and melting will be some of our main focuses.

Asking Questions Online Activity

We have been working on asking questions about the text before, during, and after reading.

Asking questions help us think about what is important in the text, and we can often find the answers to our questions as we continue to read.

Here is a site where they can work on asking questions while reading.

Into the Book

Drag the Question Mark icon into the middle and then they can begin!

Weekly Updates January 11

We had a nice first week back at school!

Things to ask your child about this week.

1. What are parallel lines? Can you find any parallel lines at home?

2. What do pronouns replace in a sentence?

3. What are the 3 states of matter?

4. What is the smallest part of matter?

5. What are some properties of (choose an object in the house)?

6. Which state of matter is the only one to have its own shape?

7. How many sides does a quadrangle have?

8. If I poured water from a pitcher into a glass, would the water stay the same shape as the pitcher? What would happen to the shape?

Looking into next week...

Math

We will be exploring 3D shapes next week and lines of symmetry.

We will be categorizing 3D shapes in a Shape Museum in our classroom.

The Chapter 5 math test will be on Friday.

Spelling

We will be learning about open syllables. An open syllable is when there is only one vowel and there is no consonant closing it in.

Examples: go, hi, flu

We will be testing on 2 syllable words where one of the syllables is open.

Examples: banjo, open, motel

ELA

This week we worked on pronouns. We created pronoun pockets and pronoun flowers.

Next week we wil be working with reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, yourselves, ourselves, theirselves

Writing

We will beging information writing next week. We will be working on brainstorms and rough drafts telling about our favorite toy.

Science

We will continue to study states of matter. We will focus on liquids and gases next week.

AR

I often get questions about "how do I know if a book is an AR book" from parents.

Just a reminder - you can go to arbookfind.com to enter the book and find out if it is an AR book and if it is on your child's level.

Please do not get your child books above their level. If you have questions about your child's level, please ask.

Information

I will be at an APS training workshop on Thursday, January 17.

They will be with a substitute.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Back to School!

See everybody BRIGHT and EARLY tomorrow for the first day back!

Hoping everyone had a great holiday and quality time at home with your children.