Week #19 January 13-17, 2020

We are wrapping up our literacy work with non-fiction.  We completed our reading sessions and became experts on a topic as we read paired books about one subject.  We were able to compare information and grow our knowledge.  Below is a picture of our display sharing our favorite fact about our topic. 
We are almost finished our "expert" books for our non-fiction writing.  This week we revised our work to include answers to questions readers might ask.  We also read other text written by other authors on our topic to include more details (examples, descriptions and comparisons).  We'll publish next week!
Our phonics work is also related to non-fiction as we take inspiration from animal facts.  We were inspired to find letters "camouflaging" their sounds in words.  For example:  hard & soft g or c, and kn-knowledge/wr-writers/gn-gnat.

We were fortunate to have students from SBHS' Student Justice Union deliver a presentation in honor of MLK Jr. Day.  They shared information with us about Amelia Boynton Robinson and how she "kept her eye on the prize".  We reflected on how we persevere to be proud of our goals.

Other things to ask your child about this week:

• A lesson with Ms. Amblo and Ms. Kirsty about feelings
• "Kindness" picture books: Strictly No Elephants, I Walk With Vanessa, Nerdy Birdy, Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed
• Are our rectangles < half, half, or > half red?
• Asking math questions about Mr. Fletcher's real life situations:  Whoppers, Oreos and Pringles
• Writing Flat Stanley letters to our family and friends

Enjoy the 3-day weekend!

Mrs. Hock