MAY 2ND-6TH
Sunshine Smiles
Reading
Workshop
Question/Answer Books
This week, the SUNSHINES
put extra love in their
writings by creating a
MOTHER’S DAY book! They
wrote all about their moms
(why they love her, favorite
place to go with her, favorite
thing to do with her, and even
created a poem about her). HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
The SUNSHINES created a sunflower
from their fingers and thumbs as a
wonderful memory and gift for
MOTHER’S DAY! They also created a
card with a poem using a variety of art
materials.
Check out the
learning that is
radiating from
the SUNSHINE
room this week!
Themes of the
Week:
* MAP Testing
* Mother’s Day
* Math Review
Games
* *STEM
ProjectsMarble Runs
Words of the Week:
review
Mother’s Day Projects
Mother’s Day Books
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Science/Social Studies/Health
Reading
* Throughout this week, the SUNSHINES
* * We continue to read fiction stories and
collaborated, designed, and constructed their very
own MARBLE RUNS! As they built their MARBLE
RUNS, they continuously had to test their ideas.
They were required to have turns, a drop, and a
start and finish. Many groups challenged
themselves to build in obstacles, loops, curves,
and even funnels!
creating reading responses based on our
favorite characters, favorite parts, author’s
message, connections, and more!
* We began the end of the year reading
assessments. Please continue to work on
reading for fun at home.
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* We practiced our reading stamina with our
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independent reading practice.
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Writing
Math
* The SUNSHINES continued to participate
* The SUNSHINES finished writing their very own
review games throughout the week. The
topics that we continue to review include:
addition, subtraction, fractions, graphing,
solving story problems, telling time, using a
hundreds chart, working with bigger
numbers, rich problems, and mental math.
MOTHER’S DAY books. They practiced reading
them for fluency to share with their families. We
can’t wait to share them with you!
* We finished and published our WORDLES! These
fun writing projects highlighted descriptive words
and our interests!
Technology
We published a class
book of poetry and
started on WORDLES!
* We began our end of the year word study
assessments.
UPCOMING EVENTS AND REMINDERS
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* SAVE THE DATE: The SUNSHINE SHOWCASE (end of the year celebration for
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families) will be on Friday, May 27th at 9:30-11:00 in the commons/classroom.
* Timelines are due tomorrow, May 6th. Thank you for helping at home!
* Tomorrow, Friday, May 6th is SPIRIT DAY. Have your SUNSHINE wear RED,
WHITE, and BLUE to school this day.
* The Book Fair is now open through next Thursday, May 12th. It will be open
during Moms and Muffins next week, too.
* “Penny Wars” will start next week. Please see the e-mail from Mr. Ehrsam for
more information.
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