“You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.” – Cesar Chavez.
It’s Read Across America week! We are going to be reading to our favorite stuffed animals this week. Additionally, on Friday, students can dress up as their favorite book character. We will be keeping a reading log of all the reading that is happening this week. I encourage the children to include their reading from home, as well.
We are reading a bunch of wonderful picture books this week, and we are voting to determine our favorite one. The picture books we are reading include the following:
- How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander
- Crown: and Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
- The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Drawn Together by Minh Le
- Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue
- Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai
- A Taste of Colored Water by Matt Faulkner
- The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
- Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick
- The Beginner’s Guide to Running Away by Jennifer LaRue Huget
Math
We are continuing our work on fractions. We are having our Chapter 8 test on Tuesday, March 9th. We are also practicing our daily math facts using xtramath.
ELA
Anchor Text: Two Bear Cubs. The genre is Myth/Play
Comprehension Skills and Strategies
- Target Skills
- Story Structure
- Story Message
- Target Strategy
- Summarize
Target Vocabulary
- scolding
- greedily
- ignores
- hesitation
- burden
- glancing
- base
- console
- drowsy
- heroic
Vocabulary Strategy
- Prefixes pre-, re-, bi-
Grammar
- irregular verbs
Spelling: mood, wooden, drew, smooth, blue, balloon, true, crooked, chew, tooth, hooves, cool, food, pooch, blew, foot, loose, and jewel.
Social Studies
We are continuing to learn about the geography of South Africa. We will be taking unannounced open notebook quizzes throughout this unit.
Religion
We are in the season of Lent. We are exploring how we are like lost sheep through our daily devotions.
TEST and QUIZZES
Friday 3/5 All ELA tests
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