Upcoming dates to note:
- Point Lobos Field Trip - Friday, March 28
This week in the Ivy Nook
We have risen to the challenge of no paper in the classroom (Tuesday-Thursday) and no electricity on Friday! Thank you for your efforts in packing Zero Waste lunches all week. As Ocean Guardians we are working hard to reduce our impact on the environment!
Using chalkboards for Zero Waste Week
Reading/Writing/Spelling:
- Reading Workshop/Independent Reading: practice reading independently at "just right" level, with an emphasis on building stamina, journaling, building vocabulary, and completion of books.
- Teacher/student conferencing about reading; fluency checks and comprehension book talks
- Superstar and birthday letters
- Writing Workshop: Things I Know and Care About - Brainstorming ideas for our Expert Books
- Read Aloud: The BFG
- Fundations - Unit 2 Assessment
- Handwriting Without Tears: Ll; Kk; Capitals and Comma
- Lexia practice
Literature Discussion With Mrs. Peiken:
• California Young Readers Medal selections - students voting on this years nominees
Singapore Math:
Mr. Rogers Group:
- Unit 9 - Money: Learning to Subtract Money
- Review 9 - Review of concepts learned in Units 1-9
- Unit 10 - Fractions: Halves and Quarters
- Math Puzzles - Real World and Count By
Mrs. Ford's Group:
- Unit 7 - Methods for Mental Subtraction
- Review 7 - Review of concepts learned in Units 1-7
- Unit 8 - Multiplying and Dividing by 4
- Breaking apart numbers to make equations "more friendly"
- Math Puzzles - Real World, Renaming and Count By
Science:
• Mineral Observations - Streak Color & Light Test
• Hematite, Graphite, Calcite, & Muscovite
Technology:
• Keyboarding practice