April 9-13

It's the KAT Rush Week! Dress up days are listed under the upcoming events. Students will answer KAT questions on Friday morning and celebrate at the dance from 6-8 on Friday night. We can't wait! Here is a link to the KAT questions.

Here is the link for the April school newsletter.


Library Book Return Dates:
April 11
April 19
April 27

Here is the link to the sign up for KAT volunteers!

2018 Knowledge-A-Thon (KAT) Day
Here is the link to sign up for KAT Dance volunteers!
http://signup.com/go/SVDqrWT

Upcoming Events: 
April 9: Wear PJs or comfy clothes
April 10: No School
April 11: Dress like an answer to a kat question
April 12: Dress like a teacher
April 13: Class color day--Dress in red
April 13: Knowledge-A-Thon
April 19: Family Night
April 20: Wear green and blue for Earth Day
April 26: Movie star day

What is happening in Room 82 this week? 

Reading: We are continuing to work on being resourceful readers and to use all we know to tackle tricky parts in our books.  This week readers will learn to be especially flexible as they try one strategy, then another and so on, until their reading makes sense, sounds right and looks right.  One way we readers can make this become more automatic is to make plan prior to reading for the strategies they will use by rereading charts they have in their book bin or see around the classroom. 

Writing: Opinion writers are on a roll writing letters to fix problems they see! Don't be surprised if you see some letters coming home about problems that can be changed. This week, writers will figure out how to make their writing even more convincing. First, they will learn to angle their letters toward a certain audience. Then, they will study a sample opinion letter to decide what strong opinion writers do and try to add it to their pieces. Here is a list of the some of the ways we can be convincing. 

The students will also be reminded to reread their writing and make sure it is clear and easy to read before sending it out into the world. 

Math:  This week we will wrap up Unit 4.  We will spend some time this week reviewing 3D shapes (cone, sphere, cylinder and cube).  Mathematicians will explore if these shapes can roll and stack and explain why or why not.  Building 3D shapes will also help us to notice important attributes like numbers of corners and faces.  Lastly, we will compare 3D shapes and sort by their attributes.   One way to reinforce this at home is to have your child observe or collect real life objects that represent these shapes.

Science: Scientists have learned that part of being a weather watcher is paying attention to the wind. We will study the wind this week by doing a few close readings to gather some knowledge on wind. Scientists will apply this knowledge to answer these questions:

• How can we make leaves move using wind? 
• How can we make branches move?
• What does it feel like?
• How does the wind change? 

The students will plan and conduct experiments to answer their questions.