March 18-22

WRITING
This week we will be looking at cause and effect in writing and will be writing a response to A Bad Case of Stripes. We will also finish up some spring writing samples.

SPELLING
We will work on our words throughout the week and check for understanding on Friday. This week's words will focus on r controlled sounds again.

READING
Our reading will revolve around cause and effect. The students will analyze pictures and state whether it is a cause or effect. We will read several selections that depict funny cause and effect situations.

MATH
We are entering a whole new dimension in math! 2D and 3D shapes will be our focus this week. We will discuss the difference between a polygon and a non polygon, build a shape monster, and make a flip book of objects that have the qualities of a 3D shape (roll, side, and stack)

Vocabulary for 2D: plane shape, vertex, vertices, sides, circle, square, triangle, rectangle, trapezoid, rhombus, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, parallelogram, polygons

Vocabulary for 3D: solid shape, vertex, vertices, edge, face, cone, cube, cylinder, sphere, pyramid, rectangular prism

SCIENCE
We are starting our unit on plants this week and will carry it over to the following week. As a class, we will discuss what a plant needs to survive and the role of each plant part for the system to function properly and thrive. We will be bringing seeds from home to observe and would love to see as many different types of seeds as possible.  Along the way, we will watch and dissect and lima bean as it sprouts and have a seed exploration to predict what each seed will look like when it sprouts.

REMINDERS

Mar. 19 - Skate Night

Mar. 21 - Spring pictures

Mar. 29 - No school - observed holiday

Life Journals due Friday

Library: Wednesday