April 21st-25th

Dear Families of Room 11,
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

Important Reminders:

• Dress in your Blues gear this Monday the 21st to celebrate our MAP testing theme "Home Town Pride".
• Wednesday is an early release day.  Dismissal is at 1:40.
• Friday is our Field Trip to the Zoo! Please remember to have your child dress appropriately for the weather and to bring a disposable lunch!  
• We have a change in schedule for the next two weeks so make sure to send your child with a snack each day!

Weekly Objectives:

Writing:  During writer's workshop this week we are going to continue our unit on Poetry.  This week students are going to experiment with point of view in their poetry!

Reading: During reader's workshop we are going to continue talking about the three levels that good readers use to question a text.  We are going to work on recognizing and using all three levels while we read.

Science:  This week we are going to focus on the classification of animals in order to prepare for our field trip on Friday!

Math:  This week we are going to continue Chapter 19: Solid Figures.  We will identify the plane shapes that make up a sphere, cone, cylinder, cube, pyramid, and rectangular prism!  

Have a great week!