Wear Indians Clothes on Monday

Balancing Equations During Center Time:  9+3 = 8+4

This week in reading, our essential question was: What inventions do you know about? We read a story about a robot inventor and how he kept improving his invention to make them work better. The students wrote about their own inventions in their journals. They had to include details such as: the name, what it does, how much it costs, where you can buy it, and what it looks like. What did your child invent?!

In phonics, we worked on the r-controlled sound of -or (corn), -ore (tore), and -oar (soar). Our HFWords were: began, better, guess, learn, right, sure

For math this week, we began our unit on Measuring Lengths. We identified objects as longer or shorter and measured objects with cubes. Next week we will learn a little about rulers and how they can be more accurate when measuring.

Dates to remember:

• March 29- Daddy Daughter Dance, tickets available at door
• April 1- Wear Cleveland Indians Gear or colors for opening day
• April 1- One District One Book- We will have an assembly to reveal the book for this year. Each child will receive their own book and packet of questions to take home and return the questions to school for prizes!
• April 8- MAPS Reading- Get a good night's sleep on Sunday to be well rested and prepared for best effort on Monday.
• April 15- MAPS Math-Get a good night's sleep on Sunday to be well rested and prepared for best effort on Monday.
• April 17- Spring Pictures
• April 19-28- Spring Break

Wear Green Friday!

This week in writing, we created a paragraph on: How to Catch a Leprechaun. The students listened to a story about creating traps and then imagined their own. we wrote the steps of how to catch a leprechaun using "first, next, then, last" in our journals. TOmorow we will bring home our plans and a leprechaun craft!

In phonics, we learned about bossy R! The R is SO bossy, that when reading words with "ar" we can't even hear the vowel, as in barn. Then, we learned bossy R for er, ir, or, and ur (fern, bird, word, turn). Our HFWords are another, climb, full, great, poor, through.

Our essential question is :What can you see in the sky? We read two fantasies called A Bird Named Fern and Kitten's First Full Moon. The strategy was cause and effect.

In science, we continue to learn about the sun's energy. We know it can provide us with heat and light energy, electricity, and solar power.

In social studies, we're learning map skills and how to use a compass rose with North, South, East, and West. We are mapping out the United States and taking a tour across the country.

Coming Up:

• 3/15- Wear Green!
• 3/17-3/21 Scholastic Book Fair
• 3/20- Donuts with Dad- Last name A-M @ 8 am
• 3/21- Donuts with Dad- Last name N-Z @ 8 am
• 3/28- Art Night @ Redwood 4-8 pm
• 3/29- Me & My Guy Dance 6-8 pm

DONUTS WITH DAD

Please RSVP using the link below for Donuts with Dad (or Grandpa, Uncle, brother, etc.)

https://goo.gl/forms/wLD4YZoytPoCsMLD2

One adult only please.

Donuts with Dad is Weds. March 20^th from 8:00 AM-8:45 AM

AND Thursday March 21^st from 8:00 AM-8:45 AM (choose only one).

Donuts, coffee and milk will be provided.

Scholastic Book Fair will be open to purchase books and items from the Spring Book Fair!

Donuts with Dad

DONUTS WITH DAD

Please RSVP using the link below for Donuts with Dad (or Grandpa, Uncle, brother, etc.)

https://goo.gl/forms/wLD4YZoytPoCsMLD2

One adult only please.

Donuts with Dad is Weds. March 20^th from 8:00 AM-8:45 AM

AND Thursday March 21^st from 8:00 AM-8:45 AM (choose only one).

Donuts, coffee and milk will be provided.

Scholastic Book Fair will be open to purchase books and items from the Spring Book Fair!

• Me & My Guy Dance- March 29th, 6-8 pm. Girls can RSVP using the red permission form. Return to school with $.
• Next week is the last walking club meeting of the year. 
• Raz-Kids books were just updates! Log in for new reading levels and earn those stars!

Read Across America Week

Read Across America Week: The students celebrated literature and Dr. Seuss' birthday by reading in the hallway, reading with 3rd grade buddies, and by listening to high school students read rhyming books on Friday.

In math, we started our topic on 2D  shapes. We learned how many straight sides and how many vertices each basic shape has. We discussed closed shapes and that we define a shape's name by the number of sides and vertices, not what color or size a shape is.

In reading, we focused on: How do people work with animals? We read stories called Puppy to Guide Dog, Koko & Penny, Saving Mountain Gorillas, and A New Puppy. Then, we sequenced the events in the stories in order from: first, next, then, and last. These stories helped us read the new phonics "long e" sound and spelling: ey (as in key) and y ( as in berry). We learned the HFWords found, hard, near, woman, would, write.

In science and writing, we completed out unit on insect by learning the different adaptations of animals and how these adaptations help them survive in nature. We invented our own insects and included the major body parts of insects. We wrote an informative paragraph about our insects and the students had to come up with their own topic and closing sentences. They had to include at least 3 facts in their paragraph to describe their bugs.

Coming Up:

• Sunday March 3-Reflections Art Fair @ Avon Lake High School 
• 3/6- Conferences 4-7:30 pm
• 3/7- No School- Conferences 7:30 am-3:30 pm
• 3/8- No School
• 3/17-3/21 Scholastic Book Fair
• 3/20- Donuts with Dad- Last name A-M @ 8 am
• 3/21- Donuts with Dad- Last name N-Z @ 8 am
• 3/28- Art Night @ Redwood 4-8 pm
• 3/29- Me & My Guy Dance 6-8 pm