MARCH 28TH-APRIL 1ST
Sunshine Smiles
Reading
Workshop
Nonfiction Texts
This week, the SUNSHINES
were continue to look closely
at nonfiction texts. In reading
workshop, they collaborated in
groups of 3 to become experts
on a nonfiction book about
plants or healthy foods. By
reading closely, they worked
together to find five fun facts,
important words, and
diagrams about their topic.
Shape Town
Check out the
learning that is
radiating from
the SUNSHINE
room this week!
Themes of the
Week:
* Building 3D
ShapesSHAPE TOWN
* Mapping Skills
* New Word
Wall Words
The SUNSHINES worked as a whole class to
design and develop their very own SHAPE
TOWN! Using recycled boxes, they created a 3D
building. They used their imaginations and
creativity to add details to the town.
* Nonfiction
Texts
Words of the Week:
thought, answer, five,
replied, cried, your,
excited, shine, kind,
idea
Irish Dancing Assembly-Way to go, Aspen!
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*Focus on long and
short “i”
Science/Social Studies/Health
Reading
* After reading and rereading a nonfiction book in
* *We continue to work on reading nonfiction texts.
our BOOK CLUBS, the SUNSHINES collaborated
to create a poster to communicate information
about their topic. On their posters, they included
a title, a diagram, 5 fun facts, important words,
and other creative ways to display what they
learned in their BOOK CLUB books.
In reading groups, we reviewed identifying
nonfiction text features and finding evidence to
support our thinking.
* We continue to work on building reading stamina
and being immersed in all types of texts. In your
SUNSHINES reading bin at school, he/she has
books based on their interests, fiction, nonfiction,
poetry, magazines, and more!
Math
**
* The SUNSHINES participated in many
activities throughout the week that practiced
graphing skills. They were exposed to all
types of graphs including: bar graphs
(horizontal and vertical), line graphs, pie
graphs, pictographs, tally graphs, and more!
Writing
* *We used writing to communicate what we did
over SPRING BREAK. The SUNSHINES wrote
about their adventures and had the opportunity
during share time to read their work. It sounds
like all of our families had a wonderful time!
* We practiced reading and solving story
problems using pictures, numbers, and words.
* We used our new word wall words in sentences.
* We practiced subtraction and addition
Please work on these words at home. We are
focusing on common words that we see within
texts and long/short i words.
through different classroom games.
Technology
We continue to use the
OSMO to reinforce math * We began exploring Question-Answer books. The
and literacy skills.
SUNSHINES will begin writing their very own
Question-Answer book based on a topic of their
interest.
UPCOMING EVENTS AND REMINDERS
* The Time with Teacher Raffle begins on April 5th. More information about this will be coming home
soon!
* Don’t forget about the March Reading Response on my website.
* Please sign and return the white envelope that your child’s report card came home in. You can keep
all of the contents that were inside of it.
* Continue to check Progress Book for academic check-ins throughout the Trimester.
* April 15th is Pinney Spirit Day!
* April 19th is Spring/Class Picture Day.
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