Ms. Horgan

February 21, 2012

Friends of Room 114,

Here are a few announcements for this week:

• A reminder for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on March 12^th was sent home last week.  The $13 fee must be paid this week.  It would be very helpful if students paid the $46 fee for all remaining field trips, but this is not mandatory.
• The African American Poetry in Motion gallery walk is scheduled for this Thursday, February 23^rd at 5:30.  This will be followed by a pot luck and the Ray School poetry slam.

Reading

This week in reading workshop we will complete our readings on space and learn about Mae Jemison.  Students will also read the story The Big Trip, and discuss the ways that we travel.  Students will complete a story web with facts they have learned about space.  During word study we will learn about the long  u and long o sound and the combinations that make (long u: u_e, -ue, ew   long e: ee, ea, _y, e_a.   We will also review statements vs. questions.  During writing workshop students continue to work on non-fiction How-To books.

Math

This week students will complete Unit 5 and take the end of unit assessment. In this unit we have studies time to the quarter hour, graphing, addition facts, money, base ten, greater than, less than and equal to.  In addition, students will learn “What’s My Rule?”  In these problems students have what is called a function machine.  This machine is programed so that when you drop a number into the machine the machine changes the number according to the rule, and a new number comes out of the machine.

Science and Social Science

In science we will continue our study of plants and animals.   Students will begin their seed observation journal.  Students will pick animals for their research report.  All reports will be completed by March 9th. In social science students will complete their “If I Were President” writing piece.  We will also discuss the climate in various parts of the country.

Have a great week!

Stacy Horgan