Ms. Sizemore's Class Newsletter
September 16
Upcoming Events
- Wednesday, September 17: Movers and Shakers Club @ Pack Library (3:30)
- Thursday, September 18: Field Trip to Nature Center
- Sunday, September 21: International Day of Peace
- Friday, September 26: Parent-Teacher Conference Day
- September 22- September 29: Parent- Teacher Conferences
- Monday, September 29: We will welcome our assistant, Brooke!!!!!
What We're Up To...
Reading- We have been talking about how fiction and nonfiction texts are different. This week, students will start making a book of nonfiction text features with examples we find in books and magazines. Students will also create a text feature for a class book about monarch butterflies. During read aloud, we are working on identifying the characters and setting.
Writing- Writing is all about the ability to describe an event or image. This week, we will begin a focus on descriptive writing by describing pictures and the life cycle of monarch butterflies.
Math- Last week, students made 3-D graphs showing the years their pennies were made. We'd learned that pennies made before 1982 are actually worth 2 cents because they are made mostly of copper. We are now focusing on combinations of ten. Soon, students will bring home some games that will help with their math facts fluency.
Students are working together to make a graph that shows what years their pennies were made.
A completed graph. It looks like these kids hit it big with pre-1982 pennies.
Counting to see how many drops of water will fit on the head of a penny.
Class Needs
- Clipboards
- Hand Soap
- Lego Bricks
Thank You!
Thanks to Amy (Stella's mom), Stephanie (Ella's mom), Heather (Hadley's mom) and Bonnie (Nora's mom) for helping the kids make tie-dyed t-shirts.
Thanks to Charlotte (Maya's mom) for supplying extra t-shirts.
Thanks to Amy (Maddox's mom) for coming in to read some fairy tales to the students.