News from Mrs. Straw

Events:

-March 17, 18 Conferences (1 hr. early out)

- March 19-21 No School (Spring Break)

-March 31- April 4 Iowa Assessments

What’s Happening in BUILD:

**This is a repeat from last week since we have been practicing our reader’s theater.***

B (Buddy Games)- Graphing skills

U (Using Manipulatives)- Addition math boxes

I (Indpendently Working)- St. Patrick’s Day math packet (review skills)

L (Learning with Numbers)- Completing unfinished problem solving papers from our math folders

D-(Doing Math)- Scootpad on the computers

Week in Review:

-This week we performed our reader’s theater for the Irish Dignitary.  Students spoke loudly and clearly.  They did an excellent job!!

Reading:

This week in reading we learned about the bossy r sound for /ar/.  We watched a short video from the Electric Company on how the bossy r works.  Then we played a game on the smartboard that showed us how anytime r is by a vowel is changes the sound.

Math:

This week in math we continued our study on ½ and ¼ .  We also learned about circle graphs. 

Science:

We finished our unit on the environment.  We learned about reduce, reuse, and recycle.  On Monday we talked about the importance of conserving our nature resources and how we can help keep them clean.

Notes:

Reminder: In the month of March we will have a special reading challenge: to increase our total minutes by 1,000.