April Update!

Another month has passed! May is here even though it doesn't feel like it outside! It was nice seeing all of you at conferences. I know the children took a lot of pride in sharing their Family Books with you.

Reading and Writing

The children are continuing to work on their reading fluency. We are working on comprehension strategies such as drawing conclusions, problem/solution and cause and effect. We have also been working on grammar and analyzing the meanings of words. The children are able to identify homophones (e.g. the difference between bee and be).  

Math

We just finished up our unit on measurement. The students practiced using nonstandard units (ex: paper clips, unifix cubes, etc. ) to measure and compare objects.

The students are now learning about plane and solid shapes. They are learning about 3 dimensional shapes (ex: sphere, rectangular prism, cone, cube, pyramid) and how many faces, sides and corners different shapes have.  They are also comparing and contrasting the attributes that different shapes have.

I know many of you have been working with your child on IXL and Xtra Math at home. This is a great way for your child to practice math skills and math facts at home. 

Science and Social Studies

We are learning about Living Things. We are discussing the characteristics of living things, what all living things need and the different habitats where living things live. In addition, we will discuss the life cycle and observe mealworms. 

We discussed Earth Day in Social Studies. We learned about different ways to protect the environment and the importance of taking care of where we live.