Snow

Poem: Come Skating
Sight Words: said, here

Reading:
Comprehension Strategy: This week students learned about Author's Purpose. The acronym that is commonly used is PIE (persuade, inform, and entertain). When we test this skill for the report card students are asked to point to books that are for each purpose. We practice this skill by first introducing each genre or purpose and explaining what they mean, then reading books and determining why the author wrote that book. This week we learned about books that are written to entertain and inform. Next week we will continue with persuade.

Accuracy: This week we focused on the H brothers. We make it easier for kiddos to remember by calling them brothers and giving them a story to help them remember the sounds. Each day we introduced each brother with a short introduction song, then we brainstormed a list of words that had that particular h brother in it. Check out our words below! More learning with the h brothers are still to come!

Vocabulary: This week we read the story "The Hat" and added the following words to our extended vocabulary chart: snorted, startled, cackle, clothesline, perked, and woolen.

Writing: This week during Writer's Workshop we started our informational writing unit. Students completed their pretest for the unit and also learned what informational writing is. When we write to inform we are teaching others about a topic. I used 2 leveled reading books as an example to show others how we learn from someone else. One book was about lions and the other was about types of houses. Then we brainstormed a list of things we are experts at. Next week we will use that list to begin planning our first informational writing book.

Math: This week we have been learning about greater than, less than, and equal to. When learning and testing this skill students are to determine out of 2 groups, which one has more (is greater than) and which was has less (less than). We also added a new math by myself choice to review a skill of measurement from last week. Students are using unfix cubes to measure the length of pictures and recording their answer.

Vocabulary: This week we learned about the terms greater than, less than, and equal.

Content: This week we learned about snow and ice. We started the week with a science experiment where we tested cups made of different materials. We set the timer and tested to see in 10 minutes which cup would keep the ice in ice form the longest with little melting? We recorded our answers in a chart and discussed the differences and our observations.

We also ended the week with a snow globe craft. We used Doink Green Screens to print a picture of what looks like us in the snow and glued it to a snow globe outline. Then students filled out their responses to if they lived in a snow globe.

SEL (Social Emotional Learning): Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.

This week because of the snow days we spent time reviewing some past skills including kindness. We read the story "What Does it Mean to be Kind". This was a great book to review with perfect examples of how we can demonstrate kindness. 

NEXT WEEK:
Reading: Students will...
-recall the main idea and key details in stories.
-learn about the -ub and -un word families.
-review H brothers. 

Writing: Students will...
-learn how to choose a topic and write facts using a planning page. 

Math: Students will...
-learn about the word "hundred".
-review greater than, less than, and equal to. 

Content: Students will be having lots of fun surrounding the 100th day of school. The week will be jammed packed with crafts and counting activities that celebrate the 100th day of school.