Literacy News

Literacy News In Reading and Writing Workshop we are continuing to work on our researched all about brochures. The students selected a topic, used a research notebook to take organized notes and Math are now writing the pages for their brochures. In Math, we are concluding our chapter on They have written several facts pages about their money! The students learned so much and had a great topics, but also added many specialty pages to time learning about dollars and cents. Our silly math their books such as a diagram, different kinds, character, McCents, helped us learn how to recognize, fun facts, and introduction to their masterpieces. compare, and make change. The students enjoyed We will be publishing and celebrating our putting their money skills to use when they went writing soon! shopping within the classroom. Please continue to In Word Work, in addition to our weekly empower our learners to use money in their everyday spelling routines, we have been learning about lives, even if it is simply counting up spare change at verbs and homophones. We have done many fun home. Any practice is good practice! activities such as learned silly songs about verbs We will be starting another measurement unit soon. Our students will be introduced to measuring and created a class book of homophones. items in feet and inches. We encourage our families to The students completed their expert have a ruler at home so that the students can become books and celebrated their stories by familiar with this tool. Please continue to work on participating in a book walk. The students addition, subtraction, skip counting and (if students are enjoyed writing positive comments about their looking to be challenged) multiplication facts. All of friends work and enjoyed reading what their these skills will be very useful for the remainder of the friends had to say about their own stories. The school year! books are now being displayed on our writing wall in 2F. Health/Responsive Classroom/Other The students are continuing to enjoy our Science morning meetings. We look forward to hearing In Science, we are in the middle of our what they have to share each day, and are so unit on Force and Motion. Students had an impressed with how the class has grown as public opportunity to work with all six simple speakers. machines. We have studied the lever, wheel and It is important that your child arrive to axle, and pulley, and next week will study the school on time each day. The students begin inclined plane, wedge and screw. Students morning activities as soon as they enter the learned that there is always a tradeoff when you classroom at 8:30 and unpack their belongings. use a simple machine. You can use less force When they are late, it is difficult for them to get (effort), but it must be used over a longer all of their work completed. distance. The students have many opportunities to participate in experiments, and are -A note from Miss Lopez- responsible, hardworking scientists. After break Families, thank you again for allowing me this the students will be working with a partner to time to teach and learn along side your children. I create an infomercial to sell one of the six simple will miss them dearly, but please feel free to reach machines to the rest of the class! out to Miss Fine if you ever need anything. I will surely keep in touch! Dates to Remember: March 31- Miss Lopez leaves  April 3rd- Mrs. Logue begins in 2F! April 10-14 Spring Vacation- NO SCHOOL April 24&25th-Half days for Spring Conferences