Week of September 29th- October 3rd :-)

ELA

Learning Goal: I can read informational text, including text features, and identify its main topic and supporting details.

Specific Goals include:

•  I can identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
• I can explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
• I know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.

So, what does this all look like for a student? Well, first we will discuss all those text features that informational text can have: bold print, italics, photographs, captions, diagrams, captions, glossaries, index, headings and subheadings, etc. Often, students ignore these features and look only at the text. However, these features help a reader understand the concepts, so we want to use them to help us! We are doing this through an informational text called "On the Farm."

Also, we will be looking at the main topic of a paragraph. The topic sentence will help us with that, as well as doing a "close read" of the text questioning what that paragraph is mostly about. This will also help us with our writing! 

In writing we are focusing on basics - using capital letters appropriately and punctuation. Plus we are looking at how to use topic sentences and temporal words (first, then, finally, last, next, etc) in our writing.

MATH  

Learning Goals:  I can use repeated patterns to count and represent numbers.

•       I can read and write numbers up to 1,000 using different forms.            
•        I can tell how many ones, tens, and hundreds are in a given number.
•        I can represent a number up to 1,000 in a variety of ways.
•     I can skip –count by 5’s, 10’s, and 100’s

These goals are similar to the last couple weeks, however we are still focusing on the hundreds place. We have been working very hard on representing a number in two different ways with base ten blocks - which students are getting quite good at! They can do this with a drawing as well. Next week, we will be comparing our numbers with a greater than, less than and equal signs between both numbers. 


For example:  47 can be drawn with 4 ten rods and 7 one blocks  (40 + 7)


                                                        OR
 
                          47 can be drawn with 3 ten rods and 17 one blocks (30 + 17)
                             
                  Ask your child to show you this with a quick draw!

SCIENCE  

Learning Goals:

I can observe and describe major stages in the life cycles of plants and animals, including beans and butterflies. SC.2.L.16.1

We are working in teams to research the life cycle of a particular animal and making a poster showing this life cycle. Also, this week we are planting our bean plants and observing their growth!

 

Other Reminders:

Library Day is every Wednesday (tomorrow!)  Make sure your child has his/her library book in their book bag.

Please make sure you're signing your child's planner daily and signing any papers that are in the folder labeled please sign and return. 

Astro Skate field trip is right after school on Thursday.  Your child will get his/her book bag on Friday!! It will be left at school for the evening.  Be at school to pick up your child at 7 p.m.!!

Please make sure your child is reading each night for at least 10 minutes and is logging his/her reading on a reading log or in his/her Reading Room online.

Have a wonderful rest of the week!! :-)