Crittenden's Critters
Weekly Updates from Room 158
Dates to Remember
*Wednesday, March 25- Field Trip to NC State Minerals Lab in downtown Asheville (more information below)
*Friday, March 27 - NOW A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY
*Saturday, March 28 - Sunday, April 6 - Spring Break! Have safe travels!
*Tuesday, April 7 - Claxton Parents Meeting- ALL PARENTS WELCOME (6:00 PM in the Media Center)
*Wednesday, April 8 - Report Cards Go Home
*Friday, April 10 - SPIRIT DAY: Claxton Colors!
*Friday, April 17 - SPIRIT DAY: Backwards Day
The kids LOVED taking a virtual field trip to India to learn more about the diverse cultures in our world!
We learned the basics of computer coding with Dash the Robot.
Ms. Crittenden's parents were our Mystery Readers this week!
Happy Spring! I hope everyone has a great Spring Break this coming weekend! :)
Claxton Chicken Dinner and Math Carnival
Field Trip Wednesday
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Weekly Curriculum Update
FUNDATIONS- This week, we will be reviewing concepts that we have learned so far this year in Fundations. I felt it was important to stop and make sure that students feel comfortable with the concepts that we have covered before starting Unit 11. We will begin Unit 11 after Spring Break, where students will learn about another type of syllable. This syllable is the vowel-consonant-e syllable type. If you ever have questions about your child marking words on their homework, review the Marking Words cheat sheet that will be located in their homework folders! :)
READING- We will be continuing our study of key details in a non-fiction OR fiction text. Students will practice finding evidence in the text that answers the questions. We will also be working in our reading groups on answering written response questions that help with comprehension of the text.
WRITING- We will be continuing to learn about Opinion Writing. They will learn how to write an introductory sentence for the piece, give their opinion, provide reasons for their opinion and give their writing a sense of closure at the end. Opinion Writing gives students the freedom to state how they feel about a topic. Students usually have a lot of fun with this writing style and I am excited to teach it!
SCIENCE- This week will be our last week studying about rocks and minerals. Students have enjoyed experimenting with our rock collection and observing properties of the various types of rocks and minerals. We also were fortunate to have Reece's grandmother come to show us her amazing collection of rare minerals and strange rocks! They kids loved learning about the new rocks and minerals and how people use them. After Spring Break, we will be studying about the needs of plants and how we use natural resources.
SOCIAL STUDIES- This week was SO much fun. In the past couple of weeks, we have learned about what the word diversity means and that there is diversity within our classroom, school, city, country and around the world. We learned about the word culture and what it means to belong to a culture or many cultures. This past week, we took a look at two very different cultures. We studied about the Irish culture on St. Patrick's Day. Students listened to traditional Irish music and attempted to learn to river dance :). On Thursday, we took a virtual field trip to India, where we learned about Indian culture. I am excited to travel to different countries and explore the many diverse cultures that exist in our world!
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Email: sarah.crittenden@asheville.k12.nc.us
Location: 241 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, NC, United States
Phone: (828) 350-6526
Twitter: @ms_crittenden_