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Welcome Back! Hope you all had a restful and relaxing Spring Break! Now…let’s “SPRING” it on!!
Widis’ Weekly Hoot! Spotlight on Math
Unit 5 - Geometry Focus: Fractions and Equal Sharing
Essential Questions What is a fraction and how can it be represented? How do we apply the use of fractions in everyday life?
Week of April 8, 2013 Working to gether to learn and grow b eyond our dreams!
CRCT Testing: April 10, 11, 15, 16 and 17
NO SPECIALS: April 10*, 15 and 17* *Computer Lab volunteers not needed
DEAR Readers: NEW TIME 10:50 – 11:15am
Wednesday, April 24 – School Governance Council Open Meeting; 7-8:30am Tuesday, April 30 – HSES Annual Art Show, Writing and Science Fairs; 5-7pm
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Dates to Remember
Our LUNCH TIME has changed due to the CRCT! Check the CRCT dates below.
New Time for 2nd Grade – 11:20-11:56am
Upon our return to school from a week long vacation, we will
begin our week by reviewing the concepts we were studying
before the break by completing an “I can…” worksheet that I
developed to make sure that the students are comfortable
with plane and solid figures, their attributes and names, as
well as identifying rows and columns within a rectangle and
recognizing equal shares within a square and a circle. Then,
we will move into studying fractions by demonstrating how
fractions are just a smaller share of a whole or a set of
objects. Students will work with groups to divide ribbons into
thirds and fourths and then will need to
explain how they can divide it into eighths
and sixths! Other “fraction” activities will
arise as we work our way through this
concept this week.
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Spotlight on Reading
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Story of the Week: The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the
Wash
Focus Skills: Sequencing; Vocabulary; Cause
and Effect; Suffixes; Research; Speaking and
Listening
Essential Questions:
-How does the proper sequence of a story help you to comprehend
what you are reading?
-How does understanding suffixes help us become better readers?
-How do we record new information without copying directly from
the text?
-Why is it important to know the meanings of vocabulary while
reading a new story?
A boa constrictor! On a farm! Oh, no…what will the class do?
Students will enjoy this story filled with multiple cause and effect
situations. Jimmy, the main character, decides to bring his pet boa
constrictor on the class field trip to the farm. While a girl from the
class recounts her experience from the trip with her mother upon
her return from school, they will learn that Jimmy finds a another
non-traditional pet to bring home instead!
Students will also experience how to research about snakes,
specifically boa constrictors, through the use of a web quest, and
practice putting what they learn into their own words and phrases,
then, compose an expository piece of writing.
Students will also continue to work on their writing fair books for
the Curriculum Showcase on April 30!
What’s this? This is a FREE app and web
site (scootpad.com) that supports the Common Core
curriculum online!
Letters will be coming home with your children on
Monday, April 8 with an explanation about how to
access the site.
Right now, I will be using the program in my classroom so
that I can closely monitor how they work on each customized assignment. I hope to try and
use this for homework in May.
Scholastic Parent Videos
Over the break, I was “surfing” through the Scholastic Books web site and found a great
section for parents. This section shows videos to help you better understand how your child learns and other ways to engage your child in
learning while they are not in school.
I had a chance to look at a few of the videos, they are short (about 2-3 minutes each), and
thought they were informative!
Enjoy!
Click on the picture for a direct link!
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