APRIL 4TH-8TH
Sunshine Smiles
Reading
Workshop
POETRY
Nonfiction Posters
This week, the SUNSHINES
were immersed in POETRY!
They had many opportunities
to read different types of
poems written by poets of all
ages. We read each poem
several times to encourage
mental pictures, connections,
and notices. We brainstormed
topics that we could transfer
into WRITING WORKSHOP. The SUNSHINES worked as
collaborative teams to become an expert
on a nonfiction texts. After reading the
texts and having discussions about the
key details, they
Check out the
learning that is
radiating from
the SUNSHINE
room this week!
Themes of the
Week:
* POETRY
* Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle
* Word Wall
Words
* Graphing
Words of the Week:
thought, answer, five,
replied, cried, your,
excited, shine, kind,
idea
*Focus on long and
short “i”
Analyzing and Learning About Poetry
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Science/Social Studies/Health
Reading
* After reading books and watching informational
* *What a week of POETRY! The SUNSHINES
videos about recycling, the SUNSHINES
participated in discussions, sorting activities,
journal writing and more to show their learning.
They were actively engaged in “EXPLORE TIME”
throughout the week to raise awareness and
experiment with reusing materials.
learned about all types of poetry through live
examples from kids their age. We also read
several mentor texts and magazines that
highlight different styles of poems. We talked
about onomatopoeia and how to add
interesting words to our poems during Writing
Workshop.
Math
* We continue to work on responding to texts
* The SUNSHINES were involved in many
graphing materials throughout the week.
They reviewed all types of graphs including:
line graphs, bar graphs (horizontal and
vertical, pictographs, tally graphs, and pie
graphs. With a collaborative partner, they
designed a question, collected data, and
shared their results based on a graph of their
interest.
and making connections.
Writing
* We used what we learned from reading workshop
and poetry to experiment with writing poems.
The SUNSHINES generated ideas and practice
rereading their work to check for errors. They
talked with their ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS to
get their opinion on any interesting words that
they could add.
* We continue to reinforce fractions, telling
time, addition/subtraction story problems,
using a hundreds chart, identifying hundreds/
tens/ones, and more through number
routines and partner games.
Technology
* We continue to really target accuracy with writing
We continue to use the
high frequency words.
OSMO to reinforce math
and literacy skills.
* We practiced our new word study words with a
variety of activities throughout the week. See if
your SUNSHINE can spell these words correctly.
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND REMINDERS
* The Time with Teacher Raffle begins on April 5th. The letter with more information and tickets came
home on Monday. Let me know if you have any questions.
* 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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