Miss Ball’s Fab Firsties May 6th, 2016 WOW Words We’ve Learned: Interpret, row, column Where we’ve been: Reading: Identifying big idea, mood, feelings, and plot in poetry Writing: Introducing ourselves to fiction writing and comparing it to our fiction reading Math: Adding and subtracting 10 from a 2-digit number Science: Researching Animal habitats Events: Thursday, May 12th Field trip to the Grove Friday, May 20th Early Release Friday, May 27th Where we’re going: Reading: Identifying theme in poems and comparing and contrasting poems Writing: Generating ideas and drafting our fiction stories Math: Adding 2-digit numbers within 100 Social Studies: Investigating Map Skills and learning how to read and use different kind of maps Growth Quote: “I’m going to keep trying until I figure out this math problem.” Michael Early Release Monday, May 30th Memorial Day: No School Friday, June 3rd Last day of school Neuroplasticity Neurons Brain