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Miss Niedringhaus February 1, 2016
Updates
2-9-16: Character Connection
2-9-16: Lights, Camera, Action Night at 6!
2-12-16: NO SCHOOL!
2-15-16: NO SCHOOL!
Thank you to everyone who has sent in items for our Mexican Fiesta basket! We will continue collecting items until February 5, 2016!
Valentines Day!
Pictures!
Objectives
Reader’s Workshop
Students will:
· Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
· Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
· Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs with the text.
· Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
Writer’s Workshop
Students will:
Write Informative/Explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop
points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Participate in shared research and writing projects
Spelling/Phonics: Vowel –ir-
bird, birthday, chirped, dirty, fir, firm, flirt, sir, sirloin,
skirt, smirk, stir, thirst, thirteen, twirl, whirling
Vocabulary: circulate, protect, support
Text: You Can’t See Your Bones with Binoculars, The Skeletal System, Your Bones, Your Heart, Thump-Thump, A Drop of Blood, Breathe In, Breathe Out, Learning About Your Lungs
Math: Topic 10: Place Value to 1,000 Lessons Include: Counting Hundreds, Tens, and Ones
Reading and Writing Numbers to 1,000
Changing Numbers by Hundreds and Tens
Patterns with Numbers on Hundreds Charts
Skip Counting by 5, 10, 100 to 1,000