Week of March 18th
Important Dates:
March 18-22-Book Fair
March 20-Davis Dash
March 21-Night of the Arts
March 27-Spirit Wear/Fresh Fruit
April 1-5-Spring Break/No School
Grammar: We will belearning this week about Suffixes. Suffixes is a letter or a group of letters that is usually added onto the end of words, to change the way a word fits into a sentence grammatically.
Spelling: We will be working on oo words. oo words have two sounds. oo as in zoo and oo as in good. You can practice at home by giving your student phrases and sentences to practice. You say the sentence, have the student repeat, then pound their hand for each word they hear as they repeat with you again, then have them write. Check for capital at the beginning of the sentence, stretch the words, space the words, and punctuation at the end. Green Words: oo as in zoo: too, coop, moon, booth, noodle, room, pool, broom. oo as in good: cook, hood, took, wool, wood, foot, shook, woof. Red Words: was, would, does, your
Reading: We will be working on Author's Purpose. An author's purpose is the reason for or intent in writing. An author's purpose may be to entertain the reader, to persuade the reader, or to inform the reader.
Writing: We will be working on Fractured Fairy Tales this week. So, what is a fractured fairy tale? It is a fairy or other folk tale that has been modified in such a way as to make us laugh at an unexpected characterization, plot development or contrary point of view. They will be working with a partner to create their own fractured fairy tale too.
Math: This week we will be learning about 2D shapes and their attributes? The word "2D shape" is referred to "two-dimensional shape". Thus, a 2D shape is a geometrical figure that has two dimensions which are length and width. The two-dimensional shapes have no thickness. The concept of two dimensions can be thought as a flat surface on which one is able to move anywhere. This flat surface is known as a plane. A two dimensional shape is something that always lies on a sheet of paper. A 2D shape has no height, therefore it does not fall above the piece of paper. These shapes are also known as plane shapes or plane figures.
Science: We will be learning about the life cycle of a plant. The plant starts life as a seed, which germinates and grows into a plant. The mature plant produces flowers, which are fertilized and produce seeds in a fruit or seedpod. The plant eventually dies, leaving seeds which germinate to produce new plants.