Reading and Language Arts Next week we will be reading a realistic story about a girl who is afraid of thunderstorms. When her grandmother decides to make a cake, they must go outside to get the ingredients. By the time the storm finally arrives, the girl realized she is braver than she thought.
Comprehension Strategies: Sequence of Events; Monitor/Clarify
Vocabulary Words: bolt, horizon, lightning, rumbled, thunder, weather, clap, cooed, stammered, lightning, samovar
High Frequency Words: air, child, heavy, hour
Grammar Skills: The verbs is/are, was/were
Phonics: -ed, -ing Endings; Silent Consonants, gh, k(n), b
Reading Logs Please continue to read with your children and remind them to log their minutes.
Math Next week we will begin place value with hundreds. Students will show 100 with ones, tens, and hundreds, use models to identify the number of hundreds, tens and ones of 3-digit numbers, identify the value of each digit in a 3-digit number, and read and write 3 digit numbers in different ways.
Flash Cards Students should be working hard to memorize their addition and subtraction facts. KEEP PRACTICING MATH FACTS WITH YOUR CHILD AT HOME!
Science Next week we will continue learning about the rain forest. Our caterpillars arrived this week and we began learning about the life cycle of the butterfly too. We are recording the growth of our caterpillars in our journals.
*Animal Poster - due Wed, April 17th
Important Dates & Announcement
*Our spring open house at Ide will be Thursday, April 25th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Everyone is invited. Come see what we have been working on in our classroom.
*Please don't forget to send in your child's permission slip and money for our field trip to the Du Page Children's Museum. Thank you to all that have!
Fri, Apr 12 - No School - P/T Conferences
Tues, Apr 16 - Mismatch Day - Where your favorite mismatch clothes
Wed, Apr 17 - Staley the Bear Assembly
Thurs, Apr 18 - Field trip permission slip and money due
Thurs, Apr 25 - Ide Open House 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Fri, Apr 26 - Rainy Reading Day - Wear your rain boots to school
Wed, May 1 - Field Trip to the Du Page Children's Museum
Fri, May 17 - Early Dismissal - 12pm - School Improvement Day
Mon, May 27 - No School - Memorial Day
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