MARCH 7TH-11TH
Sunshine Smiles
Reading
Workshop
Nonfiction Texts
This week, the SUNSHINES
were immersed in nonfiction
texts. In reading workshop,
they participated in read
alouds, interactive activities,
and discussions about
nonfiction texts and their
features. The kids documented
their thinking through media,
charts, and graphic organizers. Themes of the
Week:
* Building 3D
RECYCLING SCHOOL-HOME CONNECTION
The SUNSHINES recycled magazines
along with their creativity and
imaginations to use different textures,
patterns, and contrasting colors to form
spring flowers. They wrote their opinion
on why recycling is important.
Check out the
learning that is
radiating from
the SUNSHINE
room this week!
Shapes
* Recycling
* New Word
Wall Words
* Nonfiction
Texts
Words of the Week:
Marking New Words for Learning
rain, gave, name, nice,
daytime, girl, boy,
didn’t, I’m, respect
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Science/Social Studies/Health
Reading
* We visited our BIG BUDDIES to learn about how
* *We continue to work on reading nonfiction texts.
different types of energy work (light, heat,
sound). The BIG BUDDIES presented their
learning in different interactive displays.
In reading groups, we focused on how to read
nonfiction texts and what to do when we see/read
a new word. We learned how to use the text to
help us figure out the meaning of the word. The
kids even have a special bookmark that they use to
keep track of their new learning!
* We began our unit on MAPPING. We talked about
the differences between countries, states, towns,
etc. The SUNSHINES had a chance to create
themselves on a map, as well as, constructing a
map of our classroom. We discussed map keys
and features.
* We also charted what surprised us in the
nonfiction books that we were reading. We posed
more wonders and researched our questions.
* We read books about recycling and conservation
and wrote about why we think it is important.
Thank you to all that sent in supplies for us to
reuse in class!
Math
Technology
We continue to publish
and share Pixie Projects.
Writing
*
We continued to create “HOW TO” pieces and
publish them on Pixie. We focused on having an
introduction, materials, steps, and an ending.
* *
* We began our unit on constructing, analyzing,
and comparing 3D shapes. Throughout the * *We had many different types of sharing
week, the SUNSHINES had several
opportunities to observe, record, and
construct these shapes. We talked about
vertices and edges and had many
conversations about what we notice with the
different shapes.
* We continue to review fractions, using
hundreds/tens/ones, missing addends, and
more during our number routines each day.
opportunities throughout the week to showcase
our SUNSHINE authors. We had our peers state 2
stars (2 things they loved about their work) and a
wish (one thing that they would have liked to
have seen in their work).
* We reviewed our individual goals and different
types of writing that they can choose to do
(narrative, informational, how to, poetry, math,
opinion, digital, fairy tale, and more).
UPCOMING EVENTS AND REMINDERS
* 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.
* There will be NO School on March 21st-25th due to SPRING BREAK.
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