Update

This week we completed our first unit on map skills.  We will now be moving onto our first science unit- Simple Machines!  Look out for a project that will be coming home on Monday.  We are completing our first math chapter and we will have our first test on Wednesday.  You will find that the practice test that will be sent home on Tuesday will be one of your best tools to help your child review for the test.  Chapter 2 in math will focus on addition and subtraction skills.  Please review facts with your child at home in preparation for the next chapter.  In shared reading we read a few different poems this week including: Fireflies, The Family of the Sun, Earth's Most Delicate Things, and Hot Enough to See.  We also discussed strategies to help them become better readers.  We talked about rereading when they get confused and to move to a different location if their mind wanders.  In writing, students are working on drafting a descriptive paragraph about their favorite place.  Students are practicing using wording that will "show and not tell".  We changed seats yesterday and we implemented a new incentive in the classroom.  Each day a student will be picked to be Mrs. Sullivan's Superstar Student.  The first winner was Jaqi!  Don't forget that picture day is on Wednesday!