THOMPSON TRIBUNE
Eli Pinney Elementary, Room 120
February 29 - March 4, 2016
Important Dates to
Remember for
Next Week
* Progress reports will
be sent home Friday
3/4
* Mrs. Thompson will
be back on Tuesday!
* Spring Break is
March 21-25
Related Arts Schedule
(4 Day Rotation)
A - Day: – P.E. (Ms. Hathaway)
B - Day: – Art (Mr. Blair)
C – Day – Library (Mrs. Riley)
D - Day - Music (Mrs. Casto)
Academics
Reading Workshop- Nonfiction books, ‘What do you know about
nonfiction books?’ chart, difference between fiction and nonfiction
video, nonfiction text features video, The White House, what
nonfiction text features do you see?, what are we learning about
the White House?, Peanuts- identifying the nonfiction text
features in a book, The Custodian from the Black Lagoon, Horton
Hears a Who, Oh the Places You’ll Go, Horton Hatches an Egg, The
Sneetches, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day, Hooray for Reading Day,
Read Across America week, Dr. Seuss’ birthday (March 2nd!)
Writing Workshop – Storigami assembly on Wed., How-to books,
How to Make a Bird Feeder, Growing Tomatoes, The Bakery, how to
make a snowman video, what do you notice about how-to books?
what are the different parts of a how-to book?, continued
working on narrative books and opinion pieces Word Study - long and short “a” (with a focus on long “a”), word
hunt around the room, long a patterns (“ai”, “a_e”, “ay”), picture
sort
Math - Fractions, Give Me Half, My Fraction Book activity, BrainPop
Jr. video- Fractions, Graham Cracker Fractions activity, Hershy Bar
Fractions activity, pizza fractions video, What are fractions? video,
Pizza Fractions activity, Fill the Hexagon game- Fraction Edition Social Studies - St. Patrick’s Day crafts, Interview with a
Leprechaun, I’m lucky because.. shamrocks, created our own unique
shamrocks Featuring Room 120………………”making our unique shamrocks”