APRIL 25TH-29TH
Sunshine Smiles
Reading
Workshop
Question/Answer Books
This week, the SUNSHINES
continued to work on different
formats of Question/Answer
Books. During writing
conferences, we talked about
adding interesting words and
additional facts to support our
topic. The kids loved sharing
their books!
Check out the
learning that is
radiating from
the SUNSHINE
room this week!
Themes of the
Week:
* Question/
Answer Books
Reading and Writing
“Question/Answer” Books
The SUNSHINES learned about energy,
motion, and friction. The kids were
put into collaborative teams to design,
create, and experiment with materials
in preparation in making their Marble
Mazes.
* New Word
Wall Words
* Math Review
Games
* *STEM
ProjectsMarble Mazes
Words of the Week:
jump, must, cute, cube,
let’s, crawl, June,
*Focus on long and
short “u”
Collaboratively Designing Marble Mazes
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Science/Social Studies/Health
Reading
* Throughout this week, the SUNSHINES continued
* * We finished our chapter book read aloud
to dig deeper into learning about motion and
energy. They experimented with all types of
materials to see results of energy, motion, and
friction.
(My Father’s Dragon). The kids completed a
reading response to show their thinking. They
wrote about their favorite characters and part
of the story along with connections and their
thoughts on the author’s message.
* The Sunshines worked in teams to design, create,
and construct MARBLE MAZES! They had to
come up with a “blueprint” with corners, traps,
“dead ends,” a start, and a finish. They worked
together to build their maze and experimented
with how objects move in a variety of ways. After
exploring all of the mazes, the SUNSHINES wrote
about what they observed.
* We continue to work on comprehending texts
by sharing our thinking. Practice retelling
stories at home with details in sequential
order, language from the stories, and
character names.
Math
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Writing
* The SUNSHINES finished writing their very own
* The SUNSHINES continued to participate
Question/Answer books. WOW! They were
impressive. A rubric that assess how your child
did on this fun writing will be coming home soon.
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.
* We began to write WORDLES (highlighting
descriptive and interesting words).
Technology
We published a class
book of poetry and
started on WORDLES!
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND REMINDERS
* SAVE THE DATE: The SUNSHINE SHOWCASE (end of the year celebration for
families) will be on Friday, May 27th at 10:00 in the classroom.
* Pinney Movie Night is Friday, April 29th at 6:00 p.m. in the commons.
* Parent Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast is May 4th at 9:30 in the commons. If
you volunteered in any way throughout this school year (donations, chaperone
for field trip, memory book helper, party planner or helper, etc.), you are
invited! Please RSVP to me if you plan to come.
* Friday, May 6th is SPIRIT DAY. Have your SUNSHINE wear RED, WHITE, and
BLUE to school this day.
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