March 27th-31st

Hello Families of Room 2!

Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

Important Reminders:

• The deadline to order the 2016-17 Concord ALL COLOR Yearbook is March 31.  To order now, CLICK HERE or return the yearbook order envelope you received with a check for $15 made out to Concord PTG.
• This Tuesday night is the Concord Expo!  Stop by our hallway to check out projects our class will have on display!
• MAP Testing Dates:  Our class will be MAP testing on the following dates and times, please try to avoid scheduling appointments during these times.  
• April 17th-19th (in the afternoon)
• April 27th-28th (in the morning)

Weekly Objectives:

Writing:  For the next few weeks, we will be spending time reviewing for the upcoming MAP test!  This week we will focus on reviewing our narrative writing unit.  We will focus on the aspects of a narrative and the elements that are involved in writing a small moment story.  We will also practice typing our narratives in order to prepare for typing during testing.

Reading: During reader's workshop we will also be working on reviewing key concepts that we have learned this year!  This week we will focus on the importance of understanding the main idea.  We will also discuss the plot of a story.  

Math: This week we will begin Chapter 11: Measurement.  We will start this chapter by measuring capacity (liter and milliliter) and mass (gram and kilogram). 

Science: This week we will begin Chapter 8: Matter.  We will focus on the three states of matter and how water changes states.

*In order to cover all of the important math chapters before the MAP test, for the next few weeks spelling will be put on hold.  We are going to take our normal spelling time to do some extra math work.  This week and next week, we will take this time to focus on the multiple types of graphs.  We will learn the possible ways to record data and how to interpret that data.  Once we have learned the multiple types of graphs, we will take all that we know and put this to use in a graphing project.  Students will choose a question and survey the class.  They will then create a poster that displays the results using each graph we have learned!

Have a great week!